JP2002052237A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system which enables easy and highly varied selection of musics, characters and the like for playing. SOLUTION: In the game system of a music game which is made to proceed by a user manipulating an operation means attuned to musics, there are arranged a means by which a user specifies either a single selection method or a group selection method in the selection of the musics necessary for the proceeding of the game, a presentation means which presents a list of a plurality of musics to the user when the single selection method is specified and presents a plurality of groups each containing a plurality of musics when the group selection method is specified, a selection means by which the user selects one music or one group, a game advancing means which makes the game proceed using the music selected by the user or the music contained in the group selected by the user, a memory means for storing selection result information containing the frequency of the selection of each music based on the selection by a plurality of users according to the single selection method. The above presentation means decides the music contained in the group in the group selection method based on the frequency of the selection stored in the memory means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system installed in a store such as a game hall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, various games are known.
Some of them require selection of a play target before performing an actual play. For example, in a music game in which a controller is operated with hands or feet in accordance with music or rhythm, it is necessary to select a song to be played before starting playing. In a car racing game, it is necessary to select a car to be steered and a race course, and in a character-to-character battle game, it is necessary to select a battle character operated by a player.

[0003] In such a selection scene, a plurality of options are usually displayed, and a player selects a favorite one from the displayed options. At this time, in the case of a music game, the genre and difficulty of each song, and in the case of a car racing game, attribute information such as the running characteristics of each car are displayed, and the player selects a favorite one from among them.

[0004]

However, the preferences of each player are fixed by nature, and there is a strong tendency that the same selection is made every time. In addition, those who have little experience in playing the game do not know what to select because they are not used to it, and it may be difficult to make a selection.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a game system which enables easy and varied selection of a song or a character to be played. .

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a game system, a presentation means for presenting a user with a plurality of selected objects necessary for the progress of a game,
Selecting means for the user to select the selected object, game progressing means for performing a game using the selected object selected by the user, and selecting result information of the selected object by a plurality of users. Storage means for storing, wherein the presentation means determines the presentation mode of the selected object based on the selection result information stored in the storage means.

[0007] According to the game system configured as described above, the user makes a selection from the presented plurality of selected objects, and the game proceeds using the selected objects.
The selection result information of the selected object is stored, and the presentation mode of the selected object is determined based on the information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the game system, the user is required to designate one of a single selection method and a group selection method as a method of selecting a selected object necessary for the progress of the game. Means and a plurality of selected objects are presented to the user when the single selection method is specified,
Presentation means for presenting a plurality of groups each including a plurality of selected objects to a user when a group selection method is designated, and selection means for the user to select one selected object or one group A game proceeding means for proceeding a game using the selected object selected by the user or the selected objects included in the group selected by the user; and the selected operation performed by a plurality of users by the single selection method. Storage means for storing selection result information of an object, wherein the presentation means determines a selected object included in the group in the group selection method based on the selection result information stored in the storage means. It is characterized by the following.

[0009] According to the game system configured as described above, the user specifies one of the single selection method and the group selection method, and then selects the selected object or the group. The game proceeds with the selected object or the selected objects belonging to the group. Selection result information of the selected object selected by the user by the single selection method is stored, and the selected objects included in the group are determined based on the selection result information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game system according to the second aspect, the selection result information includes the number of times of selection of each of the selected objects, and the presenting means assigns the group to the group based on the number of times of selection. It is characterized in that the included objects to be selected are determined. Thereby, the selected objects included in the group are determined based on the number of selections of each selected object.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game system for a music game in which a user operates an operation unit in time with music, wherein a list display unit for displaying a list of a plurality of playable songs. A selection unit for selecting a song to be played by the user; and a storage unit for storing the number of selections by the user for each song, wherein the list display unit includes a list of the songs based on the number of selections. A plurality of songs to be included in the list are determined.

According to the game system configured as described above, the user selects a song from a song list. The number of times of selection by the user is stored for each song, and the songs included in the list are determined based on the number.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in a game system of a music game in which a user operates an operation means in accordance with music, the user selects each of a plurality of playable songs. A storage unit for storing selection result information including the number of times, a group including a plurality of songs based on the selection result information, and a presentation unit for presenting to a user; It is characterized by comprising selecting means for selecting one group, and proceeding means for proceeding the game with a plurality of songs included in the group selected by the user.

According to the game system configured as described above, selection result information including the number of times each user has selected each song is stored, and a group including a plurality of songs is determined based on the information and presented to the user. Is done. When the user selects a group, the game proceeds with the songs included in the group.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a game system of a music game in which a user operates an operating means in accordance with music, a user is required to select a tune necessary for the progress of the game. As a method, a means for designating either a single selection method or a group selection method, a list of a plurality of songs is presented to a user when the single selection method is specified, and when a group selection method is specified, Means for presenting to the user a plurality of groups including a plurality of songs, a selecting means for the user to select one song or one group, and a song selected by the user or selected by the user Game progress means for proceeding the game using the songs included in the group, and selection result information including the number of times each song is selected based on the selections made by a plurality of users by the single selection method. Comprising storage means for the said presentation means, based on a selection count stored in the storage means, and determines the songs included in the group in the group selection method.

According to the game system configured as described above, either one of the single selection method and the group selection method is designated by the user. In the case of the single selection method, a list of a plurality of songs is presented to the user, and in the case of the group selection method, a group including a plurality of songs is presented. The user selects one song or group and the game proceeds accordingly. Also, selection result information according to the single selection method is stored, and the songs included in the group are determined based on the selection result information.

[0017] The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to claim 5 or 6.
3. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising: an attribute storage unit configured to store attribute information of each of the plurality of songs, wherein the presentation unit determines a song included in the group based on the number of selections and the attribute information. It is characterized by doing. As a result, the songs included in the group are determined in consideration of the attributes of the songs.

[0018] The invention described in claim 8 is the invention according to claims 5 to 7.
In the game system according to any one of the above, the attribute information is at least one of a genre of a song and a difficulty level of the song.

The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claims 5 to 8
In the game system according to any one of the above, the selection result information includes a clear rate indicating a rate at which the user has successfully played each song. Therefore, the songs included in the group are determined in consideration of the success rate of the play.

[0020]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, an example is shown in which the present invention is applied to a music game in which a player operates a controller in accordance with music and rhythm.

FIG. 1 shows configuration blocks of a game system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the game system 1 has a configuration in which various elements are connected to a bus 2. The CPU 3 controls the entire system.
The program of the game itself is stored in the ROM 5 in advance, and the CPU 3 executes the program to control other elements shown in FIG. 1 to advance the game. RA
M4 functions as a work memory for temporarily storing necessary data during the progress of the game.

The game system 1 includes a monitor 12 for displaying various information to a player, a speaker 14 for outputting a music performance, and the like, and a lighting device 16 for performing necessary lighting during play. . Display controller 11
Controls the monitor 12 based on a control signal from the CPU 3 to display a required image. Sound controller 13
Drives the speaker 14 based on the control signal from the CPU 3 to reproduce the music. The lighting controller 15 is a CPU 3
Illuminates a stage or the like played by a player based on a control signal from the player.

The play operation input device 6 is an input device operated by the player during play. For example, an input device in the shape of a piano keyboard, an input device in the shape of a guitar, an input device in the form of a dance stage in which steps are performed with feet, etc.
It includes various input devices suitable for the type of the music game.

The music selection input device 7 is an input device used when a player selects a music to play, and may be, for example, a button provided on the front of the game system. The song data storage device 8 stores data of a song to be played, and includes a hard disk, a CR-R
A storage medium such as an OM or a DVD can be used.
In the music data, in addition to the music data to be output from the speaker 14, control data for displaying the timing at which the player should operate the play operation input device on the monitor 12, and a lighting effect is given at an appropriate timing. Control data and the like.

The music selection status storage device 9 is a storage device for storing information relating to music selected during a process in which a plurality of players play, and is capable of retaining the stored contents even when the power of the game system 1 is turned off. It is composed of a non-volatile memory. The stored contents include the number of selected songs and the clear ratio for each song, and details will be described later.

FIG. 2 shows an example of data stored in relation to a tune to be played. Among the items shown in FIG. 2, the song title, genre, and difficulty level are attribute information prepared in advance for each song, and are stored together with the song data in the song data storage device 8 in FIG. On the other hand, the number of music selections and the clear ratio are data collected in the process of selecting and playing music by a plurality of players, and are stored in the music selection status storage device 9.

The "genre" is a classification of the type of song.
The “difficulty level” indicates the difficulty level when playing the song by classifying it into A (difficult), B (normal), C (easy), and the like. The “number of music selections” indicates the number of times the music has been selected by the player. The “clear rate” indicates a rate at which the play of the music is completed or successful. Depending on the type of music game, in some games, if the game is not performed well, the game may be over in the middle of a song and the song may not be played to the end. In the course of the game, it is checked whether or not the song has been played to the end, and the rate at which the song has been played to the end is stored as a clear rate. Specifically, the clear ratio is obtained by dividing the number of times the song has been played to the end by the total number of times the song has been selected. Therefore, the clear rate can be considered as an index indicating the degree of difficulty of the song, but in this regard, the above-mentioned difficulty level is the difficulty level for each song set in advance by the creator of the game, and the clear rate is the actual challenge. They are slightly different because they indicate what percentage of those who have succeeded.

Next, a music selection process in the game system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. When the game starts, first, a screen asking the player whether to use the ranking mode is displayed on the monitor 12 (step S2). The ranking mode is a mode in which music selection is performed in consideration of the past music selection status of each music. If the player does not select the ranking mode, the processing will be in the normal mode.

The normal mode is a mode in which a player looks at a list of songs and selects a song to play. That is, the CPU 3 acquires a list of songs by referring to the song data storage device 8 and causes the monitor 12 to display the list (step S1).
4). At this time, the tune list also displays attribute information such as genre and difficulty as shown in FIG. Further, the CPU 3 refers to the music selection status storage device 9 to calculate and display the popularity ranking from the number of music selections shown in FIG. 2, and may also display the clearing rate. In addition, the music list displayed here can be limited to the top popular music pieces based on the number of selections stored in the music selection status storage device 9 and displayed. The player looks at these pieces of information and determines a favorite song, and operates the song selection input device 7 to select the song (step S16). The CPU 3 monitors the input to the music selection input device 7 to know the selected music, and increases the value of the number of music selections of the music stored in the music selection status storage device 9 by one (step S18). Next, the CPU 3 acquires the song data of the selected song from the song data storage device 8, and plays (step S20). That is, the CPU 3 controls the sound controller 13 based on the music data, controls the display controller 11 and the illumination controller 15 based on the control data, displays the operation timing of the play operation input device 6 on the monitor 12, and And play the necessary lighting process. Thus, the player operates the playing device input device 6 to play the music.

The CPU 3 monitors the player's input to the play operation input device 6, and determines whether or not the play is being performed well. Specifically, it detects and stores whether or not the player has operated an appropriate button or the like of the play operation input device 6 at the timing displayed on the monitor 12. Then, when it is determined that the player has not played well according to a predetermined standard (for example, when the number of failures exceeds a predetermined number), the performance of the music is forcibly terminated in the middle. On the other hand, if the player plays well, the play continues to the end of the song and ends at the end of the song. When detecting that the play has ended for any reason (step S22), the CPU 3 updates the clear ratio of the music (step S24). That is, if the song has been played to the end, the number of successful songs is increased and the clear ratio is recalculated. If the song is forcibly terminated halfway, the clear ratio is recalculated as a failure. Thus, every time a player selects and plays a music in the normal mode, the data of the number of music selections and the clear ratio stored in the music selection status storage device 9 are updated, and the latest music selection information is always stored.

Next, when the player selects the ranking mode in step S2, the course condition list is displayed on the monitor 1.
2 (step S4). The ranking mode is a mode in which a group of a plurality of songs is selected and played based on the past song selection status of the song, and the group of the plurality of songs selected in such a manner is called a “course”. Therefore, as the course conditions, for example, the top five songs of the number of selected songs are displayed as “popular top song course”, and the bottom five of the selected songs are “unpopular song course for enthusiasts”. Also,
By combining the number of music selections and other information shown in FIG. 2, for example, "popular music course of R &B","popular music course of difficulty level A" and the like can be presented.

The player selects a favorite course from such a course condition list (step S6). Then, the CPU 3 refers to the song data storage device 8 and the song selection status storage device 9 to determine a predetermined number of songs that match the selected course condition, and arranges those songs in a predetermined order (for example, the fifth most popular song). A course is created (in the order of the first song from the song) (step S8). Then, play is started according to the course (step S10). The player operates the play operation input device 6 while watching the operation timing and the like displayed on the monitor 12 as in the case described above, and proceeds with the play. The game ends when all of the plurality of songs set as the course have been played, or when play has been forcibly terminated halfway due to failure to play well (step S12). The songs selected as songs included in the course in the ranking mode are shown in FIG.
Is excluded from the calculation of the number of music selections and the clearing rate shown in.

As described above, in the normal mode, in addition to song attribute information such as song title, genre, difficulty level, etc., the number of song selections (popularity ranking) and clearing rate are included in the list of songs that can be played. For example, information related to the music selection situation in the actual game is displayed. So, players play popular songs or dare to try songs with low clearing rates and few successful players,
It is possible to select music with various ideas, and the range of music selection methods expands.

On the other hand, when the ranking mode is selected, the courses (combinations) of the top five songs in popularity ranking and the songs obtained by adding conditions such as genre and difficulty to the popularity ranking are automatically determined. Therefore, the player can simultaneously select a plurality of songs that satisfy the same condition, and can easily play a plurality of songs of a desired type.

Further, the data of the number of music selections and the clear ratio are updated each time a music is selected in the normal mode, so that music selection can be always performed based on the latest music selection status.

In the above example, the game system 1 is installed alone, but a plurality of game systems 1 can be connected and linked by communication means. In this case, one game system 1 is used as a host and the configuration shown in FIG. 1 is used, and the other plurality of game systems 1 share the music data storage device 8 and the music selection status storage device 9 of the host game system 1. As a result, it is possible to acquire the music selection status such as the popularity rank and the clearing rate of the plurality of game systems as a whole, and use the music selection status in each game system.

Although the above description has shown an example in which the present invention is applied to a music game, the application of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, choosing a car for a car racing game,
The present invention can be applied to selection of a course in which a race is performed, selection of a battle character in a battle game, and the like.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the actual selection status of a plurality of players can be used when selecting the next player, the range of selection is expanded. In particular, since popular songs differ for each game device or for each store, a unique course can be provided for each store.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a music game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table showing attribute data stored for a song.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a selection process according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game system 2 ... Bus 3 ... CPU 4 ... RAM 5 ... ROM 6 ... Play operation input device 7 ... Song selection input device 8 ... Song data storage device 9 ... Song selection information storage device 10 ... Song selection control device 11 ... Display controller 12 ... Monitor 13 ... Sound controller 14 ... Speaker 15 ... Lighting controller 16 ... Lighting device

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Akira Matsumoto 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami Corporation (72) Inventor Takayuki Ishikawa 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami Corporation F term (for reference) 2C001 BA01 BA07 BD01 CB01 CB02 CB03 CC02 CC03 CC08

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. presenting means for presenting to a user a plurality of selected objects necessary for the progress of a game; selecting means for the user to select the selected objects; A game progression unit that progresses a game using the selected object; and a storage unit that stores selection result information of the selected object by a plurality of users. The presentation unit includes a selection stored in the storage unit. A game system, wherein a presentation mode of the selected object is determined based on result information. 2. A method in which a user designates one of a single selection method and a group selection method as a selection method of an object required for progress of a game, and a single selection method is specified. Presenting a plurality of selected objects to a user, and presenting a plurality of groups each including the plurality of selected objects to the user when a group selection method is designated; Selecting means for selecting a selected object or one group; a game progressing means for proceeding a game using a selected object selected by the user or a selected object included in the group selected by the user; Storage means for storing selection result information of the selected object performed by a plurality of users by a selection method, wherein the presentation means selects the group selection based on the selection result information stored in the storage means. Game system and determines the object for selection included in the group in the process. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the selection result information includes the number of selections of each selected object, and the presenting unit determines the selected objects included in the group based on the number of selections. The described game system. 4. In a game system of a music game in which a user operates an operation means in accordance with music, a list display means for displaying a list of a plurality of playable music pieces, a music piece played by the user. And a storage unit for storing the number of selections by the user for each song, wherein the list display unit includes a plurality of songs to be included in the song list based on the number of selections. A game system characterized in that: 5. A game system for a music game in which a user operates an operation means in time with music, wherein, for a plurality of playable songs, selection result information including the number of times the user has selected each song is provided. A storage unit for storing, a group including a plurality of songs based on the selection result information, a presentation unit for presenting to a user, and a user for selecting one group from the presented groups. And a progressing means for proceeding the game with a plurality of songs included in the group selected by the user. 6. In a game system of a music game in which a user operates an operation means in accordance with music, a user can select a song necessary for the progress of the game by using a single selection method. A means for designating any one of the group selection methods, and presenting a list of a plurality of songs to the user when the single selection method is designated, and a plurality of songs each including a plurality of songs when the group selection method is designated Presenting means for presenting the group to the user, selecting means for the user to select one song or one group, and using the song selected by the user or the songs included in the group selected by the user A game progressing means for proceeding the game by means of: a storage means for storing selection result information including the number of times of selection of each song based on selections made by a plurality of users by the single selection method For example, the presenting means, the game system based on the stored selected number in the storage means, and determines the songs included in the group in the group selection method. 7. An attribute storage unit for storing attribute information of each of the plurality of songs, wherein the presenting unit determines songs included in the group based on the number of times of selection and the attribute information. 7. The game system according to claim 5, wherein: 8. The game system according to claim 5, wherein the attribute information is at least one of a music genre and a music difficulty level. 9. The game system according to claim 5, wherein the selection result information includes a clear rate indicating a rate at which the user has successfully played each song.