JP2001162031A - Music game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a music game device capable of urging a player to select a musical composition even when many musical compositions are prepared and allowing the player to know various pieces of music information. SOLUTION: This music game device is provided with a game data memory section 24 storing many musical compositions to be played and a musical composition display means displaying the information on the musical compositions stored in the game data memory section 24 for individual data such as new sheet musics, the degree of difficulty, and hit musical compositions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music game device for playing based on music selected by a player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional music game apparatus, a game in which a player performs an input operation on input means in synchronization with an instruction displayed on a display or the like is well known. In this type of music game apparatus, a plurality of music pieces are prepared, and a music piece apparatus which can select and play a favorite music piece from the music pieces is already known. in this case,
Since the number of songs that can be played is at most about ten, the player does not have to worry as much about the song selection.

[0003] The applicant of the present invention has proposed a music game apparatus in which more than one hundred songs are prepared in advance and new songs can be added almost regularly, such as one week or one month. . In this music game apparatus, hundreds of songs that can be finally played are provided.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned music game apparatus has a problem that it takes too much time for a player to select music because the number of music pieces that can be stored is enormous. If it takes too long to select a song, not only the person who wishes to play next will be kept waiting for a long time, but also a problem that the time for occupying the apparatus per person will be prolonged may occur sufficiently. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a music game device which can prompt a player to select a song even if a huge number of songs are prepared, and which can also know various music information. It is an issue.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a music game apparatus for playing based on a music piece selected by a player, a music storage means for storing a large number of play music pieces, Music display means for displaying information of the music stored in the music storage means for each predetermined data.

[0007] The present invention is effective when the predetermined data of the music is popular music data of which frequency is selected by a player, and the music display means displays the music in descending order of popularity.

Further, the present invention is effective when the predetermined data of the music is data of difficulty of play, and the music display means displays the music in order of difficulty. Furthermore, the present invention is effective when the predetermined data of the music is new music data newly added, and the music display means displays the music in the order of newly added music.

Further, the present invention is effective when the popular music data is based on the number of music selections within a predetermined period retroactive from the time of playing. Still further, according to the present invention, when displaying the music based on the popular music data, the music display means performs an ascending, descending, same ranking and a new music score display as compared with the ranking in the previous predetermined period, It is effective.

[0010] Furthermore, the present invention provides the above-mentioned ascending, descending,
When the same ranking and the new music are indicated by symbols,
It is effective.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a music game device according to the present invention. In FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the music game device, and 2 denotes a player P.
Is an input operation member for performing an input operation, and the input operation member 2 of the present example is a guitar-type input member (hereinafter, referred to as a guitar member 2) imitating an electronic guitar. The main body 1 of the music game device has a display 11 and a speaker 1 in a housing 10 thereof.
2, a game start button 13, a game selection lever 14, and a coin device 15; and a control unit 20 described later is provided. Note that the guitar member 2 is connected to the apparatus main body 1 via a cord 3.

In this music game apparatus, the player P follows a guitar member 2 in accordance with an instruction displayed on a display 11.
Is operated, the BGM (Background Music) of the selected music flowing from the speaker 12 is played.
The sound of the guitar is generated in accordance with the performance of the guitar.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 20 has a central processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as a CPU 21).
The CPU 21 has a ROM 2 in which a game program is stored.
2. A RAM 23 to which play data and the like are written, a game data storage unit 24 that stores image data and music data and constitutes a music storage unit, an image data processing unit 25 and a sound data processing unit 26 that constitute a song display unit are connected. Further, the guitar member 2 is connected via an input interface (not shown). CPU 21
Sends image data, music data, and the like stored in the game data storage unit 24 to the image data processing unit 25 and the sound data processing unit 26 according to the game program stored in the ROM 22, and displays the game screen on the display 11. At the same time, a BGM sound and a guitar performance sound are output to the speaker 12.

In the control unit 20, the game data storage unit 24 can fetch data stored in a portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM.
As a result, new music data can be stored at any time. The RAM 23 also stores the name or nickname input by the player, the date and time of the play, the selected music, the game score, whether the player has played one or two players, whether the player has performed the extra play, and the like. Note that the RA in this example is
M23 has a large storage capacity so that countless play data can be stored.

FIG. 3 shows one scene of the game displayed on the display of the present music game apparatus. In the upper part of the screen, a two-bar musical score 27 for the player playing the guitar is displayed in two rows. In the two-measure sheet music 27, white notes are displayed at positions corresponding to the guitar part. The colored instruction telop fills the notes at a speed corresponding to the tempo of the song, and the upper two notes are displayed. After the bar score 27a flows from left to right, the lower two bar scores 27b
Flows from left to right. When the player operates the guitar member 2 at the timing when the leading end of the instruction telop reaches almost the center of the white note, JUST is displayed on the note and the guitar performance sound is emitted from the speaker. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 28 denotes a player character, and 29 denotes a character which is adjusted by increasing or decreasing the game level.

The music game device configured as described above is
When a predetermined coin is inserted into the coin device 15, a music selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 appears, where the player selects a music to be played. At this time, it is necessary to inform the player of music information that can be played, but the game data storage unit 24 stores hundreds of music pieces, and it is difficult to notify the player of all the music pieces on the music selection screen. On the song selection screen of this example, a song title book 30 in which the songs are classified into 50 names of artist names, a number input book 31 for inputting and selecting a number assigned to the song in advance, and a random song in which the song to be played at random is determined Icons for the book 32, the hit song 33, the easy song 34, the difficult song 35, and the new music 36 appear. Then, the player selects his / her favorite selection method with the selection lever 14 and presses the determination button 13 to determine the selection method.

When the song title book 30 is selected as the selection method, an artist name can be selected from the Japanese syllabary and selected from a music list of the artist. Also, the songs are given identification numbers in advance, and the number input book 31
Is selected, the user can know the number of the favorite music piece from the provided index or the like, and input that number to make a selection. Furthermore, when the random book 32 is selected, the machine plays with music selected at random.

Next, when the icon of the hit song 33 is selected, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the best two of the many songs selected in the previous week in this game apparatus are selected.
0 is displayed on the display, for example, every five songs. The ranking display includes a ranking display 40, a song title display 41,
Along with the display 42 of the artist name, a song with an upward arrow 43a for a song whose ranking is higher than that of the week before the previous week, a horizontal arrow 43b for a song with the same ranking, and a downward arrow 43c for a song with a lower ranking are marked. Is done. Then, when a new score that cannot be compared with the ranking of the week before last ranks in, a symbol of “first” 43d is added.

The songs can be classified according to the level of difficulty of play, and all the songs are classified into, for example, very difficult songs, difficult songs, easy songs, and ordinary songs. Therefore, when the easy song 34 is selected on the song selection screen, a list of songs classified as easy songs appears on the screen. On the other hand, if the user selects a difficult song 35, a list of extremely difficult songs is displayed. Therefore, the player only has to select one favorite song from the songs of the selected class.
In addition, if the degree of difficulty is ranked for all songs, it is possible to display the order of difficulty or ease instead of displaying for each class. In addition, one icon related to the difficulty level is selected, and if you select it, icons for all classes divided according to the difficulty level will be displayed, from which you can select the class you want to play, and then decide the song It is.

Further, when the new music 36 is selected, a list of songs classified as a new music is displayed. As described above, the music game device according to the present embodiment can sequentially add songs as the new song is set. For example, if the addition is performed every month, the next song is added. Or a music piece for a predetermined period of time after the addition is set as a new music piece.

As described above, in the present music game apparatus, music information can be displayed separately for various data on the music selection screen, so that the player can be prompted to select music.

It should be noted that if the list of hit songs or new songs is displayed in the attract mode in which no play is performed, the game can be attracted. In particular, the best 20 hit songs
In the case of displaying songs, the best 5 or the best 3 are shown in FIG. 6, one song at a time, the ranking 50, the song name 51, the artist name 52, the number of requests 53, and the totaling period 54.
Can be displayed and introduced.

With this configuration, information on popular songs can be easily obtained, and the willingness to participate in play can be increased. As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, but the present invention is not limited to only the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

For example, the music game device of the above embodiment uses a guitar member as input means, but the input means can use any method such as imitating another musical instrument or inputting by steps.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the music storage means for storing a large number of play music pieces, and the music display means for displaying the information of the music pieces stored in the music storage means for each predetermined data. Therefore, various pieces of music information can be provided to the player.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the predetermined data of the music is popular music data of which the number of times of selection by the player is high, and the music display means displays the music of which the number of times of selection is high. Music information can be provided.

According to the third aspect, the predetermined data of the music is the data of the difficulty level of the play, and the music display means displays the music in accordance with the difficulty level. You can know the information of the music that was played.

According to the fourth aspect, since the music display means displays the newly added music, the player can easily know the information of what music has been newly added.

According to the configuration of claim 5, since the popular music data is based on the number of selected music pieces within a predetermined period from the time of playing, the popular music data is updated every period, and the latest popular music information is provided to the player. Can be provided.

According to the sixth aspect, when displaying the music based on the popular music data, the music display means displays the movement of the ranking comparing the current ranking with the previous ranking, so that not only the ranking but also the popularity is rising. It is easy to know the trend such as whether it is going down.

According to the seventh aspect, the movement of the ranking is displayed by a symbol such as a picture or a character, so that the display can be easily displayed in a small space.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an example of a game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the game device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a display during game play.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a music selection screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a hit song.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a top-ranked song as a hit song.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Apparatus body 20 Control unit 33 Hit song icon 34 Easy song icon 35 Difficult song icon 36 New song icon

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A music game apparatus for playing based on music selected by a player, comprising: music storage means for storing a large number of play music; and information of the music stored in the music storage means stored in predetermined data. A music game device comprising: a music display means for displaying each music. 2. The music game device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined data of the music is popular music data having a large number of music selections by a player, and the music display means displays the music having a large number of music selections. A music game device characterized by the above. 3. The music game device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined data of the music is data of difficulty of play, and the music display means displays the music according to the difficulty. Music game device. 4. The music game device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined data of the music is new music data newly added, and the music display means displays the newly added music. Music game device. 5. The music game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the popular music data is based on the number of music pieces selected within a predetermined period from the time of playing. 6. The music game apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the music display means displays, when displaying a music based on the popular music data, a ranking movement comparing a current ranking with a previous ranking. Music game device. 7. The music game device according to claim 6, wherein the display of the movement of the order is performed by a symbol such as a picture or a character.