JP2002210244A - Video game device and recording medium storing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for satisfying the feeling of attainment of a player in relation to setting to a filed in a roll playing game. SOLUTION: In the game having a field to be moved to a destination field by using items, the destination field is set on the basis of the attribute of the item, and the data of the item can be input/output to/from other game device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique effectively applied to setting of a field in which a character acts in a video game, particularly a role playing game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this kind of role playing game,
Move the character over the field where mountains, rivers, seas, towns, castles, etc. are located, and proceed with the game while clearing events such as battles with enemy characters and items acquisition. In some cases, every time a character is moved to the field in order to increase the number of characters, the configuration of the field is changed.

For example, when a character is moved from a door leading to a field to the field, the terrain and the arrangement of obtainable items are changed.

[0004]

However, the field that changes each time such a character is moved is changed irrespective of the player's effort, and the field can be moved to the changed field. There was a problem of lack of achievement.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of satisfying a player's sense of accomplishment in setting a field in a role playing game.

[0006]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
The destination determining unit determines whether or not there is an association between the character and the destination entrance with respect to the destination entrance moving to the field by using the character and the item displayed on the display unit, and the association determining unit determines A video game apparatus comprising: field setting means for setting the field according to the attribute of the item when the association is determined; and display control means for displaying the character on the field set by the field setting means.

According to the means of the present invention, by using an item possessed by a character at a destination entrance, a destination field is set according to the attribute of the item,
The character is moved and displayed in the field. The player can obtain a sense of accomplishment of the game progress by setting the fields according to the attributes of the items collected by the player.

[0008] Here, the display means means a display device such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT display. The character means a player character operated by the player and operated on the screen. The item means, for example, a key for opening a door of an entrance to a field, a vehicle for moving to a field, and the like. The destination entrance means a door if the item is a key, and a departure and arrival place if the item is a vehicle. The association between the character and the destination entrance means that the character and the destination entrance have a certain positional relationship on the display means.

A second means of the present invention determines whether or not there is an association between the character and the destination entrance for a destination entrance moving to a field by using a character and an item displayed on the display means. An association determination step, a field setting step of setting the field by the attribute of the item when the association is determined by the association determination step, and a display for displaying the character on the field set by the field setting step This is a recording medium storing a program including a control step.

Here, as the recording medium, any recording medium such as a ROM cassette, a memory card, a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, and a magneto-optical disk can be used.

[0011] A third means of the present invention is the second means, further comprising an item selecting step of selecting the item, wherein the field setting step sets the field by an attribute of the item selected in the item selecting step. To decide.

According to the means of the present invention, the field desired by the player is set by selecting an item, and the pleasure of collecting the item is added, so that the interest in the game can be increased.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the method according to the second or third aspect.
In the means, the field setting step sets an enemy character appearing on the field according to an attribute of the item.

According to the means of the present invention, the enemy character appearing on the field is set according to the attribute of the used item. As a result, the field to be set can be further changed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the method according to the second to fourth aspects.
Means for inputting and outputting data of the item to and from the external device.

According to the means of the present invention, it is possible to output an item obtained by the player to another player's game device or to input an item obtained by another player to the player's own game device. As the number of games increases, the exchange of information between players becomes more active, which doubles the enjoyment of the game.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect, the attribute of the item is set according to the appearance of the recording medium.

According to the means of the present invention, a plurality of external appearances of the recording medium are prepared, and the field is determined by the attribute of the item set according to the external appearance. be able to. here,
The appearance of the recording medium means the color, design, outer shape, material, etc. of the housing.

[0019]

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

[0020]

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows an appearance of a portable video game device of the present invention viewed from above a plane. An LCD (Liquid Crystal) is provided above a plane of the portable video game device 1 (hereinafter, simply referred to as “game device 1”).
Display panel 2 (hereinafter simply referred to as “LCD2”)
) Is provided to display images and characters. An input button group is provided at a lower portion, and an A button 11 and a B button 12 for a player to input a decision item are provided at a lower right portion, and pressed left, right, up and down to move a character or a cursor on the left side. A possible cross key 13 is provided. A select button 14 and a start button 15 are provided in the center of the lower part. The select button 14 is used for displaying a selection menu screen and the like, and the start button 15 is used for temporarily stopping and restarting the game. A hole 6a for audio output of a speaker (not shown) provided inside the game apparatus 1 is provided at the lower right.

A ROM cassette 3 for providing a game program is inserted into the insertion opening 3a and detachably connected to the upper side surface. Further, an infrared light emitting element and a light receiving element 4 for inputting and outputting to and from an external device are provided.

On the right side of the game apparatus 1, a cable terminal receptacle 5 for connecting to another game apparatus 1 by a cable is provided, and a game can be played between players by connecting the cable terminal receptacles.

FIG. 2 shows a hardware block diagram of the game apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. The ROM cassette 3 is connected to the CUP 21 via the system bus 20. Also CPU
Oscillation circuit 22 is connected to 21 and counts time according to the number of oscillations. CPU 21 further receives A through port 23
An input button group 10 such as a button 11 is connected. The system bus 20 is provided with a RAM 24 and a ROM 25. The RAM 24 is a recording unit used as a work area or the like of the CPU 21, and stores predetermined contents of the ROM cassette 3 and the ROM 25, calculation results of the CPU 21, and the like. ROM 25 is accessed by CPU 21 only when selected by memory switching circuit 26. A game program stored in the ROM cassette 3, a system program stored in the ROM 25,
According to a signal or the like input by the input button group 10, C
The PU 21 controls the entire apparatus and processes data at various places.

The CPU 21 outputs display data to the LCD controller 27. The display RAM 28 connected to the LCD controller 27 includes a character RAM and a VR.
It consists of AM and provides information on display characters and image specifications.
The LCD controller 27 displays an image or the like on the LCD 2 based on the display data and the information. The sound controller 29 synthesizes a game sound such as a sound effect or background music based on information stored in the ROM cassette 3 or the ROM 25 and outputs the synthesized sound to the speaker 6.

The input / output device interface 30 is provided with an input / output terminal 5, and can be connected to another game device 1 by a cable. Further, an infrared light emitting element and a light receiving element 4 are connected to the input / output device interface 30 to enable input / output with an external device using infrared light.

Here, in the video game stored in the ROM cassette 3, the player operates the player character on the field, fights with the enemy character to be encountered, defeats the enemy character, and learns the mystery in the progress of the game. This is a role-playing game that is advanced by unraveling.
The movement of the character to the field is performed by opening the door of the field entrance with a key acquired during the game.
A field is set according to the attribute of the key that opened the door, and a character is displayed on the set field. The key data can be input / output to / from another player's video game device connected via a cable.

FIG. 3 shows a door 42 leading to a field displayed on the LCD 2 of the video game described above. By bringing the player character 41 close to the door 42 and inputting from the button group, a list of possessed items (see FIG. 4) is displayed,
When the blue water key 43 is selected from the list, the door 42 opens,
The player character 41 moves to the field set by the attribute of the key (see FIG. 5). The name of the key indicates an attribute, and in the case of a blue water key, the field starts with “water” and is mainly a sea (see FIG. 5, the right side of the screen is the sea).

FIG. 6 shows a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The association determination unit 61 of the processing unit 60 determines the destination entrance recognized by the destination entrance position recognition unit 62 (the door 42 in FIG. 3).
Is calculated from the coordinate position of the character 41 and the coordinate position of the character 41 recognized by the character position recognition unit 63, and if the distance is within a certain value, it is determined that there is association. The item selection unit 64 selects the key 43 by inputting a button group, the field setting unit 65 reads the attribute of the key 43 from the data storage unit 66, and
Reads the field data from the data storage unit 66 using the attribute as a search key and displays it.

FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the phrase used in the name of the key and the topography of the field. The field is set mainly on the terrain corresponding to the phrase.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing this processing. That is, the association determination unit 61 calculates the coordinate value (101) of the destination entrance recognized by the destination entrance position recognition unit 62,
From the coordinate position (102) of the character recognized by the character position recognition unit 63, the distance between the two is calculated (10
3) If the distance is within a certain value, it is determined that there is association (104). When the select button 14 is pressed (105), the item selection section 64 displays an item list (106), positions the cursor with the cross key 13, and presses the A button 11 to select the key 43 (107). The field setting unit 65 stores the attribute of the key 43 in the data storage unit 66
(108), the display control unit 67 reads the image data of the field using the data as a search key, and
Display on CD2 (110).

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
The player can increase the interest in the game because the destination is predicted by the used key.

The items include rockets, airplanes,
Vehicles such as balloons and boats may be used, and destination entrances may be used as departure and arrival sites. The item may be an animal on which a character such as a horse or a bird can ride, and the destination entrance may be a ranch, a breeding house, or the like.

[0033]

Second Embodiment In the first embodiment, the destination field is set according to the attribute of the key. In the second embodiment, the key used by the player can be selected.

That is, from the item list in FIG.
When "4" is designated, a key list is displayed, and a desired key is selected from the list (see FIG. 10).

This processing is realized by the item selection section 64 displaying the item list and then displaying the key list in the functional block diagram of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing this, and the same steps as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same step numbers, and only the differences from the first embodiment will be described. That is, the item selection unit 64 receives the pressing of the cross key 13 and the A button 11 from the item list display, and
Is selected (201), a key list is displayed (20).
2). When the blue water key 43 is selected by moving the cursor with the cross key 13 and pressing the A button 11, the field setting unit 65 reads the attribute of the key 43 from the data storage unit 65 (108).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the player selects a desired one from a plurality of collected keys, and sets a field with the attribute of the key. This can increase the enjoyment of collecting keys and change the game.

[0038]

Third Embodiment In the first and second embodiments, the terrain of the destination field is set according to the attribute of the key, but an enemy character appearing in the field is set.

This is the functional block diagram of FIG. 6 and the flowchart of FIG. 8. The field setting section 65 reads the attribute of the item from the data storage section 66 (108). Display control section 67
Reads the terrain data and enemy character data in the field using the attribute as a search key (109), and displays the terrain data on the LCD 2. The enemy character data is displayed when a battle has occurred after moving to the field.

FIG. 12 shows the relationship between the color used for the key name and the type of the enemy character. A field is set so that the enemy character appears mainly. For example, a slime-based enemy character mainly appears in the field set by the blue water key 43.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since an enemy character appearing in a moving field is set, a change can be further added to the field.

[0042]

Embodiment 4 In this embodiment, the attributes of the keys are set according to the appearance color of the ROM cassette 3, and the keys are stored in ROMs having different appearance colors.
The input and output can be performed with a video game device of another player having the cassette 3.

FIG. 13 shows a game device of the user (hereinafter, referred to as a game device)
FIG. 10 shows a list of instep keys displayed when the key bundle 44 in FIG. 9 is selected in a state where the opponent's game device (hereinafter, referred to as “part B”) is connected to the opponent's game device (hereinafter referred to as “part B”). The appearance color of the instep ROM cassette 3 is blue, and the name of the acquired key is “blue”. The data input / output is displayed at the bottom of the list, and after selecting it, the key 4
Specify 3. Similarly, FIG. 14 shows a list of keys of Party B. The external color of your ROM cassette 3 is red, and the name of the obtained key is given “red”, and the key 45 to be given to the instep is designated from the list. Here both A buttons 1
When 1 is pressed, both keys are exchanged. FIG.
Here is the list of keys on the instep after exchange. In the list of keys, your red sand key 4
5 has been added and the replaced blue water key 43 has been deleted.

FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram showing this processing.
The flowchart will be described. That is, when the key bundle is selected on the item screen (see FIG. 9) (
1) The display controller 67 displays a key list screen (40)
2). Use the four-way controller 13 to move the cursor to
When the button 11 is pressed down (403), the cursor is moved to the key to be exchanged (blue water key 43) and the A button 11 is pressed down (404), the input / output unit 68 transmits the key output selection to the user (4). 405). Similarly, upon receiving the key input / output selection from the second party (406), the key data of the first party is transmitted (407).
When the input / output unit receives the key data (red water key 45) of the user from the user (408), the input / output unit stores the received key data in the data storage unit 66 and outputs the key (the key of the blue water key 4).
3) The data is deleted (409), and the display control section 67 displays the received key data in a key list (410).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, different key data depending on the color of the housing of the ROM cassette is used to obtain RO data of other colors.
The player can input and output with the video game device of the player having the M cassette, so that the fun of collecting keys can be doubled.

It should be noted that the virtual currency obtained during the game may be input to the output side without exchanging the key, on condition that the virtual currency is paid to the output side.

[0047]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique capable of satisfying a player's sense of achievement with respect to setting of a field in a role playing game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an appearance of a video game device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the video game device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a destination entrance.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an item list screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a destination field;

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

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining key attributes;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an item list screen.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a key list screen.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining key attributes;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a key list screen.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a key list screen.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a key list screen.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game device 2 LCD panel 5 Input / output terminal 11 A button 13 Cross key 14 Select button 41 Character 42 Destination entrance

Claims (6)

[Claims] An association determination unit configured to determine whether or not there is an association between the character and the destination entrance for a destination entrance moving to a field by using a character and an item displayed on a display unit; A video comprising: field setting means for setting the field according to the attribute of the item when the association is judged by the association judgment means; and display control means for displaying the character on the field set by the field setting means. Game equipment. 2. An association judging step of judging whether or not there is an association between the character and the destination entrance for a destination entrance moving to a field by using a character and an item displayed on display means; A program comprising: a field setting step of setting the field according to the attribute of the item when the association is determined by the association determining step; and a display control step of displaying the character on the field set by the field setting step. The stored recording medium. 3. The program according to claim 2, further comprising an item selection step of selecting the item, wherein the field setting step determines the field based on an attribute of the item selected in the item selection step. Recording medium storing. 4. The recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the field setting step sets an enemy character appearing on the field according to an attribute of the item. 5. A recording medium storing a program according to claim 2, further comprising an input / output step of inputting / outputting the item data from / to the external device. 6. The recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the attribute of the item is set according to the appearance of the recording medium.