JP2002078973A - Game system and recording medium wherein information processing program is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system enabling a game to become more interesting and permitting a player to look back upon play contents on a portable terminal as the need arises. SOLUTION: The game system allows a game machine 1 to transmit play information to the portable terminal 2, allows the portable terminal 2 to maintain the transmitted play information in a play information table 23, allows the game machine 1 to receive the play information transmitted from the portable terminal 2, and allows a game content setting means 13 to set game contents according to the received play information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system including a game machine and a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a game system capable of changing game contents according to a player, and a recording medium storing an information processing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, it is common practice to change the contents of a game according to a player to improve the fun of the game in a home game machine or a game machine provided in an entertainment facility such as a game center. Have been done. For example,
In a device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. HEI 5-115616, in a competitive game in which an opponent (player) and a player (game machine) alternately drive data (hands), hands are merely stored in accordance with data stored as a standard. Instead of hitting, the opponent's hand is memorized, and based on that, the joseki is updated anew, so that it is possible to hit a stronger hand according to the opponent's level.

[0003] In addition, it has been practiced to save a game halfway result and start the game from the saved time at the next play. Further, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 8-332281
In the publication, a plurality of card slots for inserting an IC card into a game machine are prepared, each IC card is assigned to each player, and data of another player is involved in updating the contents of the player's IC card. Like so
Relevance is provided between the data of the IC cards. By this method, it is possible to see the opponent who has competed in the past and the competition result with the opponent player, and to gain many points when winning a strong opponent with good competition result, improving the fun of the game Can be done.

[0004]

In such a conventional game apparatus, the player's play information is stored in a storage device such as a memory or a disk inside the game machine, or stored in a storage device such as an IC card or a floppy disk. The recording medium is inserted into the game machine and recorded there. In particular, when recording on a recording medium such as an IC card, the recording medium can be carried around.
It is possible to continue the game played last time, and to automatically set the difficulty level of play based on the results of the game played last time.

However, in the conventional apparatus, the play information stored in the recording medium is normally used in a game machine and cannot be viewed on a portable terminal such as a portable telephone or an electronic organizer. In particular, with respect to a large game machine, the play information is not what can be seen anywhere when desired. Further, in the conventional apparatus, it is necessary to insert the recording medium at the start of the game and take it out at the end of the game, which is complicated for the player. The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and a game system and an information processing program capable of improving the fun of a game and reviewing the contents of a play at any time on a mobile terminal The purpose of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which is recorded.

[0006]

A game system according to the present invention is a game system comprising a game machine and a portable terminal communicable with the game machine.
A play information transmitting unit that transmits play information including a player's play content and play results to the portable terminal, a play information receiving unit that receives play information from the portable terminal, and a game content according to the play information. The mobile terminal includes: a terminal play information transmitting unit configured to transmit play information to the game machine; a terminal play information receiving unit configured to receive play information from the game machine; Play information storage means for storing the play information obtained, the game machine transmits the play information to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal stores the transmitted play information in the play information storage means In addition, the game machine receives the play information transmitted from the mobile terminal, and executes the in-game according to the received play information. Setting means is characterized in that it set the contents of the game.

In the play information transmitting means, the play information receiving means, the terminal play information transmitting means, and the terminal play information receiving means, the transmission and reception of the play information are performed by using wireless communication. It is possible to easily and reduce the complexity of the player. Also,
The mobile terminal further includes an output unit that outputs play information stored in the play information storage unit,
You can watch or listen to play information on your mobile terminal whenever you want.

[0008] In a preferred specific embodiment, the play information transmitting means transmits a play result at the end of the game of the player, and the terminal play information receiving means comprises:
The received play results are received and stored in the play information storage means, and the terminal play information transmission means transmits the play results stored in the play information storage means at the start of the game of the player, and The information receiving means may receive the transmitted play results, and the game content setting means may set a difficulty level of the game according to the received play results.

In a preferred specific mode, the play information transmitting means transmits game screen information as play information during execution of the game, and the terminal play information receiving means receives the game screen information. The game information may be stored in the play information storage means, and the output means may output the game screen information stored in the play information storage means.

Further, the present invention relates to a game system comprising a computer and a game machine and a portable terminal communicable with the game machine, wherein the game machine transmits play information including a player's play contents and play results. The mobile terminal comprising: a play information transmitting unit that transmits to the mobile terminal; a play information receiving unit that receives play information from the mobile terminal; and a game content setting unit that sets a game content in accordance with the play information. The terminal includes terminal play information transmitting means for transmitting play information to the game machine, terminal play information receiving means for receiving play information from the game machine, and play information storage means for storing the received play information. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for functioning as a game system provided is recorded.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a game system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a game system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The game system according to the present embodiment is a PDA (Personal Digital Ass
This is an example applied to a portable information terminal such as istant).

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a game machine, 2 denotes a portable terminal capable of communicating with the game machine 1, and
Are play information transmitting means 11 for transmitting play information such as play contents and play results of the player to the portable terminal 2, play information receiving means 12 for receiving play information from the portable terminal 2, and contents of the game according to the play information. , A control unit 14 configured by a CPU or the like to control each unit, and a communication device 1 for performing wireless or wired communication.
5, a game execution unit 16 for executing a game, an input device 17 including a joystick or operation buttons, and an output device 18 such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a CRT display in a dot matrix configuration.

Further, the portable terminal 2 has a terminal play information transmitting means 21 for transmitting play information to the game machine 1, a terminal play information receiving means 22 for receiving play information from the game machine 1, and holds the received play information. Play information table 23 (play information storage means), play information display means 2
4, a control unit 25 including a CPU, etc., an information processing unit 26 for processing a telephone directory or a schedule book as information processing in a portable terminal, a communication device 2 for performing wireless or wired communication
7, an input device 28 such as a keyboard or a tablet, and an output device 29 such as a liquid crystal display. The play information display means 24 and the output device 29 constitute an output means for outputting the play information held in the play information table 23 as a whole.

The input device 28 of the portable terminal 2 includes an alphanumeric key,
Input keys such as cursor movement keys, power on / off
And a specific function key including a power key, an address application key, a schedule application key, a memory application key, an OK key, and a cancel key. The mobile terminal 2 has a plurality of built-in applications (here, an application for an address, a schedule, and a memo), and the address application key 14, the schedule application key 15, and the memo application key 16 can be switched to each application with one touch. To do.

The display unit as the output device 29 may use a liquid crystal touch panel capable of inputting data by a touch operation. Character input to the mobile terminal 2 can be performed by using a keyboard,
It is performed by this touch panel. The control unit 25 controls the CP
U, etc., which controls the entire apparatus including execution of operation calculation processing such as input / output, and performs various processing such as application processing using a memory storing data used for calculation in accordance with a program on a ROM. Execute. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the play information table 23.
As shown in FIG. 2, the play information table 23 holds a score and a play date and time as play results in the order of date.

Hereinafter, the operation of the game system configured as described above will be described. In the present embodiment, the difficulty level of the game is set based on the play results transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the game machine 1 at the start of the game, and the play results transmitted from the game machine 1 at the end of the game are recorded on the portable terminal of the player. 2 Further, the player can always view the play results held in the portable terminal 2.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing operation on the game machine side. In the figure, S indicates each step of the flow. When a game start instruction is issued, a data reception request is transmitted by the play information receiving means 12 in step S11. The instruction to start the game is determined by the player pressing the start button, turning on the power, or inserting a coin in the case of a game machine such as a game center. In step S12, a transmission available response to the data reception request is waited for a predetermined time. If there is no transmittable response, the process proceeds to step S15, and step S15
To start the game. In this case, the difficulty level of the game that is set in advance by the game machine 1 is used.

If there is a transmittable response in step S12, play results are received in step S13. The received play results are recorded in the play information receiving means 1
2 and sent to the game content setting means 13 in step S
The difficulty level of the game is set based on the play results received at 14. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S15,
At 15, the game is started with the set difficulty level.

At the end of the game, a data transmission request is transmitted by the play information transmitting means 11 in step S16. In step S17, a receivable response to the data transmission request is waited for a predetermined time. If there is no receivable response, the processing of this flow ends. If there is a receivable response, the play results are transmitted in step S18, and the flow ends.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing operation on the portable terminal 2 side. When the terminal play information receiving means 22 receives the data reception request, the terminal play information transmitting means 21 transmits a transmittable response in step S21, and in step S22, the play results held in the play information table 23 are taken out and the game machine 1 Send to

When the terminal play information receiving means 22 receives the data transmission request, the terminal play information transmitting means 21 transmits a receivable response in step S23, and receives the play result from the game machine 1 in step S24. The play result received in S25 is stored in the play information table 23.

When the portable terminal 2 receives the play information display request, in step S26, the play information display means 24 outputs the play results held in the play information table to the output device 29.
Output to Here, the play information display request is performed by the player pressing a specific key of the mobile terminal, or selecting a menu or pressing a button from an OS or an information processing program running on the mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, the operation of the game system will be specifically described. Here, a case where a player carrying the portable terminal 2 plays a game at a game center is taken as an example. The portable terminal 2 of the player is
It is assumed that the portable information terminal has a wireless communication device and is set in a standby state waiting for reception. It is also assumed that the game machine 1 of the game center also has a wireless communication device, and the communication distance between the two wireless communication devices is limited to several meters. It is also assumed that the play information shown in FIG. 2 is stored in advance in the play information table 23 of the portable terminal 2 of the player.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing data exchanged between the game machine 1 and the portable terminal 2. FIG.
5 is a flowchart showing a processing operation immediately after the portable terminal 2 receives data. First, a player inserts a coin into the game machine 1 to start a game. In the game machine 1, the insertion of a coin becomes a game start instruction, and the processing from step S11 in FIG. 3 is started. In step S11 of FIG. 3, the game machine 1 wirelessly transmits a data reception request. Here, the data reception request is a one-line ASCII character string including a keyword “GET”, a game ID, and a play information identifier. here,
The game ID of the game machine 1 is “GMACT2032”, and the keyword “LASTDATA” meaning the latest play result is specified as the play information identifier. The first line shown in FIG. 5 is a data reception request.

Next, the game machine 1 proceeds to step S12 in FIG.
Waits for a transmittable response for a fixed time. Since the portable terminal 2 of the player is located near the game machine 1, the portable terminal 2 can receive wireless communication data from the game machine 1. Therefore, the mobile terminal 2 displays the character string “GET GMA
CT2032 LASTDATA "is received, it is determined that it is a data reception request, and the processing from step S21 is started. Referring to the flow of FIG. , The process moves from step S31 to step S32, where a play information identifier is obtained from the received data.
TDATA ", the process proceeds from step S33 to step S21 in FIG.

In step S21, the portable terminal 2 transmits a transmittable response. Here, the transmittable response includes the keyword “SEND OK” as shown in the second line of FIG.
It is. In step S22, the mobile terminal 2 transmits the play result in the play information table 23. Here, the play information identifier of the data reception request is “LASTDAT
A ”, the latest play result“ 19970 20
5 is the transmitted data. In this case, the keyword “DATA” indicating the start of the play result and the keyword “END” indicating the end of the play result are played. It is added to the grade and sent.

The game machine 1 receives the character string "SEND OK" from the portable terminal 2 in step S12 of FIG. 3, confirms that it is a transmittable response, and transmits data from the portable terminal 2 in step S13. Receive and get play results. The play result is obtained as data surrounded by the keywords “DATA” and “END” in the received data shown in FIG. Subsequently, in step S14 of FIG. 3, the game machine 1 sets the difficulty level of the game according to the received play results. A table (see FIG. 7) for selecting a game from a plurality of levels of games and scores is prepared in the game machine 1, and the game is selected in accordance with the received scores of the play results.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a table for selecting the game. As shown in this figure, since the score of the play result just received is 19970, GAME3 is selected from this table. Subsequent step S15
The game selected in is started. When the game is over, the game machine 1 transmits a data transmission request in step S16, and waits for a receivable response from the portable terminal 2 in step S17 for a predetermined time. The data transmission request is a one-line ASCII character string including a keyword “SEND”, a game ID, and a play information identifier. 4 in FIG.
The line is the data transmission request in this case. A game ID “GMACT2032” and a keyword “LASTD” indicating the latest play result as a play information identifier
It can be seen that "ATA" is specified.

Since the portable terminal 2 of the player can receive communication data from the game machine 1, the character string "SEND GMACT2032 LASTDAT"
A "is received, it is determined that this is a data transmission request, and the processing from step S23 is started. If the processing during that time is followed by referring to the flow of FIG. 6, the received data starts with" SEND "now. Then, the processing shifts from step S31 to step S35 and step S36, where a play information identifier is obtained from the received data, and the play information identifier of the received data is “LASTDATA”.
Therefore, from step S37 to step S23 in FIG.
The processing moves to

In step S23, the portable terminal 2 transmits a receivable response. Here, the receivable response is shown in FIG.
Is "GET OK" as shown in the fifth line. Subsequently, the play result is received in step S24. The game machine 1 receives "GET OK" which is the response of the portable terminal 2 in step S17, confirms that it is a receivable response, and transmits the play result in step S18. The play result is the score of the game played by the player and the current date. The game now has a score of 23300 and the current date is April 3, 2000
Assuming the day, the play result is “23300, 2000/4
/ 3 ”, and the transmission data is the sixth line in Fig. 5. Also in this case, keywords" DATA "and" END "are added to the beginning and end of the play result.

In step S24, the portable terminal 2 receives the data from the game machine 1 and outputs "DATA",
The data enclosed by "END" is obtained as a play result. The play result acquired in step S25 is stored in the play information table. Here, the play information identifier of the received data transmission request is “LASTDAT
A ”, the acquired play result“ 23300, 2
000/4/3 "is added to the end of the play information table. The above is the processing when the player plays the game at the game center.

The processing when the player looks at the play results held in the portable terminal 2 at an arbitrary place is as follows. When the player presses a specific key of the mobile terminal 2, the process of step S26 in FIG. 4 is started. The output of the play result here is to output "game result" as a title on the screen, then take out the play result from the play information table in order, process it, and display it on the screen. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the output of the play results to the portable terminal 2. As shown in FIG. 8, the obtained score is displayed in the order of date on the output screen of the output device 29.

In the above-described example, the transmission of the play results from the portable terminal 2 to the game machine 1 at the start of the game and the transmission of the play results from the game machine 1 to the portable terminal 2 at the end of the game are all automatically performed. However, a configuration may be adopted in which the player is prompted to confirm the transmission / reception of the play result. In the above example, the play result transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 is the latest in the play information table. However, the play result specified by the player on the mobile terminal 2 is transmitted, or all data is transmitted. It is also easy to add processing such as allowing the player to select a play score to be used for setting the difficulty level of the game from the middle. The processing when the latter processing is added will be briefly described below.

In the data reception request from the game machine 1 in step S11, the play information identifier "AL
LDATA ". In this case, following the processing in the mobile terminal 2, steps S31 to S32 in FIG.
Then, the play information identifier is obtained from the received data. Now, the play information identifier “ALLD” of the received data
ATA ", the steps S33 to S3
After step 4, the process moves to step S39. After transmitting the transmittable response, the number of play results in the play information table is transmitted in step S40, and all the play results in the play information table are transmitted in step S41. After receiving the number of play results, the game machine 1 receives the number of play results.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing data exchanged between the game machine 1 and the portable terminal 2 when all the play information in the play information table 23 is transmitted, and FIG. 10 is a diagram for setting the game difficulty level. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen when letting a player select the play result to use. FIG. 9 shows data exchanged between the game machine 1 and the portable terminal 2 when transmitting all play information. Then, game machine 1
Then, the received play results are processed and displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 10 to prompt the player to make a selection. In this example, the player selects a play result with the stick as the input device 17, and presses, for example, the A button among the operation buttons, and the game is started with the difficulty setting according to the selected play result. When, for example, the B button is pressed among the operation buttons, the game is started with default settings without using the play results.

It should be noted that "SEN" is determined in step S35 of FIG.
D ", when" ALLDATA "is not specified as the play information identifier in step S34, or when" IMAGE "is not specified as the play information identifier in step S38, the data transmission condition is not satisfied. Judgment is made and this flow is finished as it is.
Also, in step S38, the play information identifier "IM
If “AGE” is specified, the process moves to the process (FIG. 13) of the second embodiment described below.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The hardware configuration of the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. In the present embodiment, the screen data during play is transmitted from the game machine 1 as play information, and is held in the portable terminal 2. Further, it is assumed that the player can view the screen data held in the portable terminal 2 at any time.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the play information table 23 of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that screen image data during play is sequentially held as screen data. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing operation on the game machine 1 side, and corresponds to FIG. When a game start instruction is issued, step S51 is performed.
Then, a data transmission request is transmitted by the play information transmitting means 11. In step S52, a receivable response to the data transmission request is waited for a predetermined time. If there is no receivable response, the process proceeds to step S54 to start the game.

If there is a receivable response, the transmission mode is turned on in step S53 to start the game. During the play, the process of step S55 is called by a screen data transmission request that is generated sequentially. In step S55, it is determined whether or not the transmission mode is on. If the transmission mode is on, in step S56 the play information transmitting unit 1 is determined.
1 transmits the current screen data. At the end of the game, the play information transmitting means 11 transmits an end message in step S57, and ends the processing of this flow.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing operation on the portable terminal 2 side, and corresponds to FIG. When the terminal play information receiving means 22 receives the data transmission request, the play information table is first initialized as needed in step S61, and then a receivable response is transmitted in step S62. Thereafter, the data transmitted in step S63 is received. If the data is an end message, the process is terminated. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S64, and the data is transmitted to the play information table 23 in step S64.
And returns to step S63.

When the portable terminal 2 receives the play screen display request, in step S65, the play information display means 24 outputs the data held in the play information table 23 to the output device 29.
To be displayed. Here, the play screen display request is issued when the player presses a specific key of the mobile terminal 2 or when the mobile terminal 2
This is performed by an operation such as selecting a menu or pressing a button from the OS or information processing program running on the above.

Hereinafter, the operation of the game system will be specifically described. As in the case of the first embodiment, a case where a player carrying the portable terminal 2 plays a game at a game center will be described as an example. As in the first embodiment, the portable terminal 2 and the game machine 1 have wireless communication devices, and the communication distance between the two devices is limited to several meters.
It is also assumed that the mobile terminal 2 is set in a standby state waiting for reception.

It is also assumed that viewer software for displaying image data on a screen is installed in advance in the portable terminal 2 of the player. further,
The game machine 1 has a variable SENDMO indicating a transmission mode.
There is a buffer for storing the DE, and this buffer is initialized to 0 at the start of the game.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing data exchanged between the game machine 1 and the portable terminal 2. As in the case of the first embodiment, when the player inserts a coin into the game machine 1, the processing from step S51 on the game machine 1 is started. The data transmission request transmitted in step S51 is “S” as shown in the first line of FIG.
END GMACT3319 IMAGE. ”Here, the keyword“ IMA ”meaning transmission of screen data is used.
GE "is designated as the play information identifier. Subsequently, in step S52, a receivable response from the portable terminal 2 is waited for.

In the portable terminal 2, "SEND GMACT"
3319 IMAGE ”is received, it is determined that the request is a data transmission request, and the processing starts from step S61. If the processing during the processing is followed by referring to the processing flow of FIG. SEND ", the process shifts from step S31 to step S35 and step S36, where a play information identifier is obtained from the received data. Since the play information identifier of the received data is" IMAGE ", the process proceeds to step S37. The process shifts to step S61 via S38, in which all data in the play information table 23 is cleared as initialization processing of the play information table, and the transmission process of the receivable response in step S62 is the first embodiment. The data transmitted subsequently in step S63 To receive.

The game machine 1 receives a receivable response from the portable terminal 2 in step S52, and
Go to 53. In step S53, the transmission mode is turned on. Here, the variable SENDMODE in the game machine 1 is set to 1
Set to. Subsequently, the game is started in step S54. During the play, the process of step S55 is started by a timer interrupt generated at regular intervals. Step S
The processing branches at 55 with reference to the variable SENDMODE representing the transmission mode. Since SENDMODE is 1, the process proceeds to step S56. In step S56, the current screen data is transmitted to the portable terminal 2. Here, the current screen is scanned to generate and transmit bitmap data.

In the above description, the times T1, T2,
, Tn, bitmap data IMAGE1, IMAGE2, bitmap data corresponding to the instantaneous screen at times T1, T2,.
.., IMAGEn are generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal 2. The communication data is as shown in the third to sixth rows of FIG. In this case, as in the first embodiment, keywords “DATA” and “END” are added before and after the image data. At the end of the game,
The process of step S57 is started, and an end message indicating the end of the screen data is transmitted there. The end message here is the keyword "E" as shown in the seventh line of FIG.
NDI MAGE ".

The portable terminal 2 sequentially receives the data on the third to sixth lines in FIG. 14 transmitted from the game machine 1 in step S63 in FIG. 13, and displays the data enclosed by “DATA” and “END” on the screen. Get as data. Step S6
In step 4, they are stored in the play information table 23. In this case, since the play information table 23 has been initialized, IMAGE1, IMAGE2,.
MAGEn is stored. In step S63, “ENDI
MAGE "is received, it is determined that the screen data has ended, and the processing of this flow ends. The above is the processing when the player plays the game at the game center. 2
A process for viewing the play screen held in the game will be described.

When the player presses a specific key of the portable terminal 2, the process of step S65 is started. The display of the play screen in step S65 is realized by sequentially taking out the image data from the top of the play information table 23 and displaying it on the screen using viewer software. Therefore, here the IMAG
E1, IMAGE2,..., IMAGEn are sequentially extracted and displayed on the screen. That is, the screen being played at times T1, T2,... Tn is reproduced on the portable terminal 2.

As described above, in the game system according to the present embodiment, the game machine 1 transmits the play information such as the play contents of the player and the play results to the portable terminal 2 from the play information transmitting means 11 and the portable terminal 2. Play information receiving means 12 for receiving the play information of the game, game contents setting means 13 for setting the contents of the game in accordance with the play information, a communication device 15 for performing wireless or wired communication, a game executing section 16 for executing the game, a joystick. Alternatively, the portable terminal 2 includes an input device 17 including operation buttons and the like and an output device 18 such as a display, and the portable terminal 2 receives terminal play information transmitting means 21 for transmitting play information to the game machine 1, and receives play information from the game machine 1. Terminal play information receiving means 22, a play information table 23 for holding the received play information, a play information display means 24, Communication device 27 performs communication line or wire, an output device 29, the game machine 1, the portable terminal 2
The portable terminal 2 holds the transmitted play information in the play information table 23, and the game machine 1 receives the play information transmitted from the portable terminal 2, Since the game content setting means 13 sets the content of the game in accordance with the play information, the play information such as a play result or a play screen played by the player in the game machine 1 can be stored in the portable terminal 2. By setting the content of the game in accordance with the play information held in the mobile terminal 2 at the time of play, it is possible to improve the fun of the game and to look back on the play content when desired on the mobile terminal 2 .

Also, by holding the play information on the portable terminal 2 side, the information processing section 26 can process the play information and make it possible to enjoy the game, for example, to graph the play results or to graffiti the play screen. Become. In addition, by using a recording medium on which a program for realizing this function is recorded, it is not necessary to prepare dedicated hardware as a mobile terminal for realizing the present game system. It becomes possible to use information terminals, mobile phones, PHSs and the like.

Furthermore, since the communication is performed wirelessly, the play information can be automatically exchanged even when the portable terminal is kept in a bag, a pocket, or the like. Can be transmitted and received. Also, if this system is applied to electric equipment such as a television and a video, a specific scene can be transmitted to a mobile terminal to be viewed on the mobile terminal, or the settings of the device can be stored in the mobile terminal and stored on the mobile terminal. It is also possible to change with.

In each of the above embodiments, the communication between the game machine 1 and the portable terminal 2 is performed by wireless communication such as Bluetooth or by wire communication such as USB (Universal Serial Bus). It doesn't matter. For example, in steps S16 to S18 in FIG. 3, data transmission is performed after waiting for a response to the transmission request, but the actual data communication procedure may be performed according to the adopted communication protocol. Alternatively, a data format such as a response thereto may follow the adopted communication protocol. Further, a procedure for checking data errors and retransmitting data when an error occurs may be performed in accordance with the adopted communication protocol.

In the first embodiment, the play result uses only the score and the date, but other than that, for example, the player's name or ID number, or in the case of a competitive game, the opponent's A name or ID number may be added. In addition to the display of the play results, in addition to the above-described embodiments, for example, processing such as sorting and displaying the scores for each opponent in descending order of scores or representing scores in a graph may be added. The output of the play information may be, for example, audio.

In each of the above embodiments, only processing for one game is described. However, a play information table for each game is prepared on the portable terminal 2 and an appropriate table is set according to the game identifier. It is easy to select and acquire / store play results. Also,
You can set the game difficulty in any way,
A setting method using a more complicated algorithm other than the methods described in the above embodiments may be used.

In the second embodiment,
Although the screen data is transmitted at fixed time intervals by the timer interrupt, the process of transmitting the screen data does not necessarily have to be started by the timer interrupt. The shorter the time interval becomes, the smoother the continuous video becomes. However, in actuality, the time interval is determined in consideration of the processing capabilities of the game machine 1 and the portable terminal 2. In this case, it is not always necessary to make the time interval constant, and for example, processing such as shortening the data transmission interval when the screen changes greatly and increasing the data transmission interval when the screen change is poor may be added. Further, data may be compressed and transmitted, or a buffer for data transmission may be prepared, and processing such as executing transmission processing when the buffer becomes full may be added.

It is not always necessary to transmit / receive or hold / reproduce screen data as a bit map.
The screen data may be transmitted / received or held / reproduced by character data and position data, motion vectors, or the like. Further, it is not always necessary to scan the screen to obtain the game screen, and screen data managed in the program may be used as it is. Further, in each of the above embodiments, only the screen image data is dealt with. However, the game screen information is not limited to only the image data, and may be, for example, multimedia information to which sound or the like is added.

In each of the above embodiments, the game system is applied to a game machine and a portable information terminal.
The scope of the present invention is not limited to game machines. In particular, the present invention is applied to an electric device such as a television or a video to store a specific scene in the mobile terminal 2 or to hold the device settings in the mobile terminal 2 and change the setting on the mobile terminal 2. It is also possible. Further, the portable terminal may be incorporated as a portable information terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a game function such as a personal computer.

The game system described above is also realized by a program for causing this game system to function. This program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium. In the present invention, as the recording medium, a memory (not shown) required for processing by the control unit 14 of the game machine 1 or the control unit 25 of the portable terminal 2 shown in FIG. May itself be a program medium, or, although not shown, a program reading device is provided as an external recording device, and the program medium may be readable by inserting a recording medium therein. Good. In any case, the stored program may be configured to be accessed and executed by a microprocessor, or in any case, the program may be read, and the read program may be read by the control unit of the game machine 1. The program may be downloaded to a program recording area (not shown) of the control unit 14 or the control unit 25 of the portable terminal 2 and the program may be executed. It is assumed that this download program is stored in the main unit in advance.

Here, the program medium is a recording medium configured to be separable from the main body. For example, in addition to a PC card (SRAM card), a tape system such as a magnetic tape or a cassette tape, a floppy (registered trademark) disk Disk and CD-ROM / M
A disk system of an optical disk such as O / MD / DVD, a card system such as an IC card / optical card, or a mask ROM;
It may be a medium that fixedly carries a program, including a semiconductor memory such as an EPROM, an EEPROM, and a flash ROM.

Further, when a communication device capable of connecting to an external communication network is provided, a medium that carries the program in a fluid manner is used to download the program from the communication network via the communication device. There may be. When the program is downloaded from the communication network, the download program may be stored in the main device in advance or may be installed from another recording medium. The content stored in the recording medium is not limited to a program, but may be data.

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As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the fun of the game and to realize a game system in which the user can look back on the contents of the play at any time on the portable terminal. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a game system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a play information table of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing operation on the game machine side of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing operation on the portable terminal side of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing data exchanged between the game machine and the portable terminal of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing operation immediately after the portable terminal of the game system of the present embodiment receives data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a table for selecting a game of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of output of play results to a portable terminal in the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing data exchanged between the game machine and the portable terminal of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when the player selects a play score used for setting a game difficulty level of the game system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a play information table of the game system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing operation on the game machine side of the game system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing operation on the portable terminal side of the game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing data exchanged between a game machine and a portable terminal of the game system according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Portable terminal 11 Play information transmitting means 12 Play information receiving means 13 Game content setting means 14 Control unit 15 Communication device 16 Game execution unit 17 Input device 18 Output device 21 Terminal play information transmitting means 22 Terminal play information receiving means 23 Play information table (play information storage means) 24 play information display means 25 control unit 26 information processing unit 27 communication device 28 input device 29 output device

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A game system comprising a game machine and a portable terminal communicable with the game machine, wherein the game machine transmits play information including a player's play content and play results to the portable terminal. Information transmitting means, play information receiving means for receiving play information from the mobile terminal, and game content setting means for setting the content of the game according to the play information, wherein the mobile terminal transmits the play information to the Terminal play information transmitting means for transmitting to the game machine; terminal play information receiving means for receiving play information from the game machine; and play information storage means for storing the received play information. The play information is transmitted to the portable terminal, and the portable terminal stores the transmitted play information in the play information storage unit. With placing, game system the game machine, said receiving play information transmitted from the mobile terminal, game content setting means in accordance with said received play information and sets the content of the game. 2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein said portable terminal further comprises an output unit for outputting play information stored in said play information storage unit. 3. The play information transmitting means transmits a play result when the player finishes the game, and the terminal play information receiving means receives the transmitted play result and stores it in the play information storage means. The terminal play information transmitting means transmits the play results stored in the play information storage means at the time of the player's game start, and the play information receiving means receives the transmitted play results, and sets the game contents. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the means sets a difficulty level of the game according to the received play result. 4. The play information transmitting means transmits game screen information as play information during execution of the game, and the terminal play information receiving means receives the game screen information and stores the game screen information in the play information storage means. , The output means,
3. The game system according to claim 2, wherein the game screen information stored in the play information storage unit is output. 5. A game system comprising a computer and a game machine and a portable terminal communicable with the game machine, wherein the game machine includes:
Play information transmitting means for transmitting play information including play results to the portable terminal, play information receiving means for receiving play information from the portable terminal, and game content setting for setting the content of the game according to the play information Means, the mobile terminal, terminal play information transmitting means for transmitting play information to the game machine, terminal play information receiving means for receiving play information from the game machine, and stores the received play information A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a program for causing the game system to function as a game system including a play information storage unit.