JP2001120836A - Video game device and storage medium for storing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video game device and a storage medium for storing a program for varying a mark showing inputting timing and for facilitating operation for an unskilled player in a video game outputting music according to the operation sequentially inputted from an inputting means. SOLUTION: Marks 31-34 showing inputting timing are sequentially lighted and movably displayed from central parts 31-1-34-1 toward peripheral parts 31-n-34-n of a display means. When the mark is moved to the peripheral part, the mark is valued. It is determined whether or not a button pressed for inputting matches each mark, and this result is added to the evaluation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game for outputting music by an operation sequentially input from input means and a recording medium storing a program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of game, a mark indicating an input time is displayed, and a player sequentially inputs a mark in accordance with the mark so that a melody portion and a staging effect corresponding to the input are sequentially output. Has become.

For example, in a game that outputs a melody, a mark is displayed in accordance with the rhythm of music, and when a player inputs according to the mark, the melody portion is output, and a match between the display time of the mark and the input time is made. To be evaluated. Here, if the evaluation exceeds a certain value, there are benefits such as proceeding to the next task music.

[0004]

However, the display of the mark instructing such an input is performed by, for example, moving the mark 82 on the straight line 81 downward as shown in FIG.
When the lower end of 1 is reached, the input time is indicated, and the display change is poor.

Further, it is necessary to press an input button corresponding to each of a plurality of displayed marks, so that there is a problem that the operation is difficult for a beginner.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has a video game apparatus and a recording program storing a program which can change the mark indicating the input time and can be easily operated by a beginner. To provide a medium.

[0007]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
In a video game device that outputs music by an operation sequentially input from input means having a plurality of input buttons,
Recording means for recording the music data for each output section, reading means for reading music data from the recording means,
According to the music data read by the reading means,
Display control means for moving and displaying a mark indicating the timing of the input for each of the output sections from a central part of the display means to a peripheral part, and a receiving means for receiving an input from the input means,
Voice output means for outputting the section of the music in response to the input in the receiving means, and position recognition for recognizing a position of a mark which is moved and displayed by the display control means when the input is received in the receiving means. A video game device comprising: means; evaluation means for evaluating the input based on the position of the mark recognized by the position recognition means; and evaluation result output means for outputting an evaluation result by the evaluation means.

According to the means of the present invention, a mark moving from the center to the periphery of the display means is displayed, and an input is made when the mark moves to a fixed position, so that the input and the mark position can be defined. The input is evaluated from the relationship. In this way, the display of the mark indicating the input can be changed.

[0009] Here, the input means means an input device such as a game controller, an input mat, and a keyboard. The display means means, for example, a CRT or liquid crystal display device. The output section of music means one note, bar or phrase.

[0010] The second means of the present invention, in the first means, comprises a button identifying means for identifying an input button used for input by the accepting means, and the evaluating means comprises an identifying means for identifying by the button identifying means. The input is evaluated based on the input button and the position of the mark recognized by the position recognition means.

According to the present invention, a plurality of marks are made to correspond to input buttons, and a high evaluation is given when a button corresponding to the displayed mark is depressed. By giving, a beginner can also enjoy the game.

A third means of the present invention resides in a recording medium storing a program for outputting music by an operation sequentially inputted from an input means having a plurality of input buttons, wherein the program is provided for each music data output section. Data, a reading step of reading the data, and display control for moving and displaying a mark indicating the input time for each of the output sections from a central portion to a peripheral portion of the display means, based on the music data read in the reading step. A receiving step of receiving an input from the input means; a voice output step of outputting the section of the music by receiving the input in the receiving step; and displaying the input when the input is received by the receiving step. A position recognizing step of recognizing a position of a mark moved and displayed by the control step; and the position recognizing step. An evaluation step of evaluating the input by the position of the marks more recognized, a recording medium storing a program that includes an evaluation result output step of outputting the evaluation result by the evaluation step.

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.

[0014]

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

[0015]

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a video game apparatus of the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 5 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display 5").

The game machine body 1 is provided with a CD-ROM (Compa) (not shown) under the cover 2a of the CD-ROM drive.
ct 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 as viewed from the plane, there are provided direction keys 7 for up, down, left and right directions. By pressing the keys in the corresponding directions, the character can be moved in a desired direction, the cursor can be moved on the selection screen, and the like. 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. A start button 12 is provided at the center of the controller 3 and is used for temporarily stopping or restarting the game.
Is used for screen switching and the like. Further, an L1 button 14 is provided on an upper left side, an L2 button 16 is provided on a lower left side, an R1 button 15 is provided on an upper right side, and an R2 button 17 is provided on a lower right side on a front surface (not shown) of the controller 3.

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 an SPU that generates music, sound effects, etc.
(Sound Processing Unit) 31
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 the player and an input / output with the memory card 4.

The control system includes a CPU 21 and interrupt control and DMA (Dynamic Memory Access).
s) Peripheral device control unit 22 for controlling transfer, and RAM (Random Access Mem) as main storage device
ory) 23, a main storage device, a graphic system,
ROM (Read O / O) in which a program such as an operating system for managing a sound system is stored.
nly Memory) 24. Also CP
U21 is provided with an oscillation circuit for generating a clock signal and a frequency dividing circuit for dividing the clock signal to generate a clock signal.

[0021] The 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 reading from the CD-ROM 2 by temporarily storing reproduction data from the CD ROM device 34. And a buffer 37 for speeding up the operation.
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 a video game in which sound effects and the like for music are output by inputting from the input means in accordance with the displayed input instruction mark.

FIG. 3 shows an input screen displayed on the display 5. The marks 31 to 34 correspond to the L1 button 14, the L2 button 16, the R1 button 15, and the R2 button 17 of the controller 3, respectively. Inform the player of the input time.
Here, when the L1 button 14 corresponding to the mark is pressed, a music output section is output.
When the L1 button 14 is pressed while n is lit, an evaluation is obtained.

FIG. 4 shows music data of the present invention. The musical score is divided into output sections, and an input button is assigned to each output section. For example, the L1 button 14 is provided a predetermined time before the time at which the first note of the output section 1 is to be output.
Starts from a start point 31-1, and moves to a point 31-n at a time to be output. Here, the section is composed of a bar or a phrase composed of a plurality of bars.

FIG. 5 shows an evaluation result screen which is displayed when one music is completed and which evaluates an input. The rate at which the input time coincides with the time at which the peripheral mark shines, the rate at which the match continues, the score, and the rank are displayed. If the rank is A, it is possible to proceed to the next task music.

FIG. 6 shows a functional block diagram of the present invention. The reading unit 61 reads the music data from the recording unit 62, and the display control unit 63 displays the mark on the display 5, and illuminates and displays the mark corresponding to the push button for each music output section. At the same time, start the timer unit 69,
When the timer reaches the set time, the mark is displayed normally,
The next mark near the periphery is lit sequentially. Input reception unit 6
When the button 4 of the controller 3 is pressed, the audio output unit 65 outputs the music of the output section to the speaker 6.
On the other hand, the position recognition unit 66 recognizes the mark position when the button is pressed. The evaluation unit 67 evaluates whether the recognized position is in the vicinity. Evaluation result output unit 6 at the end of music
8 displays the evaluation result on the display 5.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing this processing. The flow of FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIG. The reading unit 61 reads music data from the recording unit 62 (10
1), the display controller 63 displays the mark on the display 5 (102). Further, a mark corresponding to the output section of the music is illuminated and displayed (103), and the timer 69 is started (104). When the input receiving unit 63 does not press the button of the controller 3 (105) and the timer unit 69 times out (121), the position recognizing unit recognizes the mark position of the optical display, and the position is recognized as the peripheral position. If not (1
22), the display controller 63 illuminates and displays the next mark near the peripheral position (123). On the other hand, if it is a peripheral position, the process proceeds to step 112 (122). On the other hand, when the button is pressed (105), the audio output section 65 outputs the music of the output section to the speaker 6 (106). In addition, the position recognition unit 6
6 recognizes the position of the mark being moved and displayed, and the evaluation unit 67 proceeds to step 112 if the position is not a peripheral portion (10).
7). On the other hand, if it is a peripheral part (107), the button identification unit 70 identifies whether the pressed button corresponds to the mark, and if not, it does not (108).
Proceed to 12. On the other hand, if they correspond to each other (108), the number of coincidence determinations is incremented (109). If they match continuously with the previous output section (110), the number of consecutive coincidence determinations is incremented (111). If the music data is not finished, the evaluation result output unit 68 returns to step 103 (112), while if the music data is finished (11).
2) A score is calculated from the above-described number of coincidence determinations and the number of consecutive coincidence determinations and displayed on the display 5 (113).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a mark that sequentially shines from the center of the display to the peripheral portion is displayed, and when the peripheral portion shines, the button corresponding to the mark is pressed to play music. Since the output and evaluation of the mark can be obtained, the display of the mark can be changed.

The difficulty level may be increased by shortening the time during which one mark shines as the game progresses. Further, the moving speed of each mark may be made different, for example, the moving speed of the mark corresponding to the button operated with the left hand may be reduced.

In this embodiment, an example is shown in which one player operates, but a battle game in which two players compete for points using two controllers 3 may be used.

[0034]

[Embodiment 2] In the first embodiment, it is not evaluated unless the button corresponding to the mark is pressed, and the operation becomes difficult for a beginner. In the present embodiment, the problem is solved by giving a subtracted evaluation even when a button not corresponding to the mark is pressed.

This can be realized by adding a step 201 to the flowchart of FIG. That is, the button identification unit 7
0 identifies whether the pressed button corresponds to the mark, and if it does not correspond (107), the evaluation unit 67
Increments the number of match determinations by 0.5.

As a result, even beginners can get points and can enjoy the game.

When a button that does not correspond to a mark is pressed, the player may be notified by changing the display color of the mark.

[0038]

According to the present invention, there is provided a video game apparatus for outputting music by an operation sequentially input from input means, wherein a mark indicating an input time is changed,
It is possible to provide a video game device and a recording medium storing a program that can be easily operated by a beginner.

[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 input screen;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining music data.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an evaluation result screen.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram for explaining the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a conventional input screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game console 2a CD-ROM drive cover 3 Controller 5 Display 6 Speaker 8 ○ Button 14 L1 button 15 R1 button 16 L2 button 17 R2 button 31, 32, 33, 34 Mark

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A video game apparatus for outputting music by an operation sequentially input from input means having a plurality of input buttons, wherein: a recording means for recording the music data for each output section; Reading means for reading music data, and music data read by the reading means,
Display control means for moving and displaying a mark indicating the timing of the input for each of the output sections from a central portion to a peripheral portion of a display means; a receiving means for receiving an input from the input means; and an input at the receiving means Voice output means for outputting the corresponding section of the music upon reception of the music; position recognition means for recognizing a position of a mark which is moved and displayed by the display control means when an input is received by the reception means; A video game apparatus comprising: an evaluation unit that evaluates the input based on a position of a mark recognized by the unit; and an evaluation result output unit that outputs an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: button identification means for identifying an input button used for input by said reception means; and said evaluation means for input buttons identified by said button identification means and a mark identified by said position identification means. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the input is evaluated according to a position. 3. A recording medium storing a program for outputting music by an operation sequentially input from input means having a plurality of input buttons, wherein the data for each output section of the music data and the data are read. A reading step, a display control step of moving and displaying a mark indicating the time of the input for each of the output sections from a central portion to a peripheral portion of the display means, based on the music data read in the reading step, A receiving step of receiving the input of the above, an audio output step of outputting the section of the music by receiving the input of the receiving step, and when the input is received by the receiving step, the display is moved by the display control step. A position recognition step of recognizing the position of the mark; and a marker recognized by the position recognition step. A recording medium storing a program, comprising: an evaluation step of evaluating the input based on a position of a mark; and an evaluation result output step of outputting an evaluation result of the evaluation step.