JP2003033570A - Video game system, recording medium, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology which presents the spatial continuity between individual displays of auxiliary machines and a common display of a master machine, in a game system wherein a game is played using the individual displays of the auxiliary machines and the common display of the master machine. SOLUTION: A position on the common display is assigned, and lines reaching the position are set from a specified position on the individual displays to display a part of the lines to be projected on each display. The positional relationship between the individual displays and the common display can be set.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game system, a recording medium and a program for playing one game by a first video game device having an individual display and a second video game device having a common display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Video game systems of this type are often used for competitive games by a plurality of players.
Comprised of a slave unit assigned to each player and one master unit, information confidential to other players is displayed on the individual display of the slave unit, and common information is displayed on the common display of the master unit. It is supposed to do.

For example, in a card game, the player's hand is displayed on the individual display of the child device, and the trumps put out on the field are displayed on the common display of the parent device. Similarly, in the mahjong game, the player's hand tile is displayed on the individual display of the child device, and the discarded tile is displayed on the common display of the parent device.

[0004]

However, in such a game, the instruction operated by looking at the individual display of the child device is displayed as a result on the common display of the parent device, and the spatial display of both displays is spatial. It lacked a production that reminded me of a connection.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a technique capable of producing spatial continuity between an individual display and a common display.

[0006]

The first means of the present invention is to:
What is claimed is: 1. A video game system comprising a first video game device for displaying an image on an individual display and a second video game device for displaying an image on a common display, wherein the first video game device is a common display device. Position specifying means for specifying a desired position, line setting means for setting a line from the predetermined position on the individual display to the position specified by the position specifying means, and line set by the line setting means First display control means for displaying a portion projected on the individual display on the individual display, and transmitting means for transmitting information on the line set by the line setting means to the second video game device. And the second video game device receives the line information transmitted by the transmitting means. Receiving means for, in accordance with the information of the received line by the receiving means is a video game system and a second display control means for displaying a portion to be projected onto the common display to the common display.

According to this means, a line is set from a predetermined position on the individual display to a designated position on the common display, and the line is projected and displayed on each display, whereby the spatial display of both displays is achieved. A connection can be produced.

Here, the first game device means a portable game device, a home video game device, an arcade video game device, a personal computer, or the like. The second video game device means a home video game device, an arcade video game device, a personal computer, a workstation, or the like. The line means a straight line or a curved line such as a solid line, a broken line, or a dotted line, but may be a continuous mark, symbol, effect, or the like.

A second means of the present invention is the first means, further comprising a positional relationship setting means for setting a positional relationship between the individual display and the common display, and the preceding line setting means is the position setting means. The line from the predetermined position of the individual display to the designated position is set according to the position designated by the designating unit and the positional relation set by the positional relation setting unit.

According to the present invention, it is possible to set a positional relationship between a desired individual display and a common display and display a line.

A third means of the present invention records a program to be executed by a first video game device which displays an image on an individual display and a second video game device which displays an image on a common display. A computer-readable recording medium, wherein a position specifying step for specifying a desired position of a common display on the first video game device, and a position specified by the position specifying step on the individual display A line setting step of setting a line extending from a predetermined position; a first display control step of displaying on the individual display the portion projected on the individual display among the lines set by the line setting step; The information of the line set by the setting means is sent to the second video game device. And a receiving step of causing the second video game apparatus to receive the line information transmitted by the transmitting means, and a line step received by the receiving step on the common display. It is a computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing a second display control step of displaying a projected portion on the common display is recorded.

By recording the program on a recording medium, only the program can be distributed. The recording medium is a game cartridge, memory card, CD-RO.
A medium such as M or a flexible disk can be used.

A fourth means of the present invention is a program to be executed by a first video game device displaying an image on an individual display and a second video game device displaying an image on a common display. A position specifying step for specifying a desired position on the common display in the first video game device, and a line for setting a line from a predetermined position on the individual display to the position specified by the position specifying step Setting step,
A first display control step of displaying, on the individual display, a portion of the line set by the line setting step, which is projected on the individual display; and information of the line set by the line setting means, the second information.
And a receiving step of receiving the line information transmitted by the transmitting means to the second video game device,
According to the information of the line received by the receiving step,
And a second display control step of displaying a portion projected on the common display on the common display.

The program can be delivered to a video game device, an information terminal, a mobile phone or the like having a communication function, either wirelessly or by wire. It is also possible to write directly to media accessible by these devices.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the hardware configuration of the video game system of the present invention. Multiple portable game consoles 10
Is connected to the video game device 20, and the display 27 is connected to the video game device 20. As the display 27, a general household television receiver can be used. In the center of the front of the portable game machine 10, the LCD
A (Liquid Crystal Display) panel 18 (hereinafter, simply referred to as “LCD 18”) is provided to display images and characters. Further, there are operation buttons on the left and right, an A button 13a for the player to input a decision item is provided on the right side, and a cross button that can be pressed up, down, left and right on the left side and is used to move a character or a cursor. 13b is provided.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the present video game system. The portable game machine 10
It includes an 8-bit CPU 11. I / O to CUP11
A game cartridge 19, which is a recording medium of a game program, and the above-mentioned operation button 13 used for operations such as movement of a cursor are connected via (Input Output interface). Further CPU1
An LCD drive circuit 17 for controlling the ROM 16, the RAM 15, and the LCD 18 is connected to 1. RO
M16 stores the system program, and RAM1
Reference numeral 5 denotes a recording unit used as a work area of the CPU 11, and stores predetermined contents of the game cartridge 19 and the ROM 16, the calculation result of the CPU 11, and the like. Further, the portable game machine 10 is connected to the video game device 20 via the I / O 12.

The video game device 20 has a 64-bit C
Including PU21. The CPU 21 has an I / O (Input
Output interface) 22, RAM2
5 and the image processing unit 26 are connected. I / O2
An operation button 23, a game cartridge 24, and the above-mentioned plurality of portable game machines 10 are connected to 2. Although the operation button is not shown, it is basically the same as that of the portable game machine 10, and is composed of a decision button, a cross button, and the like. The game cartridge 24 has a built-in ROM for recording a game program and data. The RAM 25 temporarily stores image processing data of the game, backup data that changes as the game progresses, and the like. Image processing unit 26
Under the control of the CUP 21, performs processing such as shading for image display and texture mapping, and supplies it to the display 27. As the display 27, a general household television receiver can be used.

Here, the game cartridges 19 and 2
The game stored in 4 is a card game in which two players share cards possessed by each other and decide the win or loss depending on the strength of the attack value, defense value, etc. set for each card.

FIG. 3 exemplifies the card battle screen displayed on the display 27 of the video game device 20.
The cards 31a to 31c on the right side of the screen are cards issued by the player, and the cards 32a to 32c on the left side of the screen are cards issued by the opponent. The cursor 33 designates the card of the opponent to attack when the player's own turn is made. At this time, the LCD 18 of the player's own portable game machine 10 is oriented and displayed in the direction of the card 32a designated by the laser gun 41 (see FIG. 4). When the enter button is pressed here, the laser 51a is fired (see FIG. 5), the laser 51b reaches the designated card 32a on the card battle screen (see FIG. 6), and the battle is performed.

FIG. 7 shows the positional relationship between the LCD 18 of the portable game machine 10 and the display 27 of the video game device 20 in a side view and a plan view. The LCD 18 and the display 27 are arranged in a positional relationship of a distance L and a height H, and the designated card 32a is the display 2
It is placed at a distance Wx, Wy from the center of 7. The above-described FIGS. 3 to 6 are displayed as camera images captured from a predetermined position in the three-dimensional space. Also, the distance L and the height H
Is a positional relationship designation screen displayed on the LCD 18 (see FIG. 8,
The value can be set to a desired value by the player with the indicator 61a or 61b (see reference).

FIG. 9 shows a functional block diagram of this.
Is. That is, the positional relationship setting unit 72 of the portable game machine 10 receives the depression of the operation button 13 and the portable game machine 10
The positional relationship between the LCD 18 and the display 27 of the video game device 20 is written in the positional relationship table 73.
The position designation unit 74 receives a press of the operation button 13,
The movement of the cursor 33 on the display 27 is accepted. The input / output units 77 and 81 input / output the operation signal received by the position designation unit 74 and the line setting data set by the line setting unit 71 between the portable game machine 10 and the video game device 20. The line setting unit 71 has a position specifying unit 74.
The card position selected by the user is received from the display control unit 82, and the received card position and the LCD 18 and the display 27 are received.
Is read from the positional relationship table 73, and L
A line from the laser gun 41 on the CD 18 to the selected card 32 is set. The display control unit 75 uses the operation button 1
The battle screen data is read from the image data recording unit 76 by the start of the battle input in 3 and transmitted to the display control unit 82. Further, the direction of the laser gun 41 is changed according to the cursor position received by the position designation unit 74. Further, when the position designation unit 74 receives the card selection by pressing the operation button 13, the projection portion 51a is displayed on the LCD 18 of the line set by the line setting unit 71. The display control unit 82 of the video game device 20 displays the battle screen data transmitted from the display control unit 75 on the display 27, and the projection portion 51b of the transmitted line data.
Is displayed on the display 27.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing in the portable game machine 10. That is, the display control unit 75
When accepting a card battle by pressing the operation button 13 (101), reads the battle screen data from the image data recording unit 76 and sends it to the display control unit 82 via the input / output units 77 and 81 (102). Position designation section 74
When accepting the movement of the cursor 33 by pressing the operation button 13, transmits the movement direction to the display control unit 82 of the video game device 20 (103). Further, the display control unit 7
5 directs the laser gun 41 displayed on the LCD 18 in the moving direction according to the moving direction of the cursor (104). Steps 103 to 104 are repeated until the position designation unit 74 receives the card selection (105). When the position designation unit 74 receives the card selection and transmits the signal to the display control unit 82 via the input / output units 77 and 81 (105), the line setting unit 71 receives the card position data from the display control unit 82. From the receiving (106), the positional relationship table 73 to the LCD1
The positional relationship data between 0 and the display 27 is read (107) and the line is set (108). The line setting unit 71 transmits the data of the projection portion 51b to the display 27 of the set line to the display control unit (109),
The display control unit 75 displays the projection portion 51a on the LCD 18 of the set line on the LCD 18 (110).

When the positional relationship setting section 72 receives the positional relationship setting by pressing the operation button 13 (121), the display control section 75 reads the positional relationship setting screen data from the image data recording section and displays it on the LCD 18 (122). When there is an input from the indicator 61 by operating the operation button 13 (123), the positional relationship setting unit 72 updates the data in the positional relationship table 73 (124).

On the other hand, FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the processing in the video game apparatus 20. That is, when the display control unit 82 receives the battle screen data via the input / output unit 81 (201), it displays it on the display 27 (20).
2). When the cursor movement is received (203), the cursor 33 is moved and displayed (204), while when the cursor movement is not received (203), step 204 is skipped. When the display control unit 82 receives the card selection (20
5), the card position data is transmitted to the line setting unit 71 of the portable game machine 10 (206). When the setting line data is received, the projection portion 51b of the display 27 is displayed on the battle screen (208).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
It is displayed as if a laser beam was emitted from the laser gun on the LCD of the portable game machine toward the opponent's card on the display, and it is possible to provide continuity between the LCD and the display.

Incidentally, instead of designating the opponent card by the laser beam, the arrow shot on the LCD may be displayed so as to reach the card on the display. Although the card game has been described in the present embodiment, in addition to the card game, for example, in the mahjong game, the hand tile is displayed on the LCD, the cut tile is displayed on the common display, and the hit tile is designated by the laser beam. May be.

[0027]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique capable of producing spatial continuity between an individual display and a common display.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a displayed laser gun.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the displayed laser gun.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle screen.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the positional relationship.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a positional relationship setting screen.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 handheld game consoles 13 operation buttons 18 LCD 20 video game devices 27 display 31, 32 cards 41 laser gun 51 laser light

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A first for displaying an image on an individual display
Video game device, and a second video game device for displaying an image on a common display, wherein the first video game device is a position for designating a desired position on the common display. Designating means, line setting means for setting a line extending from a predetermined position on the individual display to a position designated by the position designating means, and a line set by the line setting means is projected onto the individual display. The second video game device, and a first display control means for displaying a portion to be displayed on the individual display, and a transmission means for transmitting information on the line set by the line setting means to the second video game device. The game device includes a receiving unit that receives the line information transmitted by the transmitting unit, and a receiving unit that receives the line information. Video game system according to the information of the received line, and a second display control means for displaying a portion to be projected onto the common display to the common display Ri. 2. The apparatus further comprises a positional relationship setting means for setting a positional relationship between the individual display and the common display, wherein the line setting means sets the position specified by the position specifying means and the positional relationship setting means. 2. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein a line from a predetermined position on the individual display to the designated position is set according to the positional relationship. 3. A first for displaying an image on an individual display
A computer-readable recording medium in which a program to be executed by the video game device of claim 1 and a second video game device displaying an image on the common display is recorded. A position specifying step for specifying a desired position, a line setting step for setting a line extending from a predetermined position on the individual display to the position specified by the position specifying step, and a line setting step set by the line setting step. A first display control step of displaying a portion of the line projected on the individual display on the individual display; and transmitting information of the line set by the line setting means to the second video game device. And executing the steps of: A receiving step of receiving information transmitted line by Shin means, according to the information of the line received by the receiving step,
A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing a second display control step of displaying a portion projected on the common display on the common display. 4. A first for displaying an image on an individual display
And a second video game device for displaying an image on a common display, the program for causing the first video game device to specify a desired position on the common display. A position specifying step; a line setting step of setting a line from a predetermined position on the individual display to the position specified by the position specifying step; and a projection on the individual display among the lines set by the line setting step. A first display control step of displaying a portion to be displayed on the individual display, and a transmission step of transmitting information on the line set by the line setting means to the second video game device, The line information transmitted by the transmitting means to the video game device of A receiving step, in accordance with the information of the line received by the receiving step,
A program for executing a second display control step of displaying a portion projected on the common display on the common display.