JP2002263363A - Soccer video game program, recording medium recorded soccer video game program, offside judging method in soccer video game, game device, and soccer video game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a soccer video game capable of judging offside similar in a real soccer game. SOLUTION: It is judged whether a player character in one's own team moves in an offside position or not (Step S207). It is judged whether a ball crosses over an offside line by a pass or not (Step S208). If the ball crosses over the offside line, it is judged whether the player character determined to have moved in the offside position in Step S207 is one's own player character or not (Step S209). If this judgment is YES, it is judged whether an X button on a keypad is operated or not, and if the X button 35 is not operated, it is judged that the offside is established (Step S211). However, if the X button 35 is operated, it is judged that the offside is not established (Step S213).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention displays a virtual space and a player character performing a soccer game in the virtual space on a display screen, and displays the player character in the virtual space in response to an operation of a game player. The present invention relates to a soccer video game program that operates to realize a soccer game, a recording medium on which a soccer video game program is recorded, an offside determination method in a soccer video game, a game device, and a soccer video game system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A soccer game is known as one of video games. In this soccer game, a virtual soccer stadium is displayed on a display screen, and a virtual soccer team is entered in the soccer stadium. The game is a game in which a virtual soccer game is played on a display screen by operating a player character constituting one of the teams based on an operation of a game player. Also, in the course of the game, if the player character moves to the offside position and the pass (ball) to this player character exceeds the offside line, the conditions for determining offside are established. As a result, it is determined to be offside, and once the game is interrupted, the right to a free kick is given to the opposing team.

[0003]

However, in recent years, the conditions for establishing a free kick in the rules of actual soccer competition have been revised, and even if the ball crosses the offside line while the player is in the offside position, the player is not involved in play. If you appeal that you do not, you will not be offside. Therefore, as in the aforementioned soccer game, the player character moves to the offside position,
In addition, if it is determined that the player character is offside on the condition that the pass to the player character exceeds the offside line, a difference occurs between the rules in the soccer video game and the rules of the actual soccer game. For this reason, the rules in the actual soccer game are not applied to the soccer video game, which is one of the causes of reducing the interest of the soccer video game.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and a soccer video game program capable of making an offside judgment in a soccer video game in line with an offside judgment in an actual soccer game. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium storing a soccer video game program, an offside determination method in a soccer video game, a game device, and a soccer video game system.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a virtual space is displayed on a display screen and movement is controlled in the virtual space in accordance with an operation input. A video game program for displaying a player character of the player's own team and a player character of the opponent team to execute a video game for virtually realizing a soccer game on a computer. A determination procedure for determining whether or not the player character of the own team exists in the offside position, and a detection for detecting the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input when it is determined in the determination procedure that the player character of the own team exists in the offside position And an off-side determination to determine that off-side is not established when the predetermined operation input is detected in the detection procedure. To perform the procedure on your computer.

Therefore, even if it is determined that the player character of the own team has moved to the offside position by the computer executing the processing in accordance with the game program, if a predetermined operation input is detected, it is determined that the offside is not established. You. In other words, the predetermined operation input is considered as an appeal that the player is not involved in the play in the actual soccer competition, and when the predetermined operation input is made, the player character of the own team exists in the offside position. Even if the ball crosses the offside line in this state, it is determined that the offside is not established, that is, it is not determined that the ball is offside. Thereby, the offside determination in the soccer video game can be made in accordance with the offside determination in the actual soccer game.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, a plurality of terminals operated by each player, and at least one terminal
By connecting the two servers via a network and performing communication between the terminal and the server, a virtual space is displayed on the display screen of each terminal, and is controlled in the virtual space by an operation of the terminal. Display the player's own team consisting of the player's own character and another player's character controlled by operation on another terminal, and the player's character of the opponent's team, and execute a video game to realize a virtual soccer game on the computer. In each terminal, the player character of the own team is set to the offside position in accordance with the operation input at the terminal or the operation input information from another terminal transmitted through the server. A discriminating procedure for discriminating whether or not the player character exists in the player's own team. If it is determined that the terminal is present in the terminal, a detection procedure for detecting the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input at the terminal or the presence or absence of predetermined operation input information from another terminal transmitted through the server; When the reception of the predetermined operation input or the predetermined operation input information is detected in the procedure, the computer is caused to execute an offside determination procedure of determining that the offside is not established, and in the server, the The computer receives the operation input information and causes the computer to execute a transmission / reception procedure for transmitting the information to another terminal.

Therefore, even if it is determined that the player character of the own team has moved to the offside position by the computer executing the processing in accordance with this game program, another operation transmitted via the predetermined operation input or the server is performed. When predetermined operation input information from the terminal is detected, it is determined that offside is not established. In other words, the predetermined operation input from the other terminal transmitted through the server is regarded as an appeal that the player is not involved in the play in the actual soccer competition, and this was detected. In this case, even if the player character of the own team is in the offside position and the ball crosses the offside line in this state, it is determined that offside is not established, that is, it is not determined that the player is offside. Thus, the offside determination in the cooperative play in the network-compatible soccer video game can be made in accordance with the offside determination in the actual soccer game.

According to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the same effects as those of the first and second aspects of the invention can be obtained by causing a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium. It becomes possible. According to the fifth and sixth aspects of the present invention, the same effects as those of the first and second aspects of the invention can be obtained by causing a computer to execute the processes to be described. Therefore, by executing the described processing steps using hardware such as a general-purpose computer and a general-purpose game device, the character lending realization technology of the present invention can be easily implemented with these hardwares.

According to the seventh and eighth aspects of the invention, it is possible to obtain the same effects as those of the first aspect of the present invention as a game device or a system.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a video game service in which a plurality of players can participate via a network. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a network game system that provides such a network-compatible video game service. In this system, a plurality of video game machines 1
(Hereinafter, a plurality of video game machines 103a, 103b,... Are collectively referred to as video game machines 103) and a general-purpose computer 104a,
Are connected to the server group 102 via the Internet 100.

The server group 102 provides an authentication server group 111 for managing accounts for user authentication, an interface between the video game machine 103 and other server groups, and also provides a service for browsing contents such as audio and video. Server group 112 that provides a chat and messenger environment
3. It includes a mail server group 115 for providing an electronic mail service, a profile server group 115 for managing a user's profile, and a game server group 116 for providing a game environment. These server groups 111 to 116 are mutually connected via a LAN 117.

The game server group 116 includes a plurality of video game machines 103 in order to search for an opponent to play with.
Is connected to the server. This server is sometimes called a lobby server because it provides a virtual lobby for players to gather and communicate.

When the video game machine 103 is connected to the lobby server, a screen representing a virtual “lobby” is displayed on the display device of the video game machine 103. On this lobby screen, the player's own character and the characters of other players connected to the lobby server are displayed. Players can chat, thereby interacting with other players and searching for a partner to play the game with. When “start of game” is selected from the menu displayed on the lobby screen, the video game machine 103 is connected to one of the game servers in the game server group 116 and the game screen is displayed on the display device of the video game machine 103. And the game is started.
On the game screen, in addition to your player character,
If there is another player participating in the game, the character of that player is also displayed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the video game machine 103. As shown in the figure, the video game machines 103a and 103b are, for example, a game machine body 2
, Keypad 3, memory card 4, TV set 5
And a CD-ROM 6.

The game machine body 2 includes, for example, a CPU 8 (Central Processing Uniform) connected to each other through a bus 7.
t), ROM (Read Only Memory) 18, RAM (Rando
m Access Memory) 9, HDD (Hard Disk) 10, interface unit 11, sound processing unit 12, graphic processing unit 13, CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only)
Memory) drive 14, detachable CD-ROM 6, and communication interface 15.

The CPU 8 sequentially executes the programs stored in the RAM 9 based on a basic program such as a boot program and an OS (Operating System) stored in the ROM 18 to perform processing for advancing the game.
The CPU 8 also controls the operation of each unit 9 to 15 in the game machine main body 2.

The RAM 9 is used as a main memory of the game machine main body 2 and stores programs and data necessary for the progress of the game, transferred from the CD-ROM 6. The RAM 9 is also used as a work area when executing a program. That is, R
A program storage area 91, a data storage area 92, a work area 93 and the like are allocated to the AM 9. Programs and data stored in the program storage area 91 and the data storage area 92 are stored in a CD-R under the control of the CPU 8.
The OM drive 14 reads from the CD-ROM 6 and
The data is transferred to M9 or received from the game server group 116. The work area 93 temporarily stores various data required in the course of the game.

The HDD 10 has a communication interface 1
5. Game programs and data captured via the communication line 16 and the Internet 100 are also stored. The detachable keypad 3 and the memory card 4 are connected to the interface unit 11. The interface unit 11 controls data transfer between the keypad 3 and the memory card 4 and the CPU 8 and the RAM 9.
Note that the keypad 3 includes direction keys and various buttons. When the player operates these keys and buttons, necessary inputs for the progress of the game, such as an instruction to move to the own character and an instruction to perform an operation, are performed.
The memory card 4 stores save data indicating the progress of the game at the end of the game, and the current save data includes the character data described above.

The sound processing unit 12 responds to an instruction from the CPU 8 to execute a BGM (Back G
Processing for reproducing sound data such as round music) and sound effects is performed, and output to the TV set 5 as an audio signal.

The graphic processing unit 13 performs three-dimensional graphic processing according to an instruction from the CPU 8 and generates image data according to the progress of the game. The graphic processing unit 13 adds a predetermined synchronization signal to the generated image data and outputs the image data to the TV set 5 as a video signal.

The CD-ROM drive 14 stores a CD set in the game machine body 2 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 8.
Drive the ROM 6 and transfer programs and data stored in the CD-ROM 6 to the RAM 9 via the bus 7;

The communication interface 15 is a communication line 1
6 and connected to the Internet 100 through the CP
In accordance with an instruction from U8, processing for exchanging programs and data with the game server group 116 is performed.

The CD-ROM 6 stores programs and data (game program 6a) necessary for the progress of the game. The CD-ROM 6 is driven by a CD-ROM drive 14 to read out stored programs and data. The programs and data read from the CD-ROM 6 are transferred from the CD-ROM drive 14 to the RAM 9 via the bus 7.

The TV set 5 includes a graphic processing unit 13
(CaT) that displays an image corresponding to the video signal from
The display device 51 includes a display device 51 such as a thode ray tube) and a speaker 52 that outputs sound corresponding to the sound signal from the sound processing unit 12. Usually, a television set is used as the TV set 5.

FIG. 3A is a plan view showing the keypad 3, and FIG. 3B is a rear view showing the keypad 3.
The keypad 3 includes a cross key 31 for inputting a direction instruction and operation keys (o button 32, △ button 33, □ button 34, × button 35, start button 36) for inputting various commands to the CPU 8. , Select button 42)
Are provided as operation tools. The keypad 3 is provided with a joystick 37 as an operation tool. A plurality of operation keys (R
1 button 38, R2 button 39, L1 button 40, L2
The button 41) is used as an operating tool. further,
The keypad 3 has a built-in motor, and the motor operates by receiving a predetermined control signal from the CPU 8 so that the keypad 3 can be vibrated as a whole.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a login process for connecting the video game machine 103 to the game server. First, as in a normal game, basic processing including display of an initial screen (such as a maker logo), check of the memory card 4, display of a title screen, loading of data, and the like is performed (step S101).

Next, an initial menu is displayed on the display device 51 (step S102), and when the player selects "Internet connection" (step S103), the video game machine 103 is connected to one of the content servers 112. The connection is established via the Internet 100 (step S104).

Next, a player authentication procedure is executed (step S105). When the video game machine 103 is connected to the content server, an authentication request screen is displayed on the display device 51. The player inputs information necessary for authentication in the displayed authentication request screen. The input information is sent from the video game machine 103 to the authentication server group 111 via the content server, where the authentication is performed.

When the authentication is obtained, a service menu is displayed on the display device 51 (step S106). When the player selects “game” from the service name displayed on the service menu (step S107), the video game machine 103 is connected to the lobby server included in the game server group 116 (step S108), and the lobby screen is displayed on the display device 51. Is displayed (step S109).

"Start game" by operating the keypad 3
Is instructed (step S110), the video game machine 103 is connected to one of the game servers in the game server group 116 (step S111), and a game screen is displayed on the display device 51 (step S124). ).
At this time, the game program and various data are transmitted from the game server to the video game machine 103, and the game program is stored in the program area 91 of the RAM 9,
Various data are stored in the data storage area 92, and thereby the game is started.

Here, it is assumed that the video game machine 103a operated by the game player A and the video game machine 103b operated by the game player B are connected to the same game server for playing the same soccer game. I do. Then, on the display device 51 of the video game machine 103a and the video game machine 103b, as shown in FIG. 5A, the player character AC operated by the game player A together with the ball 512 in the virtual space 511 and the game The player character BC operated by the player B is displayed as the player character of the same team, and the player characters 513 and 51 of the other team are displayed.
4 is displayed. Each of the game players A and B operates the joystick 37 with the keypad 3 to move the corresponding player character AC or BC,
By operating the 1 button 38, the corresponding player characters AC and BC can be dashed, and the soccer game can proceed in cooperation.

That is, FIG. 6 shows, for example, a game player A
CPU 8 in the video game machine 103a
9 is a flowchart showing a part of a process executed based on a program stored in a program area 91 of FIG. When a button operation is input from the keypad 3 by the game player A (step S201), the player character AC (own player character) is moved in accordance with the button operation input, and the player character AC is moved into the virtual space 511. (Step S202).

Next, the operation information of the button operation is transmitted to the game server (step S203), and the operation information of the keypad 3 of the game player B transmitted from the game server is received (step S204). The player character BC (other player character) is moved according to the reception operation information, and the player character BC is moved in the virtual space 511 (step S205). Further, when a kick action occurs in each player character, a ball moving process is performed in accordance with the kick action (step S203), and the ball 511 is moved in the virtual space 511.

Next, it is determined whether or not the player character of the own team has moved to the offside position (step S207). Here, the offside position is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the player character 51 of the opponent team
It is in an area closer to the opponent's goal side than the offside line OL connecting 3, 514. Therefore, as shown in the figure, in a state where the player character AC is present on the opponent's goal side beyond the offside line OL, the player character AC has moved to the offside position.

If the player character AC is moving to the offside position, it is determined whether or not the ball 511 has passed the offside line OL by the pass (step S208). If the ball 511 exceeds the offside line OL due to the pass, it is determined whether or not the player character moved to the offside position in step S207 is the player's character, that is, the player operated by the game player A on the video game machine 103a. It is determined whether or not the character is the character AC (step S209). In the case of this example, the player character that has moved to the offside position is the game player A
, The process proceeds from step S209 to step S210.

In step S210, the keypad 3
It is determined whether or not the X button 35 has been operated in
If the button 35 is not operated, it is determined that offside has been established (step S211). As a result, once the game has been interrupted, the right to a free kick is given to the opposing team.

However, if the result of the determination in step S210 is that the X button 35 has been operated,
Is transmitted to the game server (step S212), and it is determined that offside is not established (step S213). Therefore, in this case, the game is continued without interruption.

That is, in the present embodiment, the operation of the X button 35 is regarded as an appeal that the player is not involved in the play in the actual soccer competition, and
When the operation input of the button 35 is performed, the player character AC is in the offside position. Even if the ball 511 exceeds the offside line OL in this state, it is determined that offside is not established, that is, it is not determined that the player is offside. Thereby, the offside determination in the soccer video game can be made in accordance with the offside determination in the actual soccer game.

Further, as a result of the judgment in step S209,
If the player character moved to the offside position is not the player character but the player character BC operated by the game player B in the video game machine 103b as shown in FIG. 5B, the process proceeds from step S209 to step S214. Proceed to. Then, in this step S214, it is determined whether or not the operation information of the X button 35 transmitted from the video game machine 103b of the game player B via the game server has been received. If the operation information of the X button 35 is not received, that is, if the game player B has not operated the X button 35 in the video game machine 103b, it is determined that offside has been established (step S215). But,
If the result of the determination in step S214 is that the operation information of the x button 35 has been received, that is, if the game player B has operated the x button 35 in the video game machine 103b, it is determined that offside has been established (step S21).
5).

On the other hand, the game server operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 based on the program. That is, it is determined whether or not operation information indicating a button operation input on the keypad 3 transmitted from the connected video game machine 103 has been received from the connected video game machine 103 (step S301). When the operation information is received from any of the connected video game machines 103, the operation information is transmitted to the other connected video game machines 103 (step S301). As a result, in each video game machine 103, the operation information is received in step S204 in the flowchart of FIG. 6 described above, and the processing in step S205 and the determination in step S214 are performed.

In the flowchart of FIG. 6,
The case where the game player A has performed the button operation with the keypad 3 has been described. However, when the game player B has performed the button operation with the keypad 3, the video game machine 103b of the game player B will be described with reference to FIG. Operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, when a plurality of video game machines 103 are connected by the game server, the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 is executed in each video game machine 103.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case has been described where the present invention is realized using a home game machine as a platform. However, the present invention can be realized even when a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer or an arcade game machine is realized as a platform. Good.

In addition, in the present embodiment, programs and data for realizing the present invention are stored in a CD-ROM, and this CD-ROM is used as a recording medium. However, the recording medium is not limited to a CD-ROM, but may be a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), another magnetic or optical recording medium readable by a computer, or a semiconductor memory. Further, a program and data for realizing the present invention may be provided in a form preinstalled in a storage device of a game machine or a computer in advance.

Programs and data for realizing the present invention are stored in the Internet 1 connected via a communication line 16 by a communication interface 17 shown in FIG.
Alternatively, the device may be downloaded from another device on the HDD 00 to the HDD 10 and used. Further, the program and data are recorded in a memory of another device on the communication line 16,
The program and data may be sequentially stored in the RAM 9 as needed via the communication line 16 and used.

In addition, the form of providing programs and data for implementing the present invention may be provided as a computer data signal superimposed on a carrier wave from another device on the Internet 100. In this case, the communication interface 15 requests another device on the Internet 100 to transmit a computer data signal via the communication line 16, receives the transmitted computer data signal, and stores it in the RAM 9. RAM in this way
It is also possible to implement the present invention on the game device 1 using programs and data stored in the game device 9.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if the player character of the own team moves to the offside position in the virtual space, if a predetermined operation input is detected, it is determined that offside is not established. . Therefore, the predetermined operation input can be regarded as an appeal that the player is not involved in the play in the actual soccer competition, whereby the offside determination in the soccer video game is performed in accordance with the offside determination in the actual soccer competition. Or match. Further, according to the present invention, the offside determination in the cooperative play in the network-compatible soccer video game can be made to match or match the offside determination in the actual soccer game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the video game machine.

3A is a plan view showing a keypad, and FIG. 3B is a rear view.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a login process.

5A is a display screen example of a video game machine 103a operated by a game player A, and FIG. 5B is a video game machine 103 operated by a game player B;
It is a figure showing the example of a display screen of b side.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in each video game machine.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the game server.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Game console body 5 TV set 6 CD-ROM 8 CPU 100 Internet 103a Video game console 103b Video game console

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A virtual space is displayed on a display screen, and a player character of the own team and a player character of an opponent team whose movement is controlled in accordance with an operation input are displayed in the virtual space. A video game program for causing a computer to execute a video game for realizing a soccer game, comprising: a determination step of determining whether or not a player character of the own team exists in an offside position in accordance with the operation input; In the case where it is determined that the player character of the own team is in the offside position, a detection procedure for detecting the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input; and when the predetermined operation input is detected in the detection procedure,
A soccer video game program causing a computer to execute an offside determination procedure for determining that offside is not established. 2. A virtual space is displayed on a display screen of each terminal by connecting a plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server via a network and performing communication between the terminals and the server. In addition to displaying the player's own character controlled by the operation on the terminal and the other player's character controlled by the operation on the other terminal in this virtual space, the player's own team and the player's character of the opponent team are displayed. A video game program for displaying and causing a computer to execute a video game that virtually realizes a soccer game. In each terminal, an operation input at the terminal or another terminal transmitted via the server is provided. A determination is made to determine whether or not the player character of the own team is in the offside position according to operation input information from the terminal. If it is determined in this determination procedure that the player character of the own team is in the offside position, the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input on the terminal or a predetermined signal from another terminal transmitted through the server Causing the computer to execute a detection procedure for detecting the presence or absence of the operation input information, and an offside determination procedure for determining that offside is not established when the predetermined operation input or the reception of the predetermined operation input information is detected in the detection procedure. A soccer video game program wherein the server receives the operation input information transmitted from each terminal and causes a computer to execute a transmission / reception procedure for transmitting the operation input information to another terminal. 3. A virtual space is displayed on a display screen, and a player character of the own team and a player character of an opponent team whose movement is controlled in accordance with an operation input are displayed in the virtual space to virtually display the virtual space. A recording medium storing a computer-readable game program for executing a video game for realizing a soccer game, wherein a determination is made as to whether or not a player character of the own team is in an offside position in accordance with the operation input. A procedure for detecting the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input when the player character of the own team is determined to be present in the offside position in the determination procedure; and the predetermined operation input is detected in the detection procedure. If
A recording medium on which a soccer game program for executing an offside determination procedure for determining that offside is not established is recorded. 4. A virtual space is displayed on a display screen of each terminal by connecting a plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server via a network and performing communication between the terminals and the server. In addition to displaying the player's own character controlled by the operation on the terminal and the other player's character controlled by the operation on the other terminal in this virtual space, the player's own team and the player's character of the opponent team are displayed. A storage medium storing a computer-readable game program for displaying and virtually executing a video game for realizing a soccer game. In each terminal, an operation input at the terminal or via the server The player character of the own team is in the offside position according to the operation input information transmitted from the other terminal. A discriminating procedure of discriminating whether or not the player character of the own team exists in the offside position in this discriminating procedure, whether or not a predetermined operation input is performed on the terminal or transmitted via the server; A detection procedure for detecting the presence or absence of predetermined operation input information from another terminal, and an offside that determines that offside is not established when the predetermined operation input or the reception of the predetermined operation input information is detected in the detection procedure. And a soccer game program for receiving the operation input information transmitted from each of the terminals and executing a transmission / reception procedure for transmitting to the other terminal. Recording medium. 5. A virtual space is displayed on a display screen, and a player character of the own team and a player character of an opponent team whose movement is controlled in accordance with an operation input are displayed in the virtual space to virtually display the virtual space. An offside determination method in a video game for realizing a soccer game, comprising: a determination step of determining whether or not a player character of the own team is in an offside position in accordance with the operation input; A detecting step of detecting the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input when it is determined that the player character is in the offside position; and an offside determining step of determining that offside is not established when the predetermined operation input is detected in the detecting step. Offside format in a soccer video game characterized by including Fixed method. 6. A virtual space is displayed on a display screen of each terminal by connecting a plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server via a network and performing communication between the terminals and the server. In addition to displaying the player's own character controlled by the operation on the terminal and the other player's character controlled by the operation on the other terminal in this virtual space, the player's own team and the player's character of the opponent team are displayed. An offside determination method in a video game for displaying and virtually realizing a soccer game, wherein at each terminal, an operation input at the terminal or an operation from another terminal transmitted via the server is performed. A determining step of determining whether or not the player character of the own team is in an offside position according to the input information; If it is determined in step that the player character of the own team is in the offside position, the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input at the terminal or the predetermined operation input information from another terminal transmitted through the server is transmitted. A detection step of detecting the presence or absence of the predetermined operation input or the reception of the predetermined operation input information, and an offside determination step of determining that offside is not established in the detection step; An offside determination method for a soccer video game, comprising: receiving and transmitting the operation input information transmitted from each terminal and transmitting the operation input information to another terminal. 7. A virtual space is displayed on a display screen, and a player character of the own team and a player character of an opponent team whose movement is controlled in accordance with an operation input are displayed in the virtual space, and the virtual space is virtually displayed. A game device for realizing a soccer game, comprising: determining means for determining whether or not a player character of the own team is in an offside position in accordance with the operation input; Detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input when it is determined that the predetermined operation input is present at the offside position; and
A game device comprising: an offside determination unit that determines that offside is not established. 8. A virtual space is displayed on a display screen of each terminal by connecting a plurality of terminals operated by each player and at least one server via a network and performing communication between the terminals and the server. In addition to displaying the player's own character controlled by the operation on the terminal and the other player's character controlled by the operation on the other terminal in this virtual space, the player's own team and the player's character of the opponent team are displayed. A video game system for displaying and virtually realizing a soccer game, wherein each terminal receives an operation input from the terminal or operation input information from another terminal transmitted through the server. Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the player character of the own team is in the offside position; Detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a predetermined operation input at the terminal or the presence or absence of predetermined operation input information from another terminal transmitted through the server, An off-side determining unit that determines that off-side is not established when the detecting unit detects the predetermined operation input or the reception of the predetermined operation input information, wherein the server transmits the operation transmitted from each of the terminals. A soccer video game system comprising receiving / transmitting means for receiving input information and transmitting it to another terminal.