JP2001314653A - Game apparatus, memory card apparatus, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game apparatus, memory card apparatus, and recording medium wherein adventure games of various kinds can be enjoyed between a hero character operated by a player and a selected competitor character. SOLUTION: By combining words a displayed on a display device, a story corresponding to the combination of words can be started, while by using the words collected by means of the memory card apparatus, the degree of good feeling between the hero character and the competitor character can be varied.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device for enjoying a game using a display device, a memory card device for preparing a large number of various stories, and a recording medium storing the game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are various kinds of video games of this kind, such as a board game, a role playing game, a fighting game, and an adventure game. Among these games, in an adventure game, a character operable by a player enjoys various events, travel, etc. with a girl character in the game, and a character operated by the player and a character in the game have a conversation. There is a thing to experience simulated, such an adventure game also has a large number of fans.

Heretofore, in this type of adventure game, a technique has been adopted in which the player's interest in the game is enhanced by elaborating the number of opponent characters that can be selected by the player and the reaction of each opponent character in various ways.

[0004]

However, in such an adventure game, a player who has once become accustomed to the story of the game rapidly loses interest in the game, and tends to desire a fresher and more interesting game. It is very difficult to keep the player's interest for a long time. Producing a new story in order to meet the needs of the user who is a player requires time and cost.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device that can keep a player's interest in a game for a long time.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a memory card device capable of preparing a large number of stories with various variations.

[0007]

According to one aspect of the present invention, a display device for displaying a plurality of words and a plurality of scenario programs corresponding to a combination of a plurality of words displayed on the display device are stored. A game device comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of words; and execution means for detecting a combination of the plurality of words, reading a corresponding scenario program, and executing the read scenario program. Is obtained. In this configuration,
A number of scenarios corresponding to the combination of words can be prepared, and the player can enjoy a game based on various scenarios without getting tired.

According to another aspect of the present invention, storage means for storing words used in a conversation between a plurality of characters in a game, a display device for displaying the stored words, and a conversation situation. Operating means for allowing a player to select a corresponding word on the display device; and processing means for performing and processing a game between the characters in accordance with a result of the selection by the operating means. A game device is obtained. In this configuration, since the reaction of the partner character differs depending on the word selected by the player, the player can be interested in collecting words.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a recording medium storing a program for playing a game using a display device, the program stores a plurality of words used in the game on the display device. Displaying, a step of storing a plurality of scenario programs corresponding to a combination of a plurality of words displayed on the display device, detecting the combination of the plurality of words, and reading a corresponding scenario program,
Executing the read scenario program.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, in a recording medium storing a program for playing a game using a display device, the program is used in a conversation between a plurality of characters in the game. Storing the stored word on the display device, displaying the stored word on the display device, causing the player to select a word corresponding to the situation of the conversation on the display device, and Accordingly, the game between the characters progresses,
And a step of processing.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, a game device to which the present invention is applied will be described. Referring to FIG. 1, a home game apparatus to which the present invention can be applied includes a game apparatus main body 10 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a main body) and a controller 11. In a normal game, the player can enjoy a video game by connecting the main body 10 to a television device (not shown) and operating the controller 11 while watching the screen of the television device.

More specifically, the main body 10 includes a substantially rectangular housing 12, an upper surface of the housing,
An openable and closable disk mounting portion 13 provided at a central portion is provided. In the illustrated home game apparatus, an optical disk (not shown) as a recording medium constituted by a CD-ROM storing a video game application program is mounted on the disk mounting unit 13.

A reset switch 14, a power switch 15, and a disk operation switch 16 for resetting the video game by a player's operation are arranged on an upper surface of a housing 12 constituting the main body 10 shown in FIG. By operating the operation switch 16, the disc mounting section 13 is opened and closed, and the optical disc can be mounted or removed.

On the front side of the housing 12, two slots 17A and 17B for mounting a memory card or the like are provided.
Each of the slots 17A and 17B is divided into two stages, and the controller 11 can be connected to the lower stage of each of the slots 17A and 17B.
The upper part of 7A, 17B is configured so that a memory card can be connected.

In the illustrated example, the controller 11 is provided below the slot 17B via the connection terminal 18 thereof.
A memory card device 20 to which the present invention can be applied is mounted on the upper part of the slot 17A, which is connected to the main body 10.

Here, the illustrated memory card device 20
Is attached to each memory card device 20 with individual and unique identification data, for example, an identification number.
Used to store data from 0, etc.
As described later, it can also be used as a portable game device. As is clear from the above, the identification data differs for each memory card device 20 and is usually used by a manufacturer for managing products.

The memory card device 20 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. The memory card device 20 shown in FIG. 2 has the upper surface shown in FIG. 2B and the main body mounting side surface shown in FIG.
And, it has a side surface opposite to the main body mounting side shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2B, on the upper surface of the memory card device 20, a button switch 201, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 202 forming a display screen, and an arrow 203 indicating the direction of insertion into the slot 17 are provided. And In the illustrated example, the button switch 201
, An up / down / left / right button 201a, and a button 201b for inputting and determining an event, a number, and the like.

Further, the memory card device 20 has the structure shown in FIG.
As is clear from the side of the main body mounting side shown in (a),
A package 204 formed by an upper shell 204a and a lower shell 204b;
A connector window 205 is formed on the side surface of the connector. The package 204 houses a substrate 206 on which a memory element, a microcomputer, and the like are mounted, and is provided with a power supply and signal connection terminal 207. Further, as shown in FIG. 2C, a wireless communication window 208 for transmitting infrared light to communicate with another memory card device using infrared light is provided on a side surface opposite to the main body mounting side. It is provided as a means.

Referring to FIG. 3, the internal configuration of memory card device 20 shown in FIG. 2 will be described.

The illustrated memory card device 20 has a microcomputer 30 constituting a control unit.
In the microcomputer 30, a program memory 30a is provided. Microcomputer 30
Are connected to the input button switch 201, the liquid crystal display (LCD) 202, the connection terminal 207, and the wireless communication means 208 shown in FIG. Further, the microcomputer 30 has a clock 31 and a nonvolatile memory 3.
2, the speaker 33 and the battery 34 are connected,
Among them, the non-volatile memory 32 is formed of a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory, which retains recorded data even when the power is turned off. Further, as described above, since the memory card device 20 itself includes the battery 34, a static random access memory (SRAM) can be used as the nonvolatile memory 32.

As described above, since the memory card device 20 according to the present invention includes the program memory 30a, by downloading an application program from the main body 10 to the program memory 30a, the memory card device 20 is downloaded. The application program itself can be changed or executed. Therefore, the memory card device 20 to which the application program has been downloaded in this manner can be detached from the main body 10 and used as an independent portable game device.

The microcomputer 30 of the memory card device 20 used in the present invention includes a main body connection interface, a memory interface, a display interface, an input interface, and a sound corresponding to the devices connected to the memory card device 20. Interface, a wireless communication interface, a program download interface, a clock management system, and the like.

Further, identification data is assigned to the memory card device 20 in advance, and an ID memory 30b for storing the identification data is connected to the microcomputer 30.

Here, the ID memory 30b has a list storage area for storing not only unique identification data assigned to the memory card device 20 but also a password described later in the form of a list.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the internal configuration of the game apparatus main body 10 in which the memory card device 20 according to the present invention is mounted will be described.

First, a game medium 10 stores a recording medium 84 storing a program related to a game at the time of the game.
For example, an optical disk (disk-shaped recording medium such as a CD-ROM) is mounted. It is assumed that a computer-readable program related to a card game is stored on the optical disc in this embodiment.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the game device according to the present invention comprises a main control unit 50,
A graphic control unit 60, an audio control unit 70, a medium control unit 80, and a communication control unit 90 are provided.
0-90 may be collectively referred to as control units as a whole. The illustrated control units 50-90, that is, the control units, are all connected to the main bus MB,
In the illustrated example, a parallel I / O port 101 for connecting to another peripheral device and a serial I / O port 102 for performing communication with another game device or the like are connected to the main bus MB. . Further, the main control unit 50, the operation control unit 90, and the medium control unit 80 operate as a game control unit that controls the execution of the game in accordance with a player's operation on the controller 11 that operates as an operation input unit.

The illustrated main control unit 50 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 51, a peripheral device controller 52,
The main memory 53 and the operation system (O
S) ROM 54. More specifically, the peripheral device controller 52 provided in the main control unit 50 performs interrupt control, time control, memory control, direct memory access (DMA) transfer control, and the like. On the other hand, the main memory 53 is composed of, for example, a 2 megabyte RAM, and the OSROM 54 stores programs such as a so-called operating system for managing the main memory 53, the graphic system 60, the sound system 70, and the like. For example, it is constituted by a memory of 512 kilobytes.

The illustrated CPU 51 is, for example, a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) C
It is a PU and controls the entire apparatus by executing an operating system stored in the ROM 54. The CPU 51 has an instruction cache and a scratch pad memory, and also manages a real memory.

The graphic control unit 60 includes a geometry transfer engine (GTE) 61, a graphic processing unit (GPU) 62, a frame buffer 63, and a decompression circuit 64. Is connected to a display device 65. In this case, the graphic control unit 60 operates as a display control unit that controls the display of the game screen on the display device 65 that is a display device.

Here, the display device 65 is a television monitor in the case of a normal home game machine,
In the case of a personal computer or work station, it is a display for a computer, and in the case of a game machine for business use, it is a display device for a game.

The geometry transfer engine (GTE) 61 of the graphic system 60 is constituted by a co-processor for coordinate calculation for performing processing such as coordinate conversion, and on the other hand, a graphics processing unit (G
The PU 62 draws in accordance with a drawing instruction (drawing command) from the CPU 51. The image drawn by the GPU 62 is stored in, for example, a 1-megabyte frame buffer 63. Further, the decompression circuit 64 includes an image decoder (hereinafter, referred to as MDEC) 64 that performs orthogonal transformation such as so-called discrete cosine transformation and decodes the compressed and encoded image data.

The above-mentioned geometry transfer engine (GTE) 61 is provided with, for example, a parallel operation mechanism for executing a plurality of operations in parallel. As a coprocessor of the CPU 51, coordinate transformation such as perspective transformation is performed in response to an operation request from the CPU 51. In addition, the calculation of the light source by the inner product operation of the normal vector and the light source vector, for example, the operation of the matrix or the vector in the fixed-point format can be performed at high speed.

More specifically, the GTE 61 can perform a coordinate calculation of a maximum of about 1.5 million polygons per second in the case of performing flat shading for rendering one triangular polygon with the same color. . Therefore, in this image processing system, the load on the CPU 51 can be reduced, and high-speed coordinate calculation can be performed. The polygon is a minimum unit of a figure for forming a three-dimensional object displayed on a display, and is formed of a polygon such as a triangle and a quadrangle. In the present invention, the coordinates of each polygon are calculated using the GTE 61 as described later.

The graphics processing unit (GPU) 62 operates according to a polygon drawing command from the CPU 51 and draws a polygon (polygon) on the frame buffer 63. The GPU 62 is capable of rendering a maximum of about 360,000 polygons per second. The GPU 62 has a CPU
51 has a two-dimensional address space that is independent of the address buffer 51, and the frame buffer 63 is mapped therein.

The frame buffer 63 is formed of a so-called dual port RAM, and can simultaneously perform drawing from the GPU 62 or transfer from the main memory 53 and reading for display. More specifically, the frame buffer 63 has a capacity of, for example, 1 megabyte, and has a width of 1024 and a length of 512 bits each of 16 bits.
Pixel matrix.

The frame buffer 63 can output an arbitrary display area of the stored image display area to, for example, the display device 65. Further, the frame buffer 63 is used when the GPU 62 draws a polygon or the like in addition to the display area output as a video output.
A CLUT area for storing a color look-up table (CLUT) to be referred to, and a GPU that is coordinate-converted during rendering
And a texture area for storing a material (texture) to be inserted (mapped) in a polygon or the like drawn by the reference numeral 62. The illustrated frame buffer 63
Can perform high-speed DMA transfer with the main memory 53.

On the other hand, the decompression circuit (MDEC) 64 of the graphic control unit 60 decodes the still or moving image data read from the recording medium 84 and stored in the main memory 53 under the control of the CPU 51. And store it in the main memory 53 again. In particular,
The MDEC 64 can perform an inverse discrete cosine transform (inverse DCT) operation at a high speed, and uses a method of a color still image compression standard (so-called JPEG) read from the recording medium 84 or a storage medium-based moving image coding standard (so-called MPEG). Thus, compressed data can be expanded.

The reproduced image data is stored in the GP
By storing the image in the frame buffer 63 via the U62, the image can be used as a background of the image drawn by the GPU 62 described above.

Further, based on an instruction from the CPU 51, the sound control unit, that is, the sound system 70, generates a sound reproduction processing processor (SP) for generating musical sounds, sound effects, and the like.
U) 71, a sound buffer 72 of, for example, 512 kilobytes in which data such as voice and musical sound read from a CD-ROM and sound source data are stored, and a sound for outputting musical sound, sound effect and the like generated by the SPU 71. And a speaker 73 as an output unit.

The SPU 71 converts the 16-bit audio data into a 4-bit differential signal by adaptive difference encoding (ADP).
CM), an ADPCM decoding function for reproducing the reproduced audio data, a reproduction function for generating sound effects and the like by reproducing the sound source data stored in the sound buffer 72, and an audio data stored in the sound buffer 72. And the like. More specifically, the SPU 71 incorporates an ADPCM sound source 24 voices having functions such as looping and automatic change of operation parameters using time as a coefficient, and operates by operation from the CPU 51. The SPU 71 manages a unique address space to which the sound buffer 72 is mapped, and sends an ADP from the CPU 51 to the sound buffer 72.
CM data is transferred, and data is reproduced by directly passing key-on / key-off and modulation information.

By providing such a function, the sound system 70 can be used as a so-called sampling sound source that generates musical tones, sound effects, and the like based on audio data and the like recorded in the sound buffer 72 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 51.

Next, the medium control unit 80 includes a recording medium driver 81, a decoder 82, and a buffer 83. The recording medium driver 81 includes the recording medium 8
4 is loaded. Here, as the recording medium 84, for example, a CD-ROM, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like can be used. In this example, as described above, the optical disk,
-Assume that a ROM is used. In this connection, it is assumed that the recording medium driver 81 is a CD-ROM driver and the decoder 82 is a CD-ROM decoder. The program of the image simplification method according to the present invention is stored in the recording medium 84.

The above-described recording medium driver 81 is a CD-ROM.
The decoder 82 has a function of reproducing a program, data, and the like recorded on a recording medium 84 which is a ROM disk. The decoder 82 is provided with, for example, a program and data recorded with an error correction (ECC) code added thereto. And the like. Further, the buffer 83 is configured by a RAM having a recording capacity of, for example, 32 kilobytes, which temporarily stores reproduction data from the recording medium driver 81.

Here, as the disk format,
For example, the decoder 82 can support data such as a CD-DA and a CD-ROMXA. The decoder 82 also operates as a part of the audio control unit 70 to reproduce audio data recorded on the recording medium 84. I do.

The audio data recorded on the disk reproduced by the recording medium driver 81 shown in FIG.
M data (ADPCM data of CD-ROM XA, etc.)
In addition, so-called PCM data obtained by converting an audio signal from analog to digital may be used.

Of the above-mentioned audio data, the ADPCM data represents, for example, a difference between 16-bit digital data of 4 bits.
The ADPCM data is recorded in bits, and after being subjected to error correction and decoding by a decoder 82, is supplied to the above-mentioned SPU 71, and is subjected to processing such as digital / analog conversion by the SPU 71, and is sent to a speaker 73. Sent out.

On the other hand, for example, audio data formed by PCM data recorded as 16-bit digital data is decoded by a decoder 82,
Used to drive the speaker 73. Note that the audio output of the decoder 82 enters the SPU 71 once, is mixed with the SPU output, and becomes the final audio output via the reverb unit.

The operation control unit 90 provided in the game device shown in FIG.
A communication control device 91 for controlling communication with the communication device 1 and an auxiliary memory (here, a memory card device) 20;
The communication control device 91 is connected to the controller 11 for inputting an instruction from a user, that is, a player. Here, the memory card device 20 is
It is used to store an instruction input from 1 and game settings, etc., and has various functions described with reference to FIG.

Next, the controller 11 is an interface for transmitting the user's intention to the application.
In order to input an instruction from the user, the communication control device 91 has, for example, 16 instruction keys, and according to the instruction from the communication control device 91, transmits the state of the instruction key to the communication control device 91 by synchronous communication 60 times per second. About to send. Then, the communication control device 91 transmits the state of the instruction key of the controller 92 to the CPU 51. Since the main body 10 is provided with two connectors as described above,
One controller 11 can be connected to the main body 10, and if a multi-tap is used, a large number of controllers can be connected to the main body 10.

Thus, the instruction from the user is transmitted to the CPU 5.
1 and the CPU 51 performs processing according to instructions from the user based on the game program or the like being executed.

The CPU 51 transmits the stored data to the communication control device 91 when it is necessary to store the settings of the game being executed, the end of the game, or the score during the game. Is the CPU 51
Is stored in the memory card device 20. Since the memory card device 20 is separated from the main bus MB, the memory card device 20 can be detached while the power is on. Thereby, game settings and the like can be stored in the plurality of memory card devices 2.
0 can be stored.

The main memory 53 and the GPU
It is necessary to transfer a large amount of image data at high speed between the MPU 62, the MDEC 64, the decoder 82, and the like when reading a program, displaying an image, or drawing.

For this reason, in this image processing system, the main memory 53 and the G memory are controlled by the peripheral device controller 52 without the intervention of the CPU 51 as described above.
PU 62, decompression circuit (MDEC) 64 and decoder 82
DMA transfer for directly transferring data between the same can be performed. As a result, the load on the CPU 51 due to data transfer can be reduced, and high-speed data transfer can be performed.

Next, the controller 11 used in the game device of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. The controller 11 has various keys as described below for inputting an instruction from the player.

Here, the instruction key of the controller 11 will be described. The controller 11 has a cross key composed of a left key L, a right key R, an up key U, and a down key D, a start button 11a, and a select button 11 on its upper surface.
b, first to fourth buttons 11c, 11d, 11e, and 11f are arranged. Further, on the front side of the controller 11, first and second left buttons 11L1 and 11L
2. First and second right buttons 11R1 and 11R2 are arranged. These first and second left buttons 11L1, 1L
The 1L2 and the first and second right buttons 11R1 and 11R2 are assigned functions such as an area set and a cursor movement unit for each game.

Among the above-mentioned keys, the cross key is a key for the player to give a command to the CPU 51 to move the character to be moved up, down, left and right, and the start button 11a is operated by the player. The CPU 5 starts the operation based on the game program data read from the recording medium 84 and loaded.
This is a key for instructing 1. The select button 11b is used by the CPU 5 to make various selections regarding a game program or the like loaded from the recording medium 84 to the main memory 53.
This is a key for instructing 1.

The CPU 51 transmits the data to be stored to the communication control device 91 when it is necessary to store the settings of the game being executed, the end of the game, or the results during the game or the like. Is the CPU 51
Can be stored in a memory card similar to the memory card device 20, and the data stored in the memory card device 20 can be transmitted to the CPU 51,
You can also change the data name. As described above, the memory card device 20 and the memory card
Since it is separated from B, it can be attached and detached while the power is on. Therefore, with this configuration, game settings and the like can be stored in a plurality of memory cards.

Next, an adventure game played on the game device according to the present invention will be described. First, the game executed in the present invention can be simply characterized.
The game proceeds according to words selected or collected by each player, or words (herein, referred to as voice units for convenience). Furthermore, one of the features of the present invention is that a story or a scenario of the game is determined based on a word (word) selected by the player, that is, a combination of voice units. In this case, if a large number of voice units are prepared, each player can enjoy a different number of stories (or scenarios) of games according to the combination.

Another feature of the present invention is that each story (or scenario) is changed according to the voice units collected by the player. In the game according to the present invention, the main character to be operated by the player (hereinafter, referred to as a main character) is usually a boy, and the main character is, in each story and scenario, another opponent character (normally, a girl). ) To communicate with each other.

For this reason, the player collects words necessary for conversation with each other character, that is, voice units, and selects a voice unit necessary for conversation from the collected voice units. In this case, when the player selects a voice unit preferable to the opponent character, the opponent character responds to the player with high likability, and can enjoy a friendly conversation with the protagonist character. When a voice unit that does not like the character is selected, the opponent character responds with low affinity to the player, and thereafter, has a conversation with an unfriendly attitude.

As described above, the response of the opponent character changes according to the selected voice unit, and the scenario of each story also changes. Therefore, the player can select a voice suitable for each opponent character and enhance the liking of the opponent character. Units need to be collected. In the game according to the present invention, the required voice unit is changed for each opponent character, and the obtainable voice unit itself is given a difficulty level, so that the player can play an adventure game based on a variety of stories or scenarios. You can enjoy without getting tired.

More specifically, the above-mentioned game can be divided into a menu part, a voice collection part, and an adventure part. Here, in the menu part, the main character, the opponent character, and the like are displayed, and the background of the character's room or the like is also displayed. In the menu part, if the hero character in the game performs a specific operation as a result of the player performing a specific operation, for example, performing an operation such as moving to the room of the selected opponent character, voice collection Move to part or adventure part.

The voice collection part may be configured in the form of a mini game, or may be executed using the memory card device 20 shown in FIG. In the following example, it is assumed that the voice collection part is executed using the memory card device 20. In this example, a predetermined number of voice units are stored in the game device main body 10 shown in FIG.
Is stored in the main memory 53 of the storage device.
In this regard, the voice collection part will be described later.

Now, in the menu part of the game, the main character performs a predetermined operation, for example, an operation such as sleeping, by the operation of the player, and the game according to the present invention shifts from the menu part to the adventure part. It will be described as an example. In the adventure part, a game is performed using the aforementioned voice unit.
In this game, the voice unit is used in the story generation screen, and is also used in various selection scenes that frequently appear in each story.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a story generation screen in a game according to the present invention. As shown, a girl as an opponent character is displayed in the center area of the screen, and the dialogue of the opponent character is displayed in a balloon. The upper and lower areas of the screen sandwiching the center area of the screen are divided into a plurality of inclined parallelogram-shaped partial areas (hereinafter, referred to as strips). Frames 200 and 210 are fixedly set, respectively.
Within each inclined parallelogram shaped strip, for example, nouns such as "Yoru", "Hiru", "Asa", etc., adjectives such as "Pretty", "Samui", "Atsu", "Oya", "Oh dear",
In addition to words (messages) including verbs such as "ano" and verbs such as "play" and "neru", a rarity (Rarity) R of the word and an identification number (ID) of the word are described.

For example, in the strip shown in FIG. 7, the word "senpai" is described as a word, and the word "senpai" has a rarity R of "03" and " 003 "
It can be understood that the identification number is represented by the identification number ID.
The words, rarity R, and identification number ID in these strips constitute a voice unit. In addition, in order to visually display the rarity, each strip can be colored in accordance with the rarity.

Returning to FIG. 6, the strips shown in the upper and lower regions of FIG. 6 are sequentially scrolled, and the player presses the select button 11b shown in FIG. The strip that has been scrolled to 200 or 210 can be stopped, and a voice unit on the strip can be secured. In the example shown in the figure, by operating the first left button 11L1 (see FIG. 5), the strip row in the upper region is changed to that shown in FIG.
Can be scrolled to the left, and by operating the first right button 11R1, the strip row in the upper region can be scrolled to the right in FIG. Similarly, by operating the second left button 11L2,
By scrolling the strips in the lower area to the left and operating the second right button 11R2, the strips in the lower area can be scrolled to the right. Left and right buttons 11L1, 11R described above
In order to instruct the operations of 1, 11, L2, 11R2, FIG.
, Characters L1, R1, L2, and R2 are displayed. The scroll direction of each strip row may be determined in advance.

The player stops the scrolled strip row by operating the select button 11b. In this stopped state, the voice units are selected in the selection frames 200 and 210, respectively. In the game according to the present invention, the story or scenario of the adventure game is determined by the combination of the voice units selected by the selection frames 200 and 210. Therefore, in this configuration, a story or a scenario corresponding to the number of combinations of the strips selected in the upper and lower regions can be prepared.

Referring to FIG. 8, when a strip displaying the words “words” of “special” and “gift” is selected in selection boxes 200 and 210, a scenario entitled “special gift” 001) is started. On the other hand, when a strip displaying the words “Juken” and “Tanjobi” is selected, “Birthday of the candidate”
Scenario (002) is started.
Similarly, when "ripp" and "two" are selected,
When the scenario "003 for two lips" and "Hannin" and "You" are selected, the scenario for "Hannin you" (004) is started. become.

In the above example, the scenario is determined by combining two words. However, the number of words to be combined may be increased. As described above, as the number of words to be combined increases, the number of scenarios becomes very large, so that the player can enjoy various scenarios.

Further, it is not necessary to prepare all scenarios corresponding to the combination of words selected by the selection frames 200 and 210. In this case, by controlling the scroll speed of the strip row in the upper and lower areas, the selection frame 20 is controlled.
When a word without a corresponding scenario is selected by 0 or 210, the expression of the partner character displayed on the screen can be changed. For example, when the combination of words matches the scenario, the expression of the opponent character becomes a smile, and when the combination does not match the scenario, the opponent character becomes an angry expression. Display is possible. If this configuration is adopted, the operation itself of positioning the necessary words in the selection frames 200 and 210 can be enjoyed like a roulette wheel. For this reason, the faster the scroll speed,
The difficulty of selecting a scenario in this game increases.

When the scenario is determined by the above operation, an adventure game with the selected opponent character is started. In the game according to the present invention,
Various events occur in the form of dialogue between the main character and the opponent character, and the progress of each event that has occurred is determined by the dialogue between the two. Here, a serial number is set for each word of the partner character for each partner character, and is identified by the name of the partner character and the word number. For example, assuming that the name of the partner character is “Shinobu” and the words to be used are numbered 012, the use word is “0” of “Shinobu”.
It will be identified as No. 12.

The words and messages used by the opponent character in each scenario are displayed on the screen at the time determined by each scenario. In this case, a word or a message from the partner character may be expressed in the form of a question or inquiry to the main character operated by the player. In response to the question or inquiry from the opponent character, the player who operates the protagonist character must select an appropriate word from the words on hand within a predetermined time and respond. When a predetermined time elapses without a response, the story based on the scenario ends and returns to the menu part.

Further, if an appropriate response cannot be made to the question or inquiry from the other character, the favorable character of the other character to the main character is reduced, and the result is different from the expected of the main character. In order to respond appropriately to a question or inquiry from a partner character, it is necessary to collect words according to the partner character. In the story generation screen shown in FIG. 6, the acquisition rate of usable words is displayed as the event achievement rate of FIG.

In any case, in the game according to the present invention, words used in each scenario must be collected in order to obtain a result as expected by the player.

Next, a voice collecting part for collecting voice units will be described.

The voice collecting part is a recording medium (CD-ROM) mounted on the game apparatus main body 10 shown in FIG.
May be incorporated as a mini-game in the game stored in the memory card device, but here, the description will be made assuming that the game is executed using the memory card device 20 shown in FIGS.

The memory card device 20 used in the game according to the present invention has an infrared transmitting / receiving device as the wireless communication means 208 as shown in FIG. Here, words (words) are collected using the function of the infrared transmitting / receiving device. In this case, first, the memory card device 20 is mounted on the game device main body 10 mounted with a recording medium storing the game, and in this state, a mini game program for executing the voice collection part is downloaded. When the mini game program is downloaded, the memory card device 20 is removed from the game device main body 10, and a voice collection screen is displayed.

While the voice collection screen is displayed, the infrared transmitting / receiving device 208, which is a wireless communication unit of the memory card device 20, is connected to a television that generates infrared light.
It is made to face a remote controller (not shown) such as a radio cassette or a cooler. The remote controller transmits an infrared code for instructing an operation of a television or the like corresponding to a button of the remote controller. As described above, the infrared code transmitted from the remote controller represents an operation code of each television or the like corresponding to the remote controller, and each operation code differs depending on a manufacturer of the television or the like.

In this embodiment, infrared codes generated from various remote controllers are processed using an algorithm specific to the game, and the processing results are associated with words for the game. According to this configuration, the resulting game words also differ depending on the difference between the remote controllers and the buttons on the operated remote controller. For this reason, it is unknown to the player whether or not a desired word can be obtained without trying various remote controllers and buttons thereof.
Therefore, the interest of the player in this game is not exhausted.

As another method of obtaining words without using a remote controller, there is a method of executing a mini game prepared in the memory card device 20 using the voice collection part described above. For example, as a mini-game of this kind, it is conceivable to set a simple rock-paper-scissors game in the memory card device 20 so that words corresponding to the number of times the rock-paper-scissors are won can be obtained. . Further, a program for rotating the roulette may be downloaded to the memory card device 20, and the roulette may be rotated to associate a stop position of the roulette with a word.

Furthermore, words may be traded by performing infrared communication with another friend having the memory card device 20. In this case, the memory card device 20 to which the simple mini-game as described above is downloaded is prepared between the opponents, and the infrared communication devices of the memory card devices 20 are opposed to each other, so that the mini-game can be performed between the opponents. , A word corresponding to the number of wins is obtained. In addition, a program for executing the word trading mode may be downloaded to the memory card device 20 and the words may be traded between the memory card devices 20 by executing the word trading mode. When trading words, each memory card device 20
It is also possible to trade a particular card to a particular memory card device 20 using a password individually assigned to

To summarize the above points, words can be collected by using the memory card device 20 in addition to executing the mini-game in the game program stored in the game device body 10. The method of collecting words using the memory card device 20 also includes a method of communicating with a remote controller,
There are three methods: a method of playing a mini game, and a method of obtaining by trading or competing with friends using the memory card device 20.

Further, the rarities of the words obtained by the above-mentioned collecting method can be made different. For example, in a mini-game in the game device body 10, words with relatively low rarity are configured to be collected easily and quickly, while words with relatively high rarity are collected when the memory card device 20 is used. For example, it is conceivable to configure so that it can be collected.

Referring to FIG. 9, the operation of the game device according to the present invention will be schematically described. In the adventure game of the present invention, a menu part is first executed in step S1. In the menu part of step S1,
Selection of a partner character and a situation is performed. The operation in the menu part in step S1 is as follows.
It is not much different from other games of this type and will not be described in detail here. However, in the adventure game, five opponent characters (girls)
Are prepared, and the player can arbitrarily select these five opponent characters to obtain different stories,
You can enjoy games based on scenarios.

When the menu part is completed, step S
2 is executed. In step S2, it is determined whether or not to execute the word collection part. If the word collection part is to be executed (step S2: Yes), step S3 is executed. When the word collection part is not executed (step S
2: No) Alternatively, when the execution of the word collection part ends, the adventure part of step S4 is executed (step S5).

The operation in the adventure part will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. In the adventure part, first, a screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, and the player is instructed to select a word. When the player selects the select button, the selection frame 20 is displayed.
When two words (words) stopped in 0 and 210 are selected (step Sa1), the selected two words (words)
It is determined in step Sa2 whether there is a story and a scenario corresponding to.

If there is no scenario corresponding to the two selected words, step Sa1 is repeatedly executed (step Sa2: No). In this case, the expression of the opponent character displayed on the screen changes, prompting the player to further select a word, and a screen that the player does not get bored is displayed even when no scenario exists.

In step Sa2, if there is a story and a scenario corresponding to the two words selected by the player, after the opponent character shows the expression and the gesture corresponding to the story, the scenario between the main character and the opponent character starts. Then, the main character and the opponent character encounter various events (step Sa3). During each event, the protagonist character has various conversations with the opponent character to achieve mutual communication (step Sa4). During this conversation, the opponent character makes various requests or questions to the main character.

In step Sa4, when a request or question is issued from the other character, the main character is
A screen for selecting a word from the words held by the player and responding to the request and question of the partner character is displayed (step Sa5). On this screen, a list of words collected by the player is displayed.

In the case of this example, the word selection time is limited. Therefore, in step Sa6, the response time of the player is monitored, and if the player does not select a word with the select button within the predetermined time, the game is stopped. Ends, the screen returns to the menu screen, and the menu part is executed again (step Sa6: Yes). On the other hand, if the player selects a word from the collected word list within a predetermined time and responds to the request or question of the partner character (step Sa6: No), in step Sa7, the selected and responded word is the partner character's character. It is determined in step Sa7 whether the request matches the request or the question.

When the word selected and answered by the player matches the request and question of the partner character (step Sa)
7: Yes), the liking of the opponent character with respect to the hero character increases (step Sa8), and if not matched (step Sa8), the liking of the opponent character with respect to the hero character decreases (step Sa8).
9).

The event between the protagonist character and the opponent character continues irrespective of the increase or decrease of the favorable impression (step Sa10), and it is determined in step Sa11 whether the ending of the scenario corresponding to the opponent character has been reached. You. If the ending of the scenario has not been reached in step Sa11, the process returns to step Sa4, and the conversation between the main character and the opponent character is performed again.

In step Sa11, when it is detected that the ending of the scenario has been reached, the scenario relating to the partner character ends. In this case,
Returning to the menu part, a similar game may be played under different opponent characters and different scenarios.

Referring to FIG. 11, the word collection part S3 shown in FIG. 9 will be described more specifically. The illustrated word collection part is executed using the memory card device 20. First, in step Sc1, it is determined whether to use the infrared communication device of the memory card device 20. If it is determined that the infrared communication device is to be used (step Sc2), it is determined whether the player of the memory card device 20 has instructed to trade a word (word) with another memory card device. (Step Sc2).

If it is determined in step Sc1 that the use of the infrared communication device is not specified (step Sc1)
1: No), the step Sc1 shifts to the step Sc3. In step Sc3, it is determined whether or not to execute the word collection mini-game. If the player has not instructed the execution of the mini game, the process returns to step Sc1, and
On the other hand, when the execution of the mini game is instructed, the mini game is executed and the game result is calculated (step Sc).
4).

When the game result is calculated in step Sc4, a word corresponding to the game result is generated from the correspondence table with reference to a predetermined correspondence table between the game result and the word (step Sc5). The generated word is stored in the memory in the memory card device 20, and the word collection part ends.

On the other hand, in step Sc1, it is instructed to use the infrared transceiver, and
In c2, if it is not instructed to trade with another memory card device, the memory card device 2
0 is set to a state where infrared rays can be received from the remote controller (step Sc7). In this receiving state, when receiving infrared rays from the remote controller via the infrared transmitting / receiving device, the memory card device 20 converts the received infrared rays into a code according to an algorithm defined for the game, and responds to the received infrared rays. Generate a word. This indicates that the word corresponding to the infrared code has been converted to a code representing the word (step Sc8). The word code obtained by this code conversion is stored in the memory in the memory card device 20 (step Sc9), and the word collection part ends.

Further, if it is instructed to trade in step Sc2, step Sc10
, The infrared communication device is set to the operating state. continue,
Whether the player has selected transmission in step Sc11,
It is determined whether reception has been selected. If transmission is selected in step Sc11, step Sc12
The word to be transmitted is selected with reference to the memory, and the selected word is transmitted to the memory card device of the other party via the infrared communication device (step Sc13).

On the other hand, if reception is selected in step Sc11, the infrared communication apparatus is set to the reception state (step Sc14), and the received infrared code is converted into a word (step Sc15). Store the word in the memory of the memory card device (Step Sc)
16).

As described above, the words stored in the memory card device 20 are stored in the main memory of the game device main body 10 when the memory card device 20 is mounted on the game device main body 10, and the words are stored in the memory of the present invention. It can be used for adventure games.

Referring to FIG. 12, the structure of the game system according to the present invention will be described. As shown, a main memory 53 stores words used in a conversation between a plurality of characters. . Further, the stored words are displayed on the display device 65 via the GPU 62. In this state, the player operates the controller 1
By operating 1, a word corresponding to the situation of the conversation is selected on the display device 65. The selection result selected by the player is given to the CPU 51, and the CPU 51 controls a game between the characters. CPU for playing the above-mentioned game
51, the program of the game stored in the recording medium 84 is developed in the main memory 53 under the control of the instruction processing unit 511, and the image related to the game is displayed on the display device 65 via the GPU 62. I do.

The illustrated instruction processing unit 511 is also connected to the controller 11 and the memory card 20, and processes signals from the controller 11 while transmitting and receiving programs and data to and from the memory card 20. Do.

The operation result of the controller 11, that is, the selection result of the combination of words is transmitted to the instruction processing unit 511.
Are sequentially displayed on the display device 65 via the GPU 62 under the control of the word combination matching unit 512.
The word combination matching unit 512 detects whether or not the selection result exists in the scenario list.
As a result of the comparison, when the word combination does not exist in the scenario list, the menu part stored in the main memory 53 is read, and the menu screen is displayed on the display device 6.
5 is displayed.

On the other hand, if there is a scenario program corresponding to a combination of a plurality of words,
12 outputs the collation result to the scenario determination unit 513.
The scenario determining unit 513 instructs the main memory 53 of an address corresponding to the collation result, reads a corresponding scenario, and the read scenario is executed by the instruction processing unit 511.

When a word given from the controller 11 is given while the game is being executed according to the scenario, the command processing unit 511 sends the word to the suitability judging unit 514, and the word given by the player is transmitted to the opponent character. Determine if it is appropriate. The scenario change unit 515
To change the scenario according to the result of the judgment,
The read address in the main memory 53 is changed.

With reference to FIG. 13, one embodiment of the memory card device according to the present invention will be described. The illustrated memory card device includes, in addition to a mini game processing unit 2010 that executes a mini game downloaded from the game device body 10, an infrared transmitting and receiving device 2 that can transmit and receive infrared light.
08, a code / word conversion unit 2011 that converts the received infrared code into a word used in the game and converts the word generated by the mini game processing unit 2010 into an infrared code, and displays the transmitted / received word. The display unit 202 is provided.

In this example, the mini game processing unit 2010
When a word is generated in accordance with the execution result of the mini-game, the word is collected by the mini-game processing unit 2010. As is clear from this, the game processing unit 2010 holds a table storing words corresponding to the execution results.

On the other hand, when the infrared transmitting / receiving device 208 is used, the infrared transmitting / receiving device 208 and the code / word conversion unit 2011 operate as a word collection unit. When receiving an infrared code from a remote controller or the like and obtaining a word corresponding to the infrared light, the infrared transmitting / receiving device 208
Is in a receiving state, and in this state, the code / word converter 2011 calculates an infrared code according to a predetermined algorithm and converts it into a word. When a word represented by an infrared code from another memory card device is received, the code / word conversion unit 2011 simply converts the code and performs the operation using the above algorithm. Absent.

Further, when the word obtained by the memory card device 20 is traded to another memory card device, the infrared transmitting / receiving device 208 is placed in a transmission state, and in this state, the generated word is transmitted by the infrared code. Will be converted to

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As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to generate a large number of stories and scenarios in accordance with the combination of words, and to execute a variety of adventure games with the opponent character in accordance with the word collection ratio. You can enjoy between. Further, the present invention has an effect that it is possible to give the player interest in word collection. Further, by giving a difference depending on the degree of rarity between words, interest in word collection can be further increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a game device capable of executing a game according to the present invention.

FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C are a rear view, a plan view, and a front view, respectively, showing a configuration of a memory card device forming a part of a game system according to the present invention; .

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining an internal configuration of the memory card device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the game device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for specifically explaining the controller shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen in a game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is an enlarged view showing a part of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a part of a scenario that can be generated in the game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for schematically explaining the entire game according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a part of the game shown in FIG. 9 in more detail;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for specifically explaining another portion of the game shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram illustrating a game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram illustrating a memory card device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 game device main body 11 controller 20 memory card device 208 wireless communication means 30 microcomputer 51 CPU 53 main memory 62 GPU 63 frame buffer 65 display device 200, 210 selection frame

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Okada 4-15-3 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Shinjuku Office F-term (reference) 2C001 AA00 AA08 AA11 AA17 BA00 BA06 BB00 BB04 BB05 BB07 BB08 BC00 BC10 CB01 CB05 CB06 CB08 CC02 CC08

Claims (26)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying a plurality of words, storage means for storing a plurality of scenario programs corresponding to a combination of a plurality of words displayed on the display device, and a combination of the plurality of words And a reading means for reading the corresponding scenario program and executing the read scenario program. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of words are:
A game device, which is individually displayed at a plurality of places on the display device. 3. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of words are displayed as word strings in upper and lower regions on the display device. 4. The game device according to claim 3, wherein the word strings arranged and displayed in the upper and lower areas are scrolled in a predetermined direction. 5. The game device according to claim 4, wherein a selection frame is provided at a predetermined position on the display device, and a word is selected from each word string in the selection frame. 6. The game apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of the word strings and the previous selection frame is inclined with respect to the scroll direction. 7. The game device according to claim 1, wherein when there is no scenario program corresponding to the combination of the plurality of words, the absence of the corresponding scenario program is displayed on the display device. . 8. The game device according to claim 1, wherein each word displayed on the display device is assigned a rarity and an identification number. 9. The game according to claim 1, wherein each of the scenario programs is an adventure game program of a hero character operated by a player and an opponent character talking with the hero character. apparatus. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein
A game device, wherein a word that can be used by the hero character in the adventure game is displayed on the display device. 11. A storage means for storing words used in a conversation between a plurality of characters in a game, a display device for displaying the stored words, and a word corresponding to a situation of the conversation being stored on the display device. A game device comprising: operating means for causing a player to select a game, and processing means for advancing and processing a game between the characters in accordance with a selection result by the operating means. 12. The game device according to claim 11, further comprising a collecting unit that collects the words, wherein the words collected by the collecting unit are sequentially stored in the storage unit. 13. The game device according to claim 11, wherein the collecting means is a mini game program incorporated in the game program. 14. The game device according to claim 11, wherein the collection unit is a memory card device that can be attached to and detached from the processing unit. 15. The game device according to claim 14, wherein the memory card device includes a communication unit for communicating with another memory card device, and collects the words using the communication unit. 16. The game device according to claim 15, wherein the communication means receives infrared light from a remote controller used for a device different from the game device, converts the infrared light into an electric signal, and uses the infrared light in the game. Means for converting the word into a word to be played. 17. The communication device according to claim 14, wherein the communication unit converts an infrared ray received from another memory card device into a word used in the game, and transmits a word used in the game as infrared light. A game device comprising: 18. A memory card device comprising: collecting means for collecting words used in a conversation between characters in a game; and display means for displaying the collected words. 19. An infrared transmitting and receiving apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said collecting means includes an infrared transmitting and receiving device capable of transmitting and receiving infrared light.
A conversion means for converting the received infrared rays into words used in a game and sending the words to the display means. 20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the collection unit stores a mini game program for collecting words, executes the mini game according to the mini game program, and converts an execution result into a word. A memory card device comprising a conversion unit. 21. The memory card device according to claim 19, wherein said conversion means receives infrared rays from another memory card device and converts it into a word. 22. The memory card device according to claim 19, wherein said converting means converts infrared rays from a remote controller used for controlling a device different from the memory card device into words. 23. A storage medium storing a program for playing a game using a display device, the program displaying a plurality of words used in the game on the display device, Storing a plurality of scenario programs corresponding to a combination of a plurality of words displayed on the device, detecting the combination of the plurality of words, reading a corresponding scenario program, and reading the read scenario program. And a step of executing. 24. A recording medium storing a program for playing a game using a display device, wherein the program stores words used in a conversation between a plurality of characters in the game; Displaying the selected word on the display device, causing the player to select a word corresponding to the situation of the conversation on the display device, and proceeding with the game between the characters according to the selection result by the operation means. And a processing step. 25. The program according to claim 24, wherein the program further has a step of collecting words and a step of sequentially storing the words collected by the collecting step. recoding media. 26. The recording medium according to claim 25, wherein the collecting step is a step of executing a mini-game program incorporated in the game program.