JP2000140433A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of attracting interest in a game by notifying the diagnosed result of the game through a public line. SOLUTION: This game machine is provided with a control panel 10 for receiving the input of a telephone number by a player, a display monitor 1 for presenting a prescribed question after the input of the telephone number through the control panel 10, the control panel 10 for receiving the input of the reply of the player to the question presented by the display monitor 1, a CPU for preparing a prescribed diagnosed result from the reply inputted through the control panel 10 and communication terminal equipment for transmitting the diagnosed result prepared by the CPU through the public line to a telephone number destination inputted through the control panel 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine for creating a predetermined diagnosis result based on an answer to a predetermined question.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Based on a player's answer to a question, a compatibility diagnosis game machine which determines compatibility with another player who has played a game in the past and transmits a predetermined message to the other player via a telephone line. Is known (see Barry Service's product "Friend Collection").

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional compatibility diagnosis game machine, the compatibility diagnosis result as a game result is not notified to the player who has performed the compatibility diagnosis, but is subject to the compatibility diagnosis. Conventionally, there is no diagnostic game machine that only notifies other players and notifies only the player of the game result.
In the case of a diagnostic game machine, the game results are often highly confidential, such as compatibility diagnosis and personality judgment, which are not to be known to others, but conventional diagnostic game machines use such highly confidential game results. Even if there is a screen, it is output in a state where not only the player concerned but also a third party can view it.

[0004] A first object of the present invention is to notify a player of a game result to a player via a public line,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine capable of notifying a game result only to the player while maintaining confidentiality.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone number input means (10) for receiving a telephone number input by a player, and a telephone number input through the telephone number input means (10). Thereafter, a question presenting means (1) for presenting a predetermined question, an answer input means (10) for receiving a player's answer to the question presented by the question presenting means (1), and an answer input means (10) Diagnostic result creating means (101) for creating a predetermined diagnostic result from the answer input via the telephone, and the diagnostic result created by the diagnostic result creating means (101) is converted into a telephone number input means (10).
Transmission means (106, 102) for transmitting, via a public line, to a telephone number input via the public telephone line.

In the present invention, the transmitting means (106, 10) for transmitting the created diagnosis result to the telephone number destination inputted through the telephone number inputting means via a public line.
Since 2) is provided, only the player who has played the game machine is notified of the diagnosis result. Therefore, there is no possibility that a third party other than the player will know the diagnosis result.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the first aspect, the answer input means (10) has an operating member corresponding to each of the plurality of players, so that the plurality of players can play simultaneously. Is possible,
A destination selection unit (101) for selecting one player as a destination from a plurality of players based on a diagnosis result of each player;
2) The diagnostic result is transmitted to the telephone number of the player selected by the transmission destination selecting means (101).

According to the present invention, a destination selection means (101)
Since the diagnosis result is transmitted to the telephone number of one player selected by the above, the diagnosis result is transmitted only to one of the plurality of players.
Therefore, for example, the game machine side can select one player according to the diagnosis result and transmit the diagnosis result only to this player. Even when a plurality of players play the game machine at the same time, the diagnosis is performed in a highly confidential state. The result can be notified.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the first or second aspect, a printing unit (103) for printing a diagnosis result is provided.

According to the present invention, since the diagnosis result is printed, the contents can be semi-permanently recorded.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the third aspect, the printing means (103) prints a part of the diagnostic result, and the transmitting means (106, 102) prints a part of the diagnostic result. The remaining portion not printed by the means (103) is transmitted to the telephone number destination.

In the present invention, the transmitting means (106, 10)
2) transmits the remaining part of the diagnosis result that is not printed by the printing means (103) to the telephone number destination,
An appropriate output form can be selected according to the degree of confidentiality of the diagnosis result. For example, only those with high confidentiality are transmitted via the public line, and those with less confidentiality are printed. Various and flexible output forms can be selected.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the first aspect, the transmitting means (1
06, 102) transmits the diagnosis result as voice.

According to the present invention, the diagnosis result is transmitted as a sound, so that the player can have a sense of intimacy.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the fifth aspect, the predetermined questions are classified into a plurality of genres, and the plurality of questions are played according to the operation of the player. A genre selection means (10, 101) for selecting a genre; and a voice storage means (CD-ROM (B)) for storing different voices for each genre.
The transmitting means (106, 102) is a voice storage means (CD-
The voice corresponding to the selected genre is transmitted from the voices stored in the ROM (B)) through the genre selecting means (10, 101).

According to the present invention, the diagnosis result can be notified by different sounds for each genre, and various notification modes can be adopted, thereby providing a game machine that is rich in interest.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the telephone number input means (1
0), and a phone number storage means (110) for storing the phone number input through the player, and a history of game play by the player is stored in association with the player's phone number stored in the phone number storage means (110). The play history of the player is determined by comparing the phone number input via the play history storage means (110) and the telephone number input means (10) with the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means (110). The question presenting means (1) presents a different question according to the play history determined by the determining means (101).

According to the present invention, an appropriate question according to the play history can be presented. Therefore, a different question according to the play history is presented to a player who plays the same game machine a plurality of times called a repeater. A game machine can be provided that does not detract from interest even if played multiple times.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the telephone number input means (1
0), and a phone number storage means (110) for storing the phone number input through the player, and a history of game play by the player is stored in association with the player's phone number stored in the phone number storage means (110). The play history of the player is determined by comparing the phone number input via the play history storage means (110) and the telephone number input means (10) with the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means (110). The transmitting means (106, 102) transmits different sounds according to the play history determined by the determining means (101).

According to the present invention, an appropriate sound corresponding to the play history can be transmitted, so that a player who plays the same game machine a plurality of times called a repeater can be diagnosed with different sounds according to the play history. It is possible to provide a game machine that can transmit the result and does not reduce the interest even if played multiple times.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the sixth aspect, a telephone number storage means (1) for storing a telephone number inputted through the telephone number input means (10).
10) and a play history storage means (1) for storing a history of game play by a player in association with the player's telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means (110).
(10) and a discriminating means (101) for comparing the telephone number input via the telephone number input means (10) with the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means (110) to determine the play history of the player. ), And the determination means (10
A genre selecting means (101) for selecting a playable genre from a plurality of genres according to the play history determined in 1).

According to the present invention, a genre that can be selected can be selected according to the play history, so that a different genre can be selected according to the play history even for a player who plays the same game machine a plurality of times called a repeater. It is possible to provide a game machine that does not detract from interest even if played multiple times.

The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claims 1 to 9
In the game machine according to any one of the above, the date of birth input means (1) for receiving the input of the date of birth by the player
0), and the diagnosis result creating means (101) is based on the date of input of the answer via the answer input means (10) and the date of birth input by the date of birth input means (10). Change the procedure for creating a diagnosis result.

According to the present invention, two factors, the date of birth of the player and the date of inputting the answer, can be reflected in the diagnosis result. Since the input date is different, different diagnosis results may be derived for each player, and even if the same player plays on different days, different diagnosis results may be derived. obtain. Therefore, it is possible to provide various diagnosis results every time the player plays.

[0025] The invention described in claim 11 is the invention according to claims 1-1.
0, the diagnostic result created by the diagnostic result creating means (101) is represented by a score, and a message storing means (CD-ROM ( B)), and a message selecting means (101) for selecting a message corresponding to the score from the messages stored in the message storing means (CD-ROM (B)).
6, 102) transmits the message selected by the message selecting means (101).

In the present invention, since a plurality of messages are prepared for each score, different messages can be selected even for the same score. Even if two players who have obtained the same score compare the diagnosis results, different messages will be obtained. Can be output, so that the credibility of the diagnosis result itself can be enhanced.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, the answer input means (10) has an operating member corresponding to each of a plurality of players, thereby enabling simultaneous playing of a plurality of players. If the scores are the same, the message selection means (101) selects a different message for each player from the messages corresponding to the score.

According to the present invention, even if the scores of a plurality of players are the same, different messages can be selected for these players. Since different messages can be output even when the comparison is made, the credibility of the diagnosis result itself can be increased.

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, elements of the embodiments or reference numerals in the accompanying drawings are added in parentheses, but the present invention is not limited to the illustrated forms. .

[0030]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which a game machine according to the present invention is applied to a diagnostic game machine will be described below with reference to FIGS. The game machine is capable of supporting play by one to three players.

First, an outline of a diagnosis game performed by the present game machine will be described. When the game starts, first, an input of the number of players (1 to 3 players) is accepted in the player entry stage. Next, the process proceeds to the data input stage, in which inputs of the player's telephone number, date of birth, blood type, and the like are accepted, and the process proceeds to the genre selection stage. In the genre selection stage, the player is allowed to select a genre (love, fashion, couple, etc.) to be diagnosed. In the next diagnostic stage, a total of 7
Ask a question and ask the player to select the answer. This question has a content corresponding to the genre selected in the genre selection stage.

In the next print waiting stage, the player sets the time to call the player from the game machine, and then displays the diagnosis result on the display.
Thereafter, a refill of three spells on which the diagnosis result is printed is paid out. The print format of this refill is determined by the number of players.

After the game is over, at the time set in the print waiting stage, a call is made from the game machine to a specific player's mobile phone, general subscriber phone, or the like. If there are multiple players, only one of them is called. On the telephone, comments on the selected genre, game points (scores), national rankings, and the like are announced.

The diagnosis results, points, and the like printed on the refill or notified by telephone are determined or calculated based on the player's date of birth, blood type, and answers to questions.

In this game machine, the history of the game is stored for each individual player, and the history of each player is reflected in the comment on the telephone. Further, the use of the stored history simplifies the repeater input procedure. Further, as a privilege for a repeater who plays a large number of times, there is a case where selection of a theme (hidden theme) that cannot be played normally is permitted. Also, a hidden genre that can be played only during a specific time zone is set.

In this game machine, a special game is prepared as a game for women, in addition to the normal genre for performing the above-described diagnosis. This special game is a game that can be selected only when the character printed on the refill paid out when playing the normal genre matches the character indicated in the comment on the phone after the game ends. . When a special game is played, instead of notifying the player of the diagnosis content by refill and phone call, the game machine selects the best match from the boy players recorded in the history and In addition to printing out the boy's information on the refill and paying it out, he calls the boy and tells the name of the player in the special game.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a game machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view of the game machine viewed from the front, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front surface of the housing 100 provided with the display 1 and the like (the surface facing the player).
The upper part has a shape imitating a portable telephone terminal as a whole. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a display monitor 1 for displaying a question to a player, a necessary comment, and the like is attached to a front surface of a housing 100 of the game machine. A panel 2 on which a game name and the like are displayed is attached above the monitor 1, and a pair of speakers 3 for outputting a predetermined sound is fitted into the panel 2. On a panel 4 attached immediately below the monitor 1, explanations such as a game operation procedure are described.

Below the monitor 1 is a control panel 1
0 protrudes toward the front of the housing 100. The control panel 10 is provided with three sets of operation units 11, each of which is provided with two push button switches 12 and
A keyboard 13 comprising 12 keys simulating a telephone. The operation unit 11 is provided corresponding to each player participating in the game, and when there are three players, all the operation units 11 receive the operation of each player. In the case of one or two players, three sets of operation units 1
Only one or two of the ones receive the player's operation. By performing a predetermined operation on the operation unit 11, the player can input personal data such as the number of players and a telephone number, and can select an answer to a question. Since the operation method is the same as that of a normal game machine, its details are omitted.

Below the control panel 10, a payout port 21 for paying out a printed refill, a coin insertion port 22, a coin return port 23, and a coin return lever 24 are provided. .

A frame 27 extending from the rear side to the front side of the housing 100 is attached to the upper part of the housing 100 (see FIG. 4). 28 is attached using a frame 27 (FIG. 1).

As shown in FIG. 4, inside the housing 100, a control board 101 for controlling the operation of the game machine, a telephone control board 102 connected to the control board 101 for controlling the outgoing call, and a refill Printer 1 for printing on paper
03 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control board 101 includes a monitor 1, a printer 103, a control panel 10 (push button switches 12, a numeric input keyboard (numeric keys) 13), and a game recorded on a CD-ROM (A). A reading device 104 for reading program data and the like, and a memory 110 for storing player's personal data and the like are connected.

As shown in FIG. 6, a CD-ROM (A) set in the reading device 104 has program data for executing various processes necessary for the progress of the game, and a game screen displayed on the monitor 1. Screen, game sound data and onomatopoeia data obtained by converting the sound played during the game and the sound of each character, and diagnostic question data used for displaying the questions on the monitor 1 and printing on the refill. Diagnosis data including diagnosis result data in which the contents are converted into data and character font data used for printing on the refill are recorded.

As shown in FIG. 7, the memory 110 stores the player's telephone number, date of birth, blood type, gender, name, last play date, and history for each theme belonging to "A" to "H". And the date of winning the character number is recorded.
The history for each theme includes a communication history such as a telephone history, an incoming call state, a radio wave state, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 5, a telephone control board 102 for controlling telephone communication is connected to the control board 101, and the telephone control board 102 has a reading device for reading data recorded on a CD-ROM (B). The communication terminal 105 is connected to a communication terminal 106 that transmits a predetermined comment to a player using a mobile phone system. Comments on the phone
The information is transmitted to the players via the base stations 107 and 109 and the public line 108. The communication from the communication terminal 106 to the base station 107 is wireless. As shown in FIG.
The player receiving the comment can use either a general subscriber telephone or a portable telephone.

As shown in FIG. 5, a memory 111 used for communication processing is connected to the telephone control board 102.

As shown in FIG. 6, telephone voice data obtained by converting a telephone comment into data is recorded on the CD-ROM (B). The telephone voice data is composed of preamble, text, national ranking, character, option, and special data. By appropriately combining these data, a telephone comment is created.

Hereinafter, a part of the game processing of the present game machine will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 13 in accordance with the progress of the game. 8 to 13 are executed by the CPU mounted on the control board 101. FIG. 8 shows a main routine. When the power of the game machine is turned on, a predetermined startup process is executed, and then the process of FIG. 8 starts.

In this process, the time of a timer provided in the game machine is read, and it is determined whether or not the time until closing the store is one hour or less (step S1). If the determination is affirmative, the title demo for immediately before closing the store is displayed on the monitor 1 (step S2), and the inserted coins are ejected from the return slot 23 to prohibit the insertion of coins (step S2).
3) Return to step S1. If the determination in step S1 is affirmative, a normal title demonstration is displayed on the monitor 1 (step S4), and coin insertion is permitted (step S4).
5).

In this game machine, it is necessary to complete the communication processing for the current day before turning off the power of the game machine.
The game is not allowed to be played immediately before the closing time. Therefore, immediately before the store closing time, only the communication process is executed without performing the game play process. The store closing time can be set to an arbitrary time by a predetermined operation. The title demo just before the store closes may be a content that indicates that the reception of the game play on the day has ended.

In step S6, it is determined whether or not a coin corresponding to the play fee has been inserted. If the determination is affirmative, subsequent coin insertion is prohibited, and the player entry stage (step S100) and the data input stage (step S100) S200), genre selection stage (step S30)
0), the diagnosis stage (step S400) and the print waiting stage (step S500) are sequentially executed. On the other hand, if the process in step S6 is denied, the process returns to step S1.

FIG. 9 shows the processing of the player entry stage (step S100). In the process of FIG. 9, a screen requesting the player to input the number of players is displayed on the monitor 1 (step S <b> 102), and one of the players 1 to 3 is selected by operating the operation unit 11. In step S104, step S106 and step S108, the number of players is stored (S11).
0), the process proceeds to a data input stage process (S200).

FIG. 10 shows the processing of the data input stage. In the process of FIG. 10, a screen requesting each player to input data is displayed on the monitor 1 (step S20).
1) Then, after waiting for the input of the telephone number and the date of birth (step S202), it is determined whether or not the input number is a call prohibition number in the game machine (step S202).
204), if the determination is affirmative, a warning is displayed on the monitor 1 (step S206), and the process returns to step S202. As described above, the present game machine has a check function at the time of inputting a telephone number. In step S204, a telephone number other than a domestic personal telephone number is set as a call prohibition number and the input is prohibited. Naturally, the method of setting the call prohibition number is arbitrary, and a configuration without a call telephone number is also possible.

If the determination in step S204 is negative,
Wait for the date of birth to be input (step S20
8) Thereafter, the telephone number and the date of birth recorded in the memory 110 are checked (S210), and if they match the input telephone number and the date of birth, step S22.
Skip to 2. As described above, in this game machine, the telephone number and the like are used as the personal identification number, and when the telephone number and the like are recorded, the personal data already recorded in the memory 110 is used. There is no need to enter personal data other than the date of birth.

In step S210, data matching the input telephone number and date of birth is stored in memory 110.
If not recorded in step S21,
4) Receiving gender (step S216) and name (step S218), the input personal data is recorded in memory 110 (step S220).

Next, in step S222, if it is determined that the input operation of the corresponding player has been completed, the process proceeds to the genre selection stage (S300). If it is determined that the input operation has not been completed, the process returns to step S202.

FIG. 11 shows the processing of the genre selection stage. In this processing, a total of 9
One genre is selected from the genres (A to H and special) according to the player's intention. Further, one theme is selected from the themes belonging to the selected genre (for example, when genre A is selected, the theme represented by the codes of A1 to A5) according to the player's intention.

However, among the nine genres, the genre "H" is regarded as a "hidden genre" and can be played only in a specific time zone, for example, after 8:00 pm. In addition, the genre of the special game (the bottom column in FIG. 16) can be played only when a specific condition described later is satisfied. Further, in the genres “A” to “G”, one “Hidden Theme” (A
5, B5, C5, D5, E5, F5 and G5), and these hidden themes are only available if there is a player who has received a diagnostic call on all four other themes belonging to the same genre. , Can be played. Whether the play of the hidden theme can be selected or not is determined in memory 1
The determination is made with reference to the player's history recorded in 10.

Next, the details of the processing of the genre selection stage will be described. In this process, it is first determined whether or not a special game can be selected (step S302). If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S308, where a genre list including the special game is displayed on the monitor 1, and one of the genres is displayed. The player is requested to select one genre, and the process proceeds to step S316. If the determination in step S302 is negative, the process proceeds to step S310.

In step S310, it is determined whether or not a hidden genre can be selected, that is, whether or not the time is in the specific time period. If the determination is affirmative, a genre list including the hidden genre is displayed on the monitor 1, and The player is requested to select one genre from among them, and step S3
The process proceeds to S16 (S312). If the determination in step S310 is negative, a genre list including the hidden genre and excluding the special game is displayed on the monitor 1, and the player is requested to select one genre from the genre list, and the process proceeds to step S316. (S314).

The determination in step S302 is based on the memory 1
Based on a comparison between the character number winning date stored in 10 and the play date. If the play date is the character number winning date or the next day, the determination is affirmative.

In step S316, it is determined whether or not the player has selected one genre from the genres displayed on the monitor 1 (step S316). If the determination is affirmative, the flow advances to step S318. In step S316, if there are a plurality of players, "A" or "B"
Cannot be selected and the judgment is denied. Therefore, the genre "A" or "B" can be selected only when there is only one player.

In step S318, it is determined whether the hidden theme is in a selectable state, that is, whether there is a player who has received a call for all other four themes belonging to the selected genre (step S318). If this judgment is affirmed, a theme list including hidden themes belonging to the selected genre is displayed on the monitor 1, and
The player is requested to select one theme from among them, and the process proceeds to step S324 (step S32).
0). If this determination is denied, a list of themes belonging to the selected genre and excluding the hidden theme is displayed on the monitor 1, and the player is requested to select one of the themes, and the process proceeds to step S324 ( Step S3
22). If there is no hidden theme in the selected genre, the process proceeds to step S324 via step S322. In step S324, after one theme is selected from among those displayed on the monitor 1,
Proceed to the diagnosis stage (step S400).

FIG. 12 shows the processing of the diagnosis stage. In this process, it is determined whether or not a special game has been selected (step S401). If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S402, and the points of all players are set to “0”.
Next, the variable P corresponding to the question is reset to “1”, and then the P-th question is displayed on the monitor 1 (step S404), and after all players have selected an answer (step S406) The answer of each player is stored (step S408). Next, it is determined whether or not P = 7 (step S410). If the determination is negative, “1” is added to the value of P (step S412), and step S40 is performed.
Proceed to 4. If the determination in step S410 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S414.

On the other hand, if the determination in step 401 is affirmative, the flow advances to step S422 to reset the variable P corresponding to the question to “1”.
And waits for the player to select an answer (step S424), and stores the answer (step S42).
8). Next, it is determined whether or not P = 7 (step S43).
0), if the judgment is negative, "1" is added to the value of P (step S432), and the process proceeds to step S424. If the determination in step S430 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S414.

In step S414, print data necessary for refill printing is created. Although the details of the processing in step S414 will be described later, in this step,
Performs all processes required to create print data for refill, such as calculating points and calculating national ranking. Thereafter, the telephone call destination is determined, and voice data of the comment is created (step S416), and the process proceeds to step S418. Details of the processing in step S416 will be described later. In step S418, the play history of the player, the last play date and, if necessary, the character number winning date are recorded in the memory 110, and the process proceeds to a print waiting stage (step S500).

In step S416, if there are a plurality of players, the call destination can be determined to be, for example, the person who has the highest or lowest points. In addition, when there is only one player, the player is the call destination, and when the special game is selected, the boy (the player whose history has been recorded) having the best compatibility with the player is the call destination. . This compatibility is calculated in step S416 by comparing the player's personal data and the answer to the question with the data recorded as history. As a result of the comparison, the player with the highest compatibility value is selected as the caller.

FIG. 13 shows the processing in the print waiting stage. In this process, it is determined whether or not a special game has been selected (step S502). If the determination is affirmative, the process skips to step S510. Step S502
If the determination in step S504 is negative, it is determined whether or not there is a player who uses a general subscriber telephone (step S504). If the determination in step S504 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S508. If the determination in step S504 is negative, the process proceeds to step S508. S
Proceed to 506. The determination in step S504 is based on the player's telephone number. In step S506, the time (call time) for making a call from the game machine is about 5 minutes, about 10 minutes, and about 15 minutes after the end of the game.
A display requesting the player is output to the monitor 1 so as to select one of the three minutes later, and the process proceeds to step S510 after one of the three is selected. On the other hand, in step S508, the time (call time) at which a call is made from the game machine is set to one of four times of about 5 minutes, about 10 minutes, about 15 minutes, and about 60 minutes after the end of the game. A display requesting the player is output to the monitor 1 so as to make a selection, and the process proceeds to step S510 after one of them is selected.

In step S510, printout of the refill is started, and the way of viewing the diagnostic result to be printed out is displayed on the monitor 1 (step S512).
It returns to step S1 (FIG. 8). The setting of the time is an example, and another time may be set.

The reason that the range of times that can be selected as the call time is made different according to the determination in step S504 is to take into consideration that it is difficult for general subscriber telephones to receive a call immediately after the end of the game. . In other words, if there is a player who uses a general subscriber telephone, it is possible to easily receive a telephone call from the game machine at home or the like by enabling the setting about 60 minutes after the end of the game. We are careful about.

FIG. 14 shows a communication process for making a call from the game machine to the player via the communication terminal 106 in accordance with the set call time. The communication processing is executed in the telephone control board 102 in parallel with the processing of FIGS. 8 to 13, and a telephone call is made up to a predetermined number of times (for example, three times) until a message is transmitted normally. The player receives a call from the game machine after the game is over.

When a plurality of transmission destinations exist simultaneously,
Prioritize the first call to a specific player. This is because the time for making a call (call time) is set according to the player's intention, and it is reasonable to perform processing to keep the set time as much as possible. The communication process is continued even after the reception of the game is completed and until the store closes, whereby it is possible to make a call for all of the transmission destinations set based on the game of the day.

Also, with this game machine, there are several cases, such as when the player actually answers, when there is no response, or when the answering machine of the telephone or the answering service of the telephone office answers. Have been able to deal with it.

For example, if there is a response after a telephone ringing tone (call) and the communication ends normally, it is determined that the call is successful. If there is a response after the call, but the line is disconnected during the call, it is determined that the call failed. If there is a response after the call, but a special dial tone is received during the call, it is determined that a response has been made by the answering machine function or by the answering service. If there is a response before calling, it is determined that a) the answering machine function or the answering service provided, or b) the power of the portable telephone is turned off or the radio wave condition is poor. If there is no response after calling for a predetermined time,
Judge that you could not answer the phone for some reason.

In general, when a person answers the telephone, the call is answered after hearing the call sound. Therefore, if there is a response before calling as described above, it is assumed that a device such as an answering machine has answered the call. to decide. Also, depending on the service provider, if there is no response after a certain period of time of calling, a connection is made to the answering machine service. Therefore, in consideration of the time, in the above, for example, about 15 seconds or a shorter time Judgment is based on the call. Furthermore, if there is a response after a call, it can usually be determined that a person has answered the call.However, depending on the settings of the telephone, there may be cases where the answering machine function or answering machine service is answering. When a dial tone "P" is received during a call, it is determined that the response is a response by the answering machine function or the like as described above. In the above, for example, when a continuous sound of a specific frequency is detected,
It can be determined that a dial tone such as an answering machine function has been received.

Next, details of the communication processing of FIG. 14 will be described. In the communication process, the memory 111
After reading the telephone number of the new destination candidate from the history of (1) and determining the destination from the candidates (step S602),
The destination telephone number is transmitted (step S604). As described above, in step S602, when a plurality of candidates compete, the first call is prioritized, and the second and subsequent calls, the destination based on the special game, and the like are transferred to subsequent processing. Since the time is not specified for the telephone based on the special game or the telephone transmitting the optional voice described later, no problem occurs even if the priority is low when the communication destination is determined in step S602.

Next, it is determined whether the line is unreachable, that is, whether the transmission destination is busy or there is an abnormality in the telephone line (step S606). If the determination is affirmative, the process skips to step S622, and the determination is made. If not, it is determined whether or not the line is connected (step S608). If the determination in step S608 is affirmative, the process skips to step S622 to disconnect the line, and if the determination is negative, it is determined whether a call (ring tone) has been started (step S610). If the determination in step S608 is affirmative, it means that the line has been connected without one call, and in this case, the line is disconnected as equivalent to the above (step S622). The results of the determination in steps S606 and S608 are written to the memory 111 each time.

In step S610, it is determined whether a call has been started. If the determination is negative, the process returns to step S606. If the determination in step S610 is negative, it is determined whether a line has been connected (step S612). If the determination in step S612 is negative, 15
It is determined whether or not seconds have elapsed (step S614). If the determination in step S614 is negative, the process returns to step S612, and if the determination in step S614 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S622. On the other hand, if the determination in step S612 is affirmative, a message is transmitted (step S616),
After the transmission, it is determined whether or not the communication has been normally performed, and the determination result is written to the memory 111 (step S618). If the determination in step S618 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S620, and information indicating that message communication has been completed is recorded in the memory 110 as a play history. After that, the memory 111
The player is deleted from the transmission destination candidates stored in (step S628), and the process returns to step S602.

On the other hand, if the determination in step S618 is negative, the process proceeds to step S622. In step S618, when a dial tone specific to the answering machine function or the like is detected during a call (in the above case) and when the line connection is disconnected (in the above case), normal transmission can be performed. The process proceeds to step S622 assuming that there is no such item.

In step S622, the line is disconnected. Thereafter, the number of retries is counted up and written in the memory 111, and the history related to telephone communication in the memory 110 is rewritten (step S624). Next, it is determined whether the number of retries is greater than a predetermined number, for example, three times,
If the determination is affirmative, the player is deleted from the transmission destination candidates, and the process returns to step S602 (step S62).
8) On the other hand, if the determination in step S626 is negative,
In step S630, the history related to the telephone communication in the memory 110 is rewritten, and while waiting for a predetermined time,
It returns to step S602.

The reason why the process waits in step S630 is to take into account the restriction on redialing of automatic calling. The waiting time is set to a length according to the next transmission time, for example,
It is set to make calls at about two minute intervals. Note that the second and subsequent transmission times for the same player are determined in consideration of the number of retries, factors of connection failure, and the like.

<Method of Calculating Points> Next, a method of calculating points in a normal genre (genre other than the special game) will be described with reference to FIGS. Point calculation is performed in step S414 (FIG. 1).
Performed in 2). FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are diagrams showing a method of calculating points in each theme. In addition,
FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 constitute one table as a whole.
5 and FIG. Therefore, for the item notation in each column in FIG. 16, refer to that in FIG.

Parameter values: Parameter values related to sense, mind, and power are calculated based on the birth date and play date of the player, and two items (two of sense, mind, and power) determined for each theme A point is determined from 0, 3 or 5 points based on the parameter value of and two points are added.

Blood type: Points given in advance for each theme are added according to the blood type of the player. However,
As shown in FIG. 15, in the genre of "C", points are determined based on a combination of two blood types.

Question answer result: 0, 3, or 5 points are added according to the result of the three-choice answer to seven questions in all. However, in the genre “C”, points are determined based on a combination of the answers of the two persons.

When the above points are added, 0
This is a point in the range of 50. This point is divided into five stages, and a diagnosis result according to the point class is obtained.

<Refill Print Content> Next, the refill print content will be described with reference to FIGS. The data of the refill print content is stored in step S414 (FIG. 1).
The refill is created in 2), and the refill is performed in step S510.
It is printed out in FIG. Tables necessary for calculating points, calculating the national ranking, and the like are stored in the memory, and print data is created based on the read tables. Note that the creation of audio data, which will be described later, is also performed based on a table stored in the memory.

FIG. 17 shows a refill in which only one player is printed when there are three players. As shown in FIG. 17, the sheet to be dispensed has a specification in which three refills 201A to 201C are detachably connected to each other at a perforation.

The name of the player is printed in katakana (up to four characters) in the name area 202 shown in FIG. In the character point area 203, a heart mark colored by the number of the current character points is printed. The character point is a point that is added to the player when a diagnostic theme is played and a call can be received for each genre (A to G). Therefore, in the case of single play, points are always added. When 4 points are collected, hidden play of the genre (A5, B5, C5, D5, E5, F5 or G5)
Can play. When playing with multiple players, a hidden theme can be played if one of them has accumulated 4 points. Note that the character point area 203 of FIG. 16 shows a state where three character points are accumulated (colored with three heart marks).

[0091] In the central area 204, the main comprehensive diagnosis contents according to the selected theme are printed. In the case of play by three players, the comprehensive diagnosis contents are printed for each of the refills 201A to 201C.

By the way, in each genre, a specific character for diagnosing the genre is set. As shown in FIG. 15, for example, "Lina" is set as a character in the "A" genre, and "Gulin" is set in the "B" genre. In the game, these characters proceed with the game in each genre and make a diagnosis, and the words of the characters set in each genre are printed in the comprehensive refill diagnosis content.
Note that the voice of the character corresponding to the comment on the phone is also used.

Except for some themes, 40 patterns of words are prepared for each theme as the contents of the comprehensive diagnosis.
This is, for each theme, blood type (4 types) and point class (0-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40,
(5 classes from 41 to 50) (20 patterns) are set, and two patterns of diagnostic contents are prepared for each combination. If the blood type and the point class of the two players coincide with each other among the plurality of players, another diagnosis content is presented to the two players. If the blood types and the point classes of the three players match, the diagnosis contents of the one upper point class or the one lower point class are presented for one player. This prevents the same diagnosis content from being shown to a plurality of players who play simultaneously, so that the reliability of the diagnosis is not lost.

In the "C" genre, combinations (36 combinations) determined based on the player's blood type and the point class of the two players are set for each theme, and two patterns of diagnostic contents are prepared for each combination. Have been.

[0095] In the case of one or two players, a seed is printed in the central area 204 of the refill 201C. The revealing is printed out of the question about the picture problem. Specifically, the picture problem, the gist of the picture problem (what to diagnose based on the answer to the problem), the diagnosis result when each option is selected as the answer, and the player's own answer are printed. Such revealing is a target for collection, and has the effect of increasing repeat visitors.

In the middle frame area 205 of the refill, a national ranking 205a and character numbers 205b are printed. The national rank 205a is printed with alphabets of "A" to "E" and the national rank and points assigned to each alphabet. Any one of "A" to "E" is the real national ranking, but the actual ranking is not known just by looking at the refill. However, any one of "A" to "E" is announced in the comment on the phone, so that the player can know the national ranking and points. If there are multiple players, the destination of the call is determined by the point of each player, for example, the player with the highest or the lowest point is called, but the national ranking and points are not specified in the refill Therefore, the destination cannot be determined from the refill. Therefore, there is no risk of losing the thrill of waiting for a call.

[0097] On the character numbers 205b, three of the characters are arranged and printed.
Then, if the character announced by the phone matches the character indicated in the character numbers 205b, the player who received the phone can be qualified to participate in the special game. However, the expiration date of the special game participation qualification is until the next day. The player can play any number of times within the expiration date. Also, in the case of multiple players, if one of them has qualification, all of them can play the special game. In the case of a plurality of plays, the probability of giving a player who has leaked from the destination of the call a qualification to participate in the special game may be increased.

In some themes (themes belonging to a genre such as “C” or “G”), a recommended style (recommended style) is printed instead of the character numbers.

As shown in FIG. 17, the time at which the game machine makes a call is printed in a small frame area 206 of the refill where the diagnosis result is printed in the central area 204. In addition,
As mentioned above, the time to call is about 5 minutes after the end of the game.
Minutes, about 10 minutes, about 15 minutes, and about 60 minutes.

A lucky item is printed in the small frame area 206 of the refill 201B in which the chart relating to the parameter values is printed in the central area 204.
FIGS. 18 and 19 are diagrams for explaining a method of determining a lucky item. Lucky items are determined based on three factors: the player's date of birth, play date, and points. First, as shown in FIG. 18, from the birth date (constellation) of the player and the play date, “fire”, “ground”,
It is classified into four types, “wind” and “water”. Next, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, four patterns of lucky items are set for each of the combinations of the point classes divided into five stages and the above four types, and randomly selected from the four lucky items corresponding to the predetermined combination. Extract one item. There are a total of 80 lucky items shown as code numbers in FIG. 19, but similar item groups are prepared for each theme. Note that, as the lucky item, specifically, words such as “drive for a racetrack” and “drink for matcha” are printed on the refill.

<Creation of Telephone Voice (Comment)> Next, a procedure for generating a telephone voice (comment) will be described with reference to FIGS. The telephone voice is transmitted in step S416.
In FIG. 12, a phrase is synthesized by combining speech data recorded on a CD-ROM (B). As shown in FIG. 20 to FIG.
It consists of the preamble, body, national ranking, character numbers, options and specials. As shown in FIG. 20, different texts are prepared for each theme in the preamble and the main text, and the national ranking, options, and specials are common texts in the same genre regardless of the theme. The sound of each genre is based on the voice of the character corresponding to each genre and the way of saying, and by giving a call from a predetermined character set for each genre, it is possible to give the player a sense of intimacy it can.

The preamble serves as an introduction of a comment, and four types of voice codes ** 10 to 13 are prepared for each theme, and ** 10 is for a player who plays the game for the first time, ** 11 Is used for players playing the genre for the first time. Also, ** 1
2 and ** 13 are selected randomly for repeaters of that genre. Whether or not a player plays a game or a genre for the first time is determined based on a play history recorded in the memory 110.
By preparing different preambles according to the history of the player in this manner, a comment that is more natural and familiar to the player can be created.

The text is a message part corresponding to the diagnosis content. Ten types of voice codes ** 20 to 29 are prepared for each theme and are selected at random.

[0104] For the national ranking, voices for each of the genres are provided, which indicate the alphabets "A" to "E". As described above, the player can know the actual points and the national ranking by combining the printing of the refill and the voice that tells one of the alphabets "A" to "E" by telephone.

For the character numbers, six types of voices for telling the names of all the characters used in the game are prepared for each genre. As described above, if the character printed on the refill matches the character announced on the phone, the player is entitled to participate in the special game.

The above preamble, text, national ranking, and character numbers are sequentially combined when a genre other than the special game is selected, and used as a series of comments. In contrast, options and specials are used alone without being combined with other audio. The option is irrelevant to the phone call immediately after the game, and is to send a "Please come again" message a few days after playing. The option can be transmitted more frequently when the number of comments immediately after the game to be transmitted is small. In this case, there is an effect that the number of repeaters can be increased and the operating rate of the game machine can be increased.

As the communication terminal 106, a terminal of a PHS system may be used, or communication may be performed using another portable telephone system or a general subscriber telephone (wired).

In the above embodiment, a call is made to the player after the game is over. However, instead of making a call or together with a telephone call, it is possible to respond to a pager, and A predetermined character may be transmitted. In this case, the manufacturer of the pager may be determined from the telephone number of the player, and a code according to the format may be transmitted.

[0109]

According to the present invention, there is provided a transmitting means for transmitting the created diagnosis result to the telephone number destination inputted through the telephone number input means via a public line, so that the compatibility diagnosis is carried out. A highly confidential diagnosis result, such as a character diagnosis or a personality diagnosis, can be notified only to the player who has played the game machine. Therefore, the player can play the game machine with peace of mind. Further, the player does not need to wait for the output of the diagnosis result on the spot, and can know the diagnosis result later by transmitting. This is particularly effective when it takes a long time to output the diagnosis result.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a game machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a view of the game machine of FIG. 1 as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 3 is a view as seen from the direction of line III-III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the game machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 6: CD-ROM (A) and CD-ROM (B)
The figure which shows the data content recorded on.

FIG. 7 is a view showing data contents recorded in a flash memory.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a main routine of a game process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing of a player entry.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing of a data input stage.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of a genre selection stage.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing of a diagnosis stage.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating processing in a print waiting stage.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating communication processing.

FIG. 15 is a view showing a method of calculating points in each theme.

FIG. 16 is a view showing a method of calculating points in each theme.

FIG. 17 is a view showing a refill paid out from the game machine.

FIG. 18 is a view for explaining a method of selecting a lucky item.

FIG. 19 is a view for explaining a method of selecting a lucky item.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a method for creating a telephone voice (message).

FIG. 21 is a view for explaining a method of creating a telephone voice (message).

FIG. 22 is a view for explaining a method of creating a telephone voice (message).

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display monitor 10 Control panel 100 Case 101 Control board 102 Telephone control board 110 Flash memory

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Megumi Kobayakawa 7-3, Minatojima-Nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture Within Konami Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshinori Matsushita 7-3, Minatojima-Nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture Address No.2 Konami Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 2C001 AA00 AA08 AA11 AA17 BA00 BA07 BB00 BB05 CB08 CC00 CC07 DA00 DA06

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A telephone number input means for receiving a telephone number input by a player, a question presenting means for presenting a predetermined question after inputting a telephone number via the telephone number input means, Answer input means for receiving an input of a player's answer to the presented question; diagnostic result creating means for creating a predetermined diagnostic result from an answer input via the answer input means; and diagnostic result creating means created by the diagnostic result creating means. Diagnostic results,
A game machine comprising: transmission means for transmitting, via a public line, a telephone number input through the telephone number input means. 2. The answer input means has an operating member corresponding to each of a plurality of players, thereby enabling a plurality of players to play simultaneously. Based on a diagnosis result of each individual player, the plurality of players And a destination selection unit that selects one of the players as a destination, wherein the transmission unit transmits the diagnosis result to a telephone number of the player selected by the destination selection unit. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising printing means for printing the diagnosis result. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit prints a part of the diagnosis result, and the transmission unit transmits the remaining part of the diagnosis result that is not printed by the printing unit to the telephone number. The game machine according to claim 3. 5. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits the diagnosis result as a voice. 6. The genre selecting means for selecting a genre to be played from the plurality of genres according to an operation of the player, wherein the predetermined questions are classified into a plurality of genres. Voice storing means for storing voice, wherein the transmitting means transmits a voice corresponding to the genre selected through the genre selecting means from the voices stored in the voice storing means. The game machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: 7. A telephone number storage means for storing the telephone number inputted via the telephone number input means, and a telephone number of the player stored in the telephone number storage means for a history of game play by a player. A play history storage unit that stores the telephone number input through the telephone number input unit and the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit to determine a play history of the player 7. The game machine according to claim 5, further comprising: a question determining unit that determines a different question according to the play history determined by the determining unit. 8. 8. A telephone number storage means for storing the telephone number inputted via the telephone number input means, and a telephone number of the player stored in the telephone number storage means for a history of game play by a player. A play history storage unit that stores the telephone number input through the telephone number input unit and the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit to determine a play history of the player 7. The game machine according to claim 5, further comprising: a discriminating unit that transmits different sounds according to the play history determined by the discriminating unit. 8. 9. A telephone number storage means for storing the telephone number inputted via the telephone number input means, and a telephone number of the player stored in the telephone number storage means for a history of game play by a player. A play history storage unit that stores the telephone number input through the telephone number input unit and the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit to determine a play history of the player 7. A genre selecting unit for selecting a playable genre from the plurality of genres according to the play history determined by the determining unit. game machine. 10. A birth date input means for receiving an input of a birth date by a player, wherein said diagnosis result creating means includes a date and time when said answer was input via said answer input means and said birth date. The game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a procedure for creating a diagnosis result is changed based on a date of birth input by the input means. 11. A diagnostic result created by the diagnostic result creating means is represented by a score, a message storing means for storing a plurality of messages for each score, and a message from the messages stored in the message storing means. Message selecting means for selecting a message corresponding to the score, wherein the transmitting means transmits the message selected by the message selecting means.
11. The game machine according to any one of 10 above. 12. The answer input means has an operating member corresponding to each of a plurality of players, thereby enabling simultaneous play of a plurality of players. When the scores of the plurality of players are the same, 12. The game machine according to claim 11, wherein the message selecting means selects a different message from messages corresponding to the score for each player.