JP2001017744A - Video game device and recording medium with program stored therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video game device capable of enjoying realistic game in the progress of an adventure game. SOLUTION: Disassembling points A, B, C, D, E and tools to be used for the disassembling points A, B, C, D, E are selected, and the portions corresponding to the disassembling points are subjected to disassembling display. When the whole of items 41 are not displayed as to be disassembled within a restricted time, the display characteristics of the items 41 are changed. Further, even when the order of the disassembling points A, B, C, D, E is falsely selected, the display characteristics of the items 41 are changed.

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 display control of an item displayed on a display screen of a video game, particularly an adventure game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of adventure game, a player operates a player character to obtain information through conversation, obtain items by fighting, etc., thereby expanding the range of action of the player character and obtaining treasure. It is common to clear the final event, such as arriving at a destination.

[0003] For example, to obtain information by conversation, a player character approaches a non-player character,
By pressing a specific operation button, the dialogue of the non-player character is displayed, and the dialogue includes information on the progress of the game.

[0004]

However, in such an adventure game, for example, there are often a plurality of non-player characters to be spoken, and the plurality of non-player characters are searched for and spoke in a predetermined order. As a result, there was a sense of redundancy in the progress of the game, such as obtaining information for the first time.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of giving a sense of reality to the progress of an adventure game.

[0006]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
Timer means for starting counting time together with display of the item for a dismantleable item displayed on display means, dismantling point selecting means for selecting a dismantling point for dismantling the item, and dismantling point selecting means A second item selecting means for selecting a second item to be used for dismantling the selected dismantling point; and a usability judgment for judging whether the second item selected by the second item selecting means is usable at the dismantling point. Means,
Display control means for disassembling and displaying a portion corresponding to the disassembly point of the item when it is determined that the item is usable by the usability determination means, wherein the display control means is provided for a predetermined time counted by the timer means. A video game device, wherein the display characteristics of the item are changed when the entire item is not dismantled and displayed within a period of time.

[0007] According to the means of the present invention, if the items are not disassembled within a certain time, the display characteristics change, so that a sense of realism can be given to the game.

[0008] Here, the display means means a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display. The dismantleable item means a device such as a washing machine, a car, a camera, a radio cassette, and the like. The second item used for disassembly means tools such as a screwdriver, pliers, and a spanner. Changing the display characteristics of an item means displaying the item by rotation, enlargement / reduction, deformation, or the like.

A second means of the present invention, in the first means, further comprises a selection order determining means for determining whether the disassembly point selected by the disassembly point selection means is correct or not, and the display control means comprises: Changing the display characteristics of the item when the entire item is not dismantled and displayed within a predetermined time counted by the timer means, or when the selection order determined by the selection order determination means is incorrect. is there.

[0010] According to the means of the present invention, it is further required to correctly select the dismantling point, and the sense of reality of the game can be enhanced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the determination of correctness of the selection order by the selection order determining means is changed by a second item selected by the second item selecting means. Things.

According to the means of the present invention, since the determination of the selection order is changed depending on the selected second item, a change can be given to the game.

[0013] A fourth means of the present invention comprises a counting step of starting counting time together with the display of the dismantleable item displayed on the display means, and selecting a dismantling point for dismantling the item. Dismantling point selecting step, a second item selecting step for selecting a second item to be used for dismantling the dismantling point selected in the dismantling point selecting step, and a second item selecting step in the second item selecting step. A use determination step of determining useability at the dismantling point; anda display control step of dismantling and displaying a portion corresponding to the dismantling point of the item when it is determined that the item is usable by the use determination step. The display control step is performed within a predetermined time counted by the timer means. A recording medium storing a program, characterized in that the entire item changes the display characteristics of the items when not displayed dismantled.

Here, the recording medium is a CD-RO
M, a game cartridge, a memory card, a floppy disk, a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk and any other recording media can be used. Among them, a CD-ROM and a game cartridge are particularly suitable for a game.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device 5 (hereinafter, simply referred to as “display 5”).

The game machine body 1 has a CD-ROM (Comp.) (Not shown) under the cover 2a of the CD-ROM drive.
act Disc-ROM) 2 is provided, and provides a game program and game data. Also, a controller 3 is connected as an external input device and a memory card 4 as an external storage device.

The display 5 is for providing display symbols output from the game machine body 1 as display images, and the speaker 6 is for providing audio symbols to the player as audio. A general household television receiver is used. Can be.

The controller 3 has various operation buttons. On the left side of the controller 3 when viewed from the plane, there are provided direction keys 7 for up, down, left, and right directions. Used. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller 3, there is a circle button 8 used for determination input, and a cross button 9 used for cancel input. In addition, the □ button 10 and the △ button 11 are used for inputting a specific command. Further, a start button 12 is provided at the center of the controller 3 and used for temporarily stopping or restarting the game, and a select button 13 is used for switching screens.

FIG. 2 shows a hardware block diagram of the video game device. The video game device has a CP
U (Central Processing Uni)
t) A control system composed of 21 and its peripheral devices, and a GPU (Graphic) for drawing in the frame buffer 28
(Processing Unit) 27 and SP for generating music, sound effects, etc.
U (Sound Processing Unit) 3
1 and the like, a CD-ROM control unit for controlling the CD-ROM 2, a communication control unit for controlling an instruction input from the controller 3 by a player and an input / output with the memory card 4, and the like.

The control system includes a CPU 21 and interrupt control and DMA (Dynamic Memory Access).
s) Peripheral device control unit 22 that controls transfer, and RAM (Random Access Me) as a main storage device
(memory) 23 and a ROM (Read) storing programs such as an operating system for managing a main storage device, a graphic system, a sound system, and the like.
Only Memory) 24. Further, the CPU 21 includes an oscillation circuit for generating a clock signal and a frequency dividing circuit for dividing the clock signal to generate a clock signal.

The above graphic system is a CD-RO
An image decoder 25 for decoding the compressed and encoded image data read from M2, and an image decoder 25
GTE (Geometry Tra) that performs processing such as coordinate calculation and rendering on the image data decoded by
nsfer Engine) 26 and a GPU 27 that performs drawing such as shading, texture mapping, and raster processing based on the data calculated by the GTE 26.
A frame buffer 28 for storing an image drawn by the GPU 27, a decompression device 29 for decompressing the image data and performing digital / analog conversion,
An NTSC encoder 30 that converts the video signal into a C-system video signal and outputs it to the display 5 is provided.

The SPU 3 generates music, sound effects, and the like based on an instruction from the CPU 21.
1, a sound buffer 32 for storing waveform data and the like by the SPU 31, and a DAC (Digital) for decoding audio data reproduced by the CD-ROM device 34.
(Analog Converter) 33 and a speaker 6 for outputting the decoded data.

The CD-ROM control unit includes a CD-ROM
2 for reproducing programs, data, etc. stored in
ROM device 34 and CD for noise filtering
-DSP (CD-Digital Signal Pr)
processor 35, a decoder 36 for decoding, for example, programs and data stored with an error correction code added thereto, and a reproduction data from the CD-ROM 2 by temporarily storing reproduction data from the CD-ROM device 34. A buffer 37 for speeding up reading.
Image data and audio data reproduced and decoded by these devices are sent to a graphic system and a sound system via a bus 20, respectively.

The communication control unit includes a communication control 38 for performing bidirectional communication control with the CPU 21 via the bus 20, a controller 3 for inputting an instruction from a player, and an external storage for storing game setting data and the like. A memory card 4 is provided as a device.

Here, the video game stored in the CD-ROM 2 is an adventure game in which a player operates a player character to disassemble an item having a built-in bomb within a time limit.

FIG. 3 shows an item 41 displayed on the display 5. Item 41 is a boombox containing a time bomb, and dismantling points A, B, C, D, and E
Is included. Here, when the player selects a dismantling point with the cursor 42, a tool selection screen (see FIG. 4) is displayed. When the player specifies the tool 43 on the tool selection screen, the tool 43 is a tool 43 that can be used at the selected dismantling point, and if the disassembling order by the tool 43 is correct, the part corresponding to the dismantling point is dismantled. Is displayed (see FIG. 5). In this way, all dismantling points are
If the item 3 is not dismantled within the time limit without making a mistake in the order, the item 41 is exploded (see FIG. 6).

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. When the display control unit 71 displays the item 41,
The disassembly data of the item is read from the recording unit 76. In addition, the timer unit 72 is activated to start counting time. The dismantling point selection section 73 receives the pressing of the controller 3 and moves the cursor 42 to select a dismantling point. The display control section 71 displays a tool selection screen, and the tool selection section 74 moves the cursor 42 upon depression of the controller 3 and moves the tool 43
Is specified. The availability determining unit 75 determines whether the specified tool 43 can be used at the dismantling point based on the dismantling data read from the recording unit 76. If available,
The selection order determination unit 77 determines whether the selection order is correct based on the disassembly data read from the recording unit 76. If the selection order is not correct, the display control unit 71 performs explosion display of the item 41. On the other hand, if the selection order is correct, the display control unit 71 performs disassembly display of a portion corresponding to the disassembly point.

If the time counted by the timer 72 reaches a certain value during the above-described processing, the display controller 71 explodes the item 41.

FIG. 8 shows an example of disassembly data of the item 41 in the recording unit 76. The data includes dismantling points,
It consists of a tool that can be used at the dismantling point, a disassembly order level when the tool is used, and a dismantling time required.
For example, a tool for disassembling the liquid crystal panel is a nipper or pliers. When the nipper is used, the time required for disassembly is 4 seconds, but since the disassembly level is 1, the CD can be disassembled before or after the CD cover or operation button of the same disassembly level 1. On the other hand, when the pliers are selected, the dismantling time is shortened to 2 seconds, but the dismantling level is 2, and
Items will explode only after all dismantling points of dismantling level 1 have been dismantled.

FIG. 9 shows this in a flow chart. That is, the display control unit 71 displays the item (101), and reads the disassembly data of the item from the recording unit 76 (102). Also, the timer unit 72 is started (1.
03). When the direction key 7 of the controller 3 is pressed (1
04), the dismantling point selection unit 73 selects a dismantling point (105). The display control unit 71 displays a tool selection screen (106), and the tool selection unit 74 receives the pressing of the direction key 7 (107), and specifies the tool 43 (108). The availability determining unit 75 determines whether the tool 43 can be used from the disassembly data read from the recording unit 76 (109). If usable, the selection order determining unit 77 determines whether the disassembly point selection order is correct based on the disassembly data read from the recording unit 76, and if correct (110), the display control unit 7
1 performs disassembly display of a portion corresponding to the disassembly point (1
11). The processing from step 104 is repeated until all dismantling points are dismantled (112). On the other hand, if the selection order is not correct (110), the display control unit 77 performs explosion display of the item 41 (113).

As an interrupt process, the display controller 7
1 reads the time counted by the timer unit 72 (12
1) If the time has reached a certain value (122), an explosion display of the item 41 is performed (123).

As described above, according to this embodiment, if an item is not dismantled within a predetermined time in a correct disassembly order, the item is displayed so as to explode, and a sense of reality can be given to the game.

In place of the explosion display of an item, the item may be transformed into another item or a character, a new item may appear, or the item may disappear.

[0034]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technology capable of giving a sense of reality to the progress of a game in an adventure game.

[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 an explanatory diagram for explaining an item display screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a tool selection screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an item disassembly screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an item explosion screen.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram for explaining the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining disassembly data.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine main body 2a CD-ROM drive cover 3 Controller 5 Display 6 Speaker 7 Direction key group 8 ○ button 41 Item 43 Tool

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. For a disassemblable item displayed on a display means, a timer means for starting counting time together with the display of the item, a dismantling point selecting means for selecting a dismantling point for dismantling the item, Second item selecting means for selecting a second item to be used for dismantling the dismantling point selected by the dismantling point selecting means, and whether the second item selected by the second item selecting means can be used at the dismantling point And a display control means for disassembling and displaying a portion corresponding to the disassembly point of the item when it is determined that the item is usable by the use possibility determination means, wherein the display control means comprises: When the entire item is not displayed in a disassembled state within a certain time counted by the timer means, A video game device characterized by changing display characteristics. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selection order determination unit configured to determine whether the disassembly point selected by the disassembly point selection unit is correct or not, wherein the display control unit determines the item within a predetermined time counted by the timer unit. 2. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the display characteristic of the item is changed when the entire item is not disassembled and displayed, or when the selection order determined by the selection order determination unit is incorrect. 3. The video game device according to claim 2, wherein the judgment of the correctness of the selection order by said selection order judgment means is changed by the second item selected by said second item selection means. 4. A counting step of starting counting time together with the display of the item for a disassemblable item displayed on the display means; a dismantling point selecting step of selecting a dismantling point for dismantling the item; A second item selecting step of selecting a second item to be used for dismantling the dismantling point selected by the dismantling point selecting step; and whether or not the second item selected by the second item selecting step can be used at the dismantling point. And a display control step of disassembling and displaying a portion corresponding to the disassembly point of the item when it is determined that the item is usable by the availability judgment step, wherein the display control step comprises: Within a certain time counted by the timer means, the whole of the item is released. A recording medium storing a program, wherein a display characteristic of the item is changed when the item is not displayed in a body.