JP2003265852A - Game server device, game management method and game management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of a game device to a player. <P>SOLUTION: The CPU 261 of a parlor server device is equipped with a judgment section 261a judging whether client terminals connected to the server device are in use or not, a player information acquisition section 261b acquiring at least name information of players using the client terminals connected to the parlor service device, and a display section 261g displaying the result of judgment by the judgment section 261a and the result of acquisition by the player information acquisition section 261b in association with identification information submitted to the client terminals connected to the parlor server device 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game server device and a game management device that are communicably connected to terminal devices associated with identification information and manage a game played by a plurality of players using the terminal devices. The present invention relates to a method and a game management program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various types of video game apparatuses have been proposed or are already used by a plurality of players. In a game center or the like, a plurality of video game devices (terminal devices) of the same model are arranged, and a plurality of video game devices are connected via a network (and a server) such as a LAN and the Internet.
There is a video game device that allows a plurality of players to play a game in the same game space. In such video game devices, table games such as mahjong and shogi, and competitive games such as sports and martial arts are played.

When playing the above-mentioned table game or competitive game, since a plurality of video game devices are connected via a network (and a server) such as LAN and Internet, an unspecified number of players participate in the game. be able to. In this way, when strangers play against each other, they do not know the game-related abilities of their opponents, so compared to a normal game in which a video game device is used in a stand-alone form and a video game device is used as an opponent. As a result, the progress of the game is given unexpectedness, and the game can be given a certain degree of interest.

[0004]

On the other hand, in table games such as mahjong and shogi, how to hit advanced players can be used as a reference for other players, and watching a match between advanced players does not participate in the game. It will be fun for players who are not (ie, spectators). In addition, for example, the best way to go up in a mahjong game is that the role of Mitsuman is interesting not only to the players who have gone up, but also to the other players as well as the process from the allocation (start of the station). is there.

However, in the conventional video game device, even when a plurality of video game devices of the same model are arranged in a game center or the like, for example, a player who is an advanced player is in the adjacent seat and is in a good condition. If
Other players cannot know that the player is an advanced player or that they have fulfilled their role. Therefore, it is not possible to refer to the advanced player's way of striking or watch the competition. That is, the information of the game being played on the video game device is in a state in which only the player of the video game device can know the information. For this reason, it cannot be said that the merits of arranging a plurality of video game devices of the same model are fully exerted, and there is a limit to the convenience of players (including spectators).

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game server device, a game management method, and a game management program which are highly convenient for the player.

[0007]

A game server device according to claim 1 is communicably connected to a terminal device associated with identification information, and a game played by a plurality of players using the terminal device. A game server device that manages the terminal device, a determination unit that determines whether each terminal device is in use, and a player information acquisition unit that acquires at least name information of a player who is using each terminal device. And a display unit for displaying the determination result of the determination unit and the acquisition result of the player information acquisition unit in association with the identification information.

According to the above invention, the determination means determines whether or not each terminal device is in use, and the player information acquisition means acquires at least the name of the player who is using each terminal device and displays it. The determination result by the determination means and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means are displayed by the means in association with the identification information attached to each terminal device. Therefore, the player sees the determination result by the determination means and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means, which are displayed in association with the identification information on the display means, for example, the presence or absence of the terminal device not in use and the identification information, or Since the name of the player using the terminal device can be confirmed, the convenience for the player is improved.

A game server device according to a second aspect is
The game server device according to claim 1, further comprising terminal identification means for identifying a terminal device in which a game is being played in the same game space as that of the game being played in each terminal device, The display means is characterized by displaying the identification result by the terminal identification means in association with the identification information.

According to the above invention, the terminal identifying means identifies the terminal device in which the game is played in the same game space as the game space in which the game is played in each terminal device, and the display means The identification result by the terminal identification means is displayed in association with the identification information. Therefore, the player (particularly the spectator) can confirm the identification information of the terminal device used by another player who is playing a game in the same game space as the player playing on each terminal device ( For example, it is possible to know whether or not the players in the adjacent seats are playing the game in the same game space), and the convenience for the players (particularly the spectators) is improved.

A game server device according to a third aspect is
3. The game server device according to claim 1, wherein the player information acquisition means acquires rank information indicating a level of strength of the player in the game in association with the identification information. I am trying.

According to the above invention, the player information obtaining means obtains the rank representing the level of the player's strength in the game in association with the identification information, and the display means gives the player's strength in the game. The rank indicating the level of the height is displayed in association with the identification information. Therefore,
When a plurality of terminal devices are installed in the game center, the player is playing on another terminal device in the game center in which the terminal device he / she is playing is installed, for example. The player's rank can be known, and the convenience for the player can be improved.

A game server device according to a fourth aspect is
The game server device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the player information acquisition unit acquires title information representing a feature of the player in the game in association with the identification information. I am trying.

According to the above invention, the player information acquisition means acquires the title representing the player's characteristic in the game in association with the identification information, and the display means represents the player's characteristic in the game. The title is displayed in association with the identification information. Therefore, when a plurality of terminal devices are installed in the game center, the player plays, for example, on another terminal device in the game center in which the terminal device he / she is playing is installed. It is possible to know the title of the player who is currently playing, and the convenience for the player is further enhanced.

A game server device according to a fifth aspect is
The game server device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein event information acquisition means for acquiring a predetermined event that occurs in the terminal device, and the event from a predetermined time before the predetermined event occurs And a replay information acquisition unit that acquires replay information up to the time of occurrence from the terminal device, and the display unit displays a replay image based on the acquired replay information.

According to the above invention, the event information acquisition unit acquires the predetermined event generated in the terminal device, and the replay information acquisition unit acquires the predetermined time from the predetermined time before the predetermined event occurs. The replay information up to is acquired from the terminal device, and the display unit displays the replay image based on the acquired replay information. Therefore, for example, when an event that the role has been increased in the mahjong game is set as the above-mentioned predetermined event, the role is increased from a predetermined time before the time when the role is increased (for example, at the time of distribution). Since the replay game image up to the point of time is displayed on the display means, it is possible to watch the process until the role is enhanced, and the convenience for the player is further enhanced.

According to another aspect of the game management method of the present invention, the game server device is communicably connected to a terminal device associated with identification information and manages a game played by a plurality of players using the terminal device. And a player information acquisition process for acquiring at least name information of a player using each terminal device, the game management method including: It is characterized by executing a display process of displaying the determination result in the determination process and the acquisition result in the player information acquisition process in association with the identification information.

According to the above invention, it is determined in the determination process whether each terminal device is in use, and in the player information acquisition process, at least the name of the player using each terminal device is acquired and displayed. In the processing, the determination result in the determination processing and the acquisition result in the player information acquisition processing are displayed in association with the identification information attached to each terminal device. Therefore, the player sees the determination result in the determination process and the acquisition result in the player information acquisition process, which are displayed in association with the identification information by the display process, for example, whether or not the terminal device is not in use and the identification information, or Since the name of the player using the terminal device can be confirmed, the convenience for the player is improved.

A game management program according to claim 7 is communicably connected to a terminal device associated with identification information, and a game server device for managing a game played by a plurality of players using the terminal device. The determination means for determining whether each terminal device is in use, the player information acquisition means for acquiring at least the name information of the player using each terminal device, the determination result by the determination means, and the It is characterized in that it functions as display means for displaying the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means in association with the identification information.

According to the above invention, the determining means determines whether or not each terminal device is in use, and the player information obtaining means obtains at least the name of the player using each terminal device and displays it. The determination result by the determination means and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means are displayed by the means in association with the identification information attached to each terminal device. Therefore, the player sees the determination result by the determination means and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means, which are displayed in association with the identification information on the display means, for example, the presence or absence of the terminal device not in use and the identification information, or Since the name of the player using the terminal device can be confirmed, the convenience for the player is improved.

[0021]

1 is a block diagram of a game system to which a game server device according to the present invention is applied.
The game system is communicatively connected to a client terminal device (corresponding to a terminal device) 1 and a plurality of (here, eight) client terminal devices 1 to which identification information is associated, and a plurality of players serve as clients. A store server device (corresponding to a game server device) 2 that manages a game played using the terminal device 1 and a center server device 3 communicatively connected to the plurality of store server devices 2 are provided.

The client terminal device 1 advances the game by the player performing a predetermined operation based on the game screen displayed on the monitor. The identification information associated with the client terminal device 1 is the identification information of each store server device 2 to which the client terminal device 1 is connected (or the identification information of the store in which the client terminal device 1 is installed). It includes identification information (called a terminal number) for each client terminal device 1 in the store where the client terminal device 1 is installed. For example, when the identification information of the store A is A and the identification information of the client terminal device 1 in the store A is 4,
The identification information of the client terminal device 1 is A4.

The store server device 2 is communicatively connected to a plurality (here, eight) of client terminal devices 1, manages the games executed in the connected client terminal devices 1, and also controls the center server device. 3 is communicatively connected, and data is transmitted and received between the client terminal device 1 and the center server device 3.

The center server device 3 is communicatively connected to a plurality of store server devices 2, and the feature point data of the player's fingerprint, which is necessary for fingerprint authentication to be described later, is stored in the user ID.
The data is transmitted and received to and from the client terminal device 1 via the store server device 2 while being stored in association with.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of one embodiment of the client terminal device 1. It should be noted that in the following description, as an example of a client terminal device, a business-use video game device in which a monitor is integrally configured will be described, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this example, and a home video game machine can be used as a home television. The present invention can be similarly applied to a home video game device configured by connecting to a John, a personal computer that functions as a video game device by executing a video game program, and the like.

In the present embodiment, the game played using the client terminal device 1 according to the present invention is
In the mahjong game, a player operating the client terminal device 1 and at least one of a player operating another client terminal device 1 and a CPU player play a match. When competing with a player who operates another client terminal device 1, data is transmitted and received between the client terminal devices 1 via the network communication unit 18 and the store server device 2 described later.

The client terminal device 1 determines which button is instructed from the monitor 11 displaying the game screen, the address of the button displayed on the game screen of the monitor 11 for urging selection, and the pressed position by the player. Touch panel 11a and speaker 1 for outputting voice
2, a card reader 13 for reading information such as a user ID stored in a personal card, and a CCD camera 14 described later.
The fingerprint authentication unit 14 that extracts the feature point data necessary for personal authentication using the fingerprint information from a and the coin acceptance unit 15 that accepts coins inserted by the player are provided. The feature point data extracted by the fingerprint authentication unit 14 is stored in the center server device 3 via the network communication unit 18 and the store server device 2 described later.

The monitor 11 is, for example, a thin liquid crystal display for displaying an image. The speaker 12 outputs a predetermined message or BGM. The fingerprint authentication unit 14 includes a CCD camera 14a that captures a fingerprint of the player. The CCD camera 14a may be replaced with another digital imager (for example, a CMOS camera). The coin accepting unit 15 has a coin outlet 151 for ejecting when the inserted coin is a defective coin or the like.

The personal card is a magnetic card or IC card in which personal information such as a user ID is stored, and although not shown in the figure, the card reader 13 makes it possible to read information from the inserted personal card. It is a thing.

At appropriate places of the client terminal device 1, a control unit 16 (see FIG. 3) including a microcomputer that outputs a detection signal from each unit and a control signal to each unit is provided.

FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the client terminal device 1. The control unit 16 controls the entire operation of the client terminal device 1.
An information processing unit (CPU) 161, a RAM 162 for temporarily storing information during processing, and a ROM 16 in which predetermined image information, which will be described later, game programs and the like are stored in advance.
3 and 3.

The external input / output control unit 171 converts the detection signal into a processing digital signal and detects command information between the control unit 16 and the detection unit including the card reader 13, the touch panel 11a and the CCD camera 14a. The signal is converted into a control signal and output to each device of the unit, and such signal processing and input / output processing are performed in a time-division manner, for example. The external device control unit 172 performs an output operation of a control signal to each device of the detection unit and an input operation of a detection signal from each device of the detection unit within each time division period.

The drawing processing unit 111 displays a desired image on the monitor 11 according to an image display instruction from the control unit 16, and includes a video RAM and the like. The voice reproducing unit 121 follows a command from the control unit 16 to display a predetermined message or BG.
The M and the like are output to the speaker 12.

The touch panel 11a is a rectangular thin layered body, and is constructed by coating a transparent cover with a pressure-sensitive material made of linear transparent material arranged vertically and horizontally at a predetermined pitch. It is affixed on the tube surface of 11. A well-known thing can be adopted as this touch panel 11a. For example, long pressure-sensitive conductive inks, such as conductive particles and non-conductive particles, are provided on opposite surface sides of two flexible film base materials. After printing the one composed of the thermoplastic resin in which and are dispersed and mixed, at the corresponding position,
It may be manufactured by laminating both film base materials. In addition, each pressure-sensitive conductive ink is drawn out of the film in a state where the lead wire is insulated and coated, a predetermined voltage is applied to the lead wire of one film base material, and the other film base material of the other film base material is applied. A circuit for detecting a voltage is connected to the lead wires so that each lead wire can be recognized. The contact surfaces of the pressure-sensitive conductive inks of both film base materials in the pasted state are in a state where minute unevenness (during printing or due to the presence of fine particles) is formed, and the player's The voltage appearing on the other lead wire side can be detected in an analog manner due to a substantial change in contact area between the ink surfaces due to pressurization with a finger (or a pressing pen or the like), that is, a resistance change at the contact surface. Thereby, the pressed position can be detected. Then, it is possible to determine which button has been instructed from the address and the pressed position of the button which is displayed on the screen of the monitor 11 and prompts the user to make a selection.

The ROM 163 stores mahjong tile characters, background images, images of various screens, and the like. The mahjong tile character or the like is composed of a required number of polygons constituting the mahjong tile character so that it can be three-dimensionally drawn.
1 performs calculation for conversion from a position in a three-dimensional space to a position in a pseudo three-dimensional space, a light source calculation process, etc. based on a drawing instruction from the CPU 161, and a video based on the calculation result. Image data to be drawn to the RAM is written, for example, texture data is written (pasted) to an area of the video RAM designated by polygons.

Here, the relationship between the operation of the CPU 161 and the operation of the drawing processing unit 111 will be described. The CPU 161 is a ROM 163 as a built-in type or an externally attachable / detachable type.
Based on the operating system (OS) recorded in, the image, sound and control program data and game program data are read from the ROM 163. A part or all of the read image, sound, control program data, and the like are held on the RAM 162. Or later,
The CPU 161 performs processing based on a control program stored in the RAM 162, various types of data (image data including other character images such as polygons and textures of display objects, voice data), and detection signals from the detection unit. Be advanced. That is, the CPU 161 appropriately generates a command as a task for drawing or voice output based on the detection signal or the like. The drawing processing unit 111 calculates the viewpoint position on the basis of the command, and on the three-dimensional space for the viewpoint position (of course, the same is true on the two-dimensional space).
The calculation of the position of the character, the calculation of the light source, the generation of voice data, and the processing are performed. Then, based on the above calculation result, a writing process of image data to be drawn in the video RAM is performed. The image data written in the video RAM is supplied to the monitor 11 (after being supplied to the D / A converter through the interface and converted into an analog video signal) and displayed as an image on the tube surface. On the other hand, the audio data output from the audio reproduction unit 121 is output as audio from the speaker 12 (via the amplifier after being supplied to the D / A converter via the interface and converted into an analog audio signal).

The drawing commands include a drawing command for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons and a drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image. Here, the polygon is a polygonal two-dimensional image, and a triangle or a quadrangle is used in the present embodiment. A drawing command for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons is stored in the ROM.
Polygon vertex address data read from 163,
It comprises texture address data indicating the storage position of texture data to be attached to a polygon, color palette address data indicating the storage position of color palette data indicating the color of the texture data, and brightness data indicating the brightness of the texture. One character (or object) is composed of many polygons. CPU 161
Is the RAM1 coordinate data of each polygon in the three-dimensional space.
It stores in 62. Then, when moving a character or the like on the screen of the monitor 11, the following processing is performed.

The CPU 161 sequentially, after moving and after rotating each polygon, based on the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon temporarily stored in the RAM 162 and the moving amount data and rotating amount data of each polygon. 3D coordinate data of is obtained. Of the three-dimensional coordinate data of each polygon thus obtained, the horizontal and vertical coordinate data are address data on the display area of the RAM 162,
That is, it is supplied to the drawing processing unit 111 as polygon vertex address data. The drawing processing unit 111 writes the texture data indicated by the pre-assigned texture address data on the triangular or quadrangular display area indicated by the three or four polygon vertex address data. As a result, on the display surface of the monitor 11, a character (or object) having texture data pasted on a large number of polygons is displayed.

Of the various data stored in the ROM 163, data that can be stored in a removable recording medium can be read by a driver such as a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a flexible disk drive, a silicon disk drive, or a cassette medium reader. In this case, the recording medium is, for example, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD,
DVDs, semiconductor memories, etc.

The network communication unit 18 is for transmitting and receiving various event information generated during the execution of the mahjong game with the store server device 2 (or the center server device 3) via the network.

Here, a personal authentication method in the client terminal device 1 will be described. The personal authentication means that the player recognized by the client terminal device 1 (or the center server device 3 connected via the network communication unit 18 and the network) is the same as the player who is actually playing. It is something to confirm. When the player plays for the first time on the client terminal device 1, the user ID data is read from the personal card inserted by the card reader 13, and the fingerprint authentication unit 14 is read.
The CCD camera 14a captures an image of the player's fingerprint, and the fingerprint authentication unit 14 uses the fingerprint information from the CCD camera 14a to extract feature point data required for personal authentication. Then, the user ID data and the feature point data are transmitted to the store server device 2 connected via the network communication unit 18 and the network, and transmitted from the store server device 2 to the center server device 3 via the communication line. Is stored. In this way, the player is registered in the center server device 3. When the player registered in the center server device 3 plays on the client terminal device 1, the user ID data is read from the personal card inserted by the card reader 13, and the fingerprint of the player is read by the CCD camera 14 a of the fingerprint authentication unit 14. Is picked up, and the fingerprint authentication unit 14 uses the fingerprint information from the CCD camera 14a to extract feature point data required for personal authentication. Then, the user ID data and the feature point data are transmitted to the center server device 3 connected via the network communication unit 18 and the network and the store server device 2, and the user stored by the center server device 3 is transmitted. It is determined whether the characteristic point data corresponding to the ID is the same as the transmitted characteristic point data. If the determination is affirmative, the player is allowed to play, and the determination is denied. In such a case, the play is rejected (for example, an error message is displayed on the monitor 11 of the client terminal device 1 and the player is prompted to perform fingerprint authentication again).

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the control unit 16 of the client terminal device 1. CPU 161 of control unit 16
Is an item assigning unit 161a that virtually assigns a predetermined number of items to a player who satisfies a predetermined condition, and a table that displays a plurality of game numbers on the game screen when starting a game, and receives a selection input from the player. Selector 161c
Then, the player virtually holds the result judging unit 161b for judging the player's ranking in the game each time the game ends, and the player's virtual possession based on the judgment result by the result judging unit 161b and the number of games selected by the table selecting unit 161c. Based on the number of items virtually held by the player, an item moving unit 161d that moves a predetermined amount from the item that is being held between the players, and a rank representing the level of strength of the player in the game is determined. A rank determining section 161f, a parameter calculating section 161g that calculates a parameter representing a feature of the player in the game based on history data stored in a history storage section 162b described later, and a player based on the calculated parameter. The title assigning unit 161h that assigns the title of the player in the game, and the rank and title of the opponent are small. And also includes a opponent display unit 161k that displays one on the game screen, and an event detection unit 161m for detecting the occurrence of a predetermined event.

The RAM 162 of the control unit 16 also stores a rank storage unit 162a that stores item quantity and rank information in association with the player name, and a history storage unit that stores the player's past game history data for each player. 162
b and a title storage unit 162c for storing the title given by the title giving unit 161h in association with the player's name.
And an image storage unit 162d that stores game image data from a predetermined time before the occurrence of a predetermined event to the time of the occurrence of the event, and the rank, title, and player name information of the four opponents including the player, the client terminal. Opponent storage unit 1 for storing in association with the identification information of the device 1
62e.

When the game is started, the console selection section 161c displays a console selection screen 500, which will be described later, and accepts a selection input from the player to select one of the one-game match, the Dongfeng match, and the half-village match. It decides one or the other. That is,
The number of competing stations is 1 (1 station), 4 (Dongfeng) and 8
(Hansou battle) is decided. Further, the table selection unit 161c selects the opponent by displaying the table selection screen 500, receiving selection input from the player, and selecting the table. In addition, the table selection unit 161c associates the player's name, rank and title, and the table name with the opponent in association with the identification information of the client terminal device 1 playing by the opponent thus selected. It is stored in the storage unit 162e. here,
The table name is a name given to each table, and is a name such as "Dongfeng A" in which the number of competing stations can be determined.

The item assigning unit 161a virtually assigns an item (here, an item called a dragon chip) to a player who satisfies a predetermined condition, and increases or decreases the points virtually held by the player to determine the number of items. And the points are stored in the rank storage unit 162a in association with the player's name. Here, the method of increasing / decreasing points and the condition for giving items will be specifically described. During the game, a predetermined number of points virtually held by the player are added when the player has won (raised), and a predetermined number of points are subtracted when the player has fired (transferred). It is a thing. For example, when the player wins, points are added at a ratio of 20 points to 1000 points that have been won. If the player shoots 10 points for every 1000 points shot
Subtract points by the ratio of points. 10 points
When it becomes 00 or more, three items, which are virtually called dragon chips, are added.

The grade determination unit 161b is a table selection unit 161c.
When the game of the number of stations selected in 1 is finished, the ranking is determined in descending order of the number of points virtually possessed by the player as a stick. However, at the start of the game, the points virtually possessed by the player as a stick (referred to as the origin) are the same. For example, the origin is 15,000 points in the case of one-game match, 20000 points in the case of Dongfeng game, and 25,000 points in the case of Hanjo-so game.

The item moving section 161d is used in the grade judging section 1
After the ranking is determined by 61b, the grade determination unit 16
Based on the determination result by 1b and the number of games selected by the desk selection unit 161c, a predetermined number of items are virtually moved between the players from the items that the player virtually possesses. Specifically, in the case of one-game battle, the dragon chips are not moved, in the case of Dongfeng battle, one dragon chip is moved from the player in 4th place to the player in 1st place, and in the case of half-village battle. Moves 2 dragon chips from the 4th place player to the 1st place player and 2 from the 3rd place player
Move one dragon chip to the ranked player. Also,
The item moving unit 161d stores the number of dragon chips in the tier storage unit 162a described below in an updated manner.

The rank determining unit 161f determines the rank representing the level of strength of the player in the game, based on the number of items virtually possessed by the player. The specific method of determining the rank will be described below.

A player who plays this game for the first time,
The rank is considered to be grade 10. For example, the points are 100 to 19
When it reaches 9, the grade is grade 9. Then, as the points increase (or decrease), the rank increases (or decreases), and when the points reach 900 to 999, the rank becomes first grade. If the number of points is 1000 or more, the grade is the first grade.

As described above, the item giving section 161a
Will virtually give three items called dragon chips to the player who has 1000 or more points. Then, the item moving unit 161d moves the dragon chips virtually possessed by the players among the players based on the judgment result by the performance judging unit 161b and the number of games selected by the table selecting unit 161c, and as a result, the players The number of dragon chips that the virtual player possesses virtually changes, and the dragon chips are updated and stored in the stage storage unit 162a described later. Then, for example, when the number of dragon chips becomes 5 or more and less than 10, the rank is set to two.
And increase (or decrease) the number of dragon chips
The rank is raised (or lowered) in accordance with, and when the number of dragon chips reaches 46 or more, the rank is set to 8 ranks.

That is, the rank determining unit 161f, based on the points determined by the item assigning unit 161a and the number of items determined by the item assigning unit 161a and the item moving unit 161d, determines the number and grades of the points and items. And refer to the rank table stored in the table format to determine the corresponding rank.

The parameter calculation unit 161g determines, in the determination of the rank performed by the rank determination unit 161f, when the player decides the first rank, based on the history data stored in the history storage unit 162b, which will be described later, in the game of the player. It is for calculating a parameter representing a feature. The parameters include a winning rate, a transfer rate, an average number of doras and an average number of reversals defined by the following formulas. (Completion rate) = (cumulative number of wins) / (cumulative number of play stations) (transfer rate) = (cumulative number of guns fired) / (cumulative number of play stations) (average number of doras) = (cumulative drama at the time of victory Number) / (cumulative number of wins) (average number of turns) = (cumulative number of turns at the time of win) / (cumulative number of wins) Note that the cumulative number of wins, total number of gunshots, cumulative The number of play stations, the total number of dramas at the time of completion, the total number of reversals at the time of completion, and the total number of times of completion are stored in the history storage unit 162b described later in association with the player.

The title assigning unit 161h is a rank determining unit 161.
In the rank determination performed by f, when the first rank is determined, the player's title in the game is virtually given to the player based on the parameter calculated by the parameter calculation unit 161g, and the player's name is dealt with. It is attached and stored in the title storage unit 162c.

Here, a method of giving a title will be specifically described. The level is set in association with the numerical value of each parameter. For example, if the win rate is 0.31, the win rate level is 6, and the transfer rate is 0.125.
, The transfer rate level is 7. The title assigning unit 161h first determines the levels of the winning rate, the transfer rate, the average number of doras, and the average number of reversals using a level determination table (not shown). Then, the title corresponding to the highest level parameter is given. When the level of the winning rate is the highest, the player judges that the player is a haste type and is given the title of "Suzaku". When the level of the transfer rate is the highest, the player judges that the player is a defensive type and is given the title “Genbu”. When the level of the average number of doras is the highest, the player is judged to be of the luck type and is given the title of “blue dragon”. When the level of average transliteration is the highest, the player judges that the player is an attack type and is given the title of “white tiger”. Each title represents a character name in which the type of the player's way of striking (eg, haste type) is imaged.

The event detecting section 161m detects the occurrence of a predetermined event (here, the player has raised with more than full hands), and a predetermined time before the occurrence of this event (here, the distribution of the station). The game image data from the time point) to the time point when this event occurs is stored in the image storage unit 162d. Specifically, every time the station is started, the game image data after the tiles are distributed to the image storage unit 162d.
When the specified event occurs, the memory area where the game image is stored from the distribution of the station to the time when the specified event occurs is temporarily write-protected and The game image data of is stored in another storage area. Then, after the image data of the game image in which a predetermined event has occurred is transmitted to the store server device 2 by the image acquisition unit 261f of the store server device 2 described later, the above write protection is released.

The opponent display section 161k reads the rank and title information of the opponent from the opponent storage section 162e and displays it on the game screen in association with the player's name. That is, the names, ranks, and titles of the four opponents including the player are displayed on the game screen.

The rank storage unit 162a is used by the item giving unit 1
The number of items given by 61a and changed by the item moving unit 161d and the rank determined by the rank determining unit 161f are stored in association with the player's name.

The history storage unit 162b stores, as the past game history data of the player, the cumulative number of wins, which is the cumulative number of wins, the cumulative number of gunfires that is the total number of gunfires, and the number of stations played. The total number of play stations, which is the total number of stations played, the total number of doras, which is the total number of doras that were in the tiles at the time of completion, and the cumulative number of reversals that were in the tiles when the game was completed. The number and the cumulative number of times of winning, which is the cumulative number of times of winning, are stored for each player.

The title storage unit 162c stores the value of the parameter calculated by the parameter calculation unit 161g and the title assigned by the title assigning unit 161h in association with the player's name.

The image storage section 162d stores a predetermined event (in this case, the player has raised with more than full hands).
The game image data from a predetermined time before the occurrence of (in this case, the distribution time of the station) to the occurrence time of this event is stored.

The opponent storage unit 162e is the table selection unit 16
The table name of the table selected by 1c, the ranks and titles of the four opponents including the player, and the names of the players are stored in association with the identification information of the client terminal device.

FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart showing the operation of the client terminal device 1. Here, the personal card is previously inserted into the card reader 13, and the fingerprint authentication unit 1
The user's ID data stored in the personal card, in which the fingerprint of the player is picked up by the CCD camera 14a of No. 4 and the characteristic point data necessary for personal authentication is extracted by the fingerprint authentication unit 14 using the fingerprint information from the CCD camera 14a. And the feature point data extracted by the fingerprint authentication unit 14 are transmitted to the center server device 3 connected via the network communication unit 18 and the store server device 2 and the like,
It is assumed that the personal authentication is affirmed by the center server device 3.

First, the table selection screen of FIG. 6 is displayed by the table selection unit 161c, the selection input from the player for selecting one table from a plurality of tables is accepted, and the one-game match, the Dongfeng game, and the half-match. Any one of the battles is determined (step ST11). Next, the opponent display unit 16
By 1k, an unillustrated opponent display screen for displaying the opponent of the table selected in step ST11 is displayed, and after a predetermined time (or when a predetermined operation is performed by the player), the rank of the current player, etc. An unillustrated step display screen is displayed (step ST13). Next, the place and parent are determined (step ST15), and step ST17.
The battle is started in and the battle screen is displayed (not shown). In addition, when the player goes up with more than full hand during the competition, the event detection unit 161m causes the event occurrence time (when the player goes up with more than full hand) from the start of the station (when the station is distributed). The game image data up to) is stored. Then, when the battle is over, in step ST19, the ranking in the game is determined by the grade determining unit 161b, and a ranking display screen (not shown) is displayed.

Then, the item moving unit 161d causes the result judging unit 161b to judge the result and the table selecting unit 1
Items virtually held by the players are moved between the players based on the number of games selected by 61c (step ST21), and the item display screen is displayed. Next, the rank determining unit 161f determines the rank representing the level of strength of the player in the game based on the number of items and the points that the player virtually possesses, and the rank is stored in the rank storing unit 162a. It is determined whether or not the rank is changed by comparing it with the rank up to now (at the end of the previous game) (step ST23). If the rank is not changed, an unillustrated item display screen showing the current number of items and the like is displayed, and the process is terminated.

When the rank is changed, the parameter calculating unit 161g calculates the parameter representing the feature of the player in the game (step ST2).
5). Then, in step ST27, the title assigning section 161h virtually assigns the player's title in the game to the player based on the parameters calculated by the parameter calculating section 161g, and the item display screen (not shown) is displayed for a predetermined time. Is displayed, a promotion screen (not shown) is displayed, and the process ends.

FIG. 6 is an example of a screen view of the desk selection screen displayed in step ST21 of the flowchart shown in FIG. On the table selection screen 500, a table name 501 indicating one of the one-game battle, the Dongfeng battle, and the half-village battle, the join / create button 502 to be pressed when joining the table, and the table already Opponent information 503 such as the names and ranks of the participating opponents is displayed for each table in the upper and lower two stages in the center of the screen. Here, for the desks that are currently recruiting participants, the second table name 501 from the left side of the upper screen is "Dongfeng A" and the table name 501 at the lower left side of the screen is "Hanzou Battle A".
There are two desks, one is the desk and the other is the join / create button 50 of the former.
When 2 is pressed, the Dongfeng battle is selected, and when the latter participation / create button 502 is pressed, the half-village battle is selected. When the join / create button 502 of the table whose table name 501 at the left end of the upper screen is “Create New Table” is pressed, the player creates a new table for the Dongfeng battle and creates another table. You can call for participation. In this case, the Dongfeng battle is selected.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an embodiment of the store server device 2 according to the present invention. The store server device 2 includes a monitor 21 that displays a game screen and the like, a speaker 22 that outputs sound, and a personal card vending machine 25 that accepts coins inserted by a player and sells personal cards.

The monitor 21 is equipped with, for example, two CRTs for the purpose of displaying a large image. 2 CRTs
Are arranged so that the long sides of substantially rectangular screen display portions for displaying the respective images are adjacent to each other, and the image signal is controlled so that one image is displayed on the two image display portions. .

The speaker 22 displays a predetermined message or BGM.
Is output. The personal card vending machine 25 includes a coin accepting unit 24 that accepts coins inserted by a player,
And a card payout unit 23 for paying out a personal card. The coin accepting unit 24 is provided with a coin outlet (not shown) for ejecting when the inserted coin is a defective coin or the like.

A control unit 26 (see FIG. 2) including a microcomputer that outputs a detection signal from each unit and a control signal to each unit is provided at an appropriate place of the store server device 2.

FIG. 8 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the store server device 2. The control unit 26 controls the entire operation of the store server device 2, and includes an information processing unit (CPU) 261, a RAM 262 for temporarily storing information during processing, and predetermined image information (for example, FIG. 17).
The ROM 263 in which image data of how to play shown in (1), demo image data shown in FIG. 21, and the like are stored in advance.

The game management program of the present invention is
Each function is realized by being recorded on the ROM 263, loaded on the RAM 262, and sequentially executed by the CPU 261 with the game management program on the RAM 262.

The drawing processing unit 211 displays a desired image on the monitor 21 in accordance with an image display instruction from the control unit 26, and includes a video RAM and the like. The voice reproduction unit 221 follows a predetermined message or BG according to an instruction from the control unit 26.
The M and the like are output to the speaker 22.

Of the various data stored in the ROM 263, data that can be stored in a removable recording medium can be read by a driver such as a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a flexible disk drive, a silicon disk drive, or a cassette medium reader. In this case, the recording medium is, for example, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD,
DVDs, semiconductor memories, etc.

The network communication unit 28 is for transmitting and receiving various data to and from the center server device 3 via a network such as WWW. The interface unit 1 a is for exchanging data with a plurality (for example, four) of client terminal devices 1 connected to the store server device 2.

FIG. 9 shows the CPU 261 of the store server device 2.
2 is an example of a functional configuration diagram of FIG. The CPU 261 includes a determination unit 261 a (corresponding to a determination unit) that determines whether each client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is in use, and each client terminal connected to the store server device 2. A game played on each of the client terminal devices 1 connected to the store server device 2 and a player information acquisition unit 261b (corresponding to player information acquisition means) that acquires at least name information of a player who is using the device 1. A terminal identification unit 261c (corresponding to a terminal identification unit) that identifies each client terminal device 1 in which a game is being played in the same game space as the above game space, and each client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 Event information acquisition unit 26 that acquires a predetermined event that occurs in
1d (corresponding to an event information acquisition unit) and an image acquisition unit 261f (acquired replay information) that acquires from the client terminal device 1 replay game image data from a predetermined time before a predetermined event occurs to the time when the event occurs. (Corresponding to the means), the display unit that displays the determination result by the determination unit 261a and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition unit 261b in association with the identification information attached to each client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2. Two
61 g (corresponding to display means).

The determination unit 261a is used by the card reader 13 of each client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2.
It is determined whether or not each client terminal device 1 is in use depending on whether or not a personal card is being inserted. That is, when the personal card is being inserted into the card reader 13, it is determined that the client terminal device 1 provided with the card reader 13 is in use,
When the personal card is not inserted in the card reader 13, it is determined that the client terminal device 1 in which the card reader 13 is installed is not in use.

The player information acquisition unit 261b uses the name of the player who is using each client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2, the rank indicating the level of strength of the player in the game, and the game of the player. The title information indicating the characteristics in (1) is acquired in association with the identification information. The above-mentioned rank is determined by the rank determining unit 161f of each client terminal device 1, and the rank storage unit 1
62a is stored in association with the player's name, and the above title is assigned by the title assigning unit 161h of each client terminal device 1 and stored in the title storage unit 162c in association with the player's name. Is.

The terminal identification unit 261c is used by the store server device 2
It identifies each client terminal device 1 in which a game is being played in the same game space as the game space of the game being played in each client terminal device 1 connected to. Specifically, the table name information stored in the opponent storage unit 162e of each client terminal device 1 connected to the store server apparatus 2 is read out, and if the table names are the same, the game is played in the same game space. Is performed, and if the table names are different, it is determined that the game is performed in another game space. Furthermore, the identification information of the opponent client terminal device 1 stored in the opponent storage unit 162e of each client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is read out, and the client server device 2 is not connected to the store server device 2 concerned. It is determined whether or not the player of the client terminal device 1 is playing at the same desk (that is, whether or not the player is in an online battle via the center server device 3).

The event information acquisition unit 261d acquires the event occurrence information when a predetermined event occurs by the event detection unit 161m of each client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2, The image acquisition unit 261f reads the game image data corresponding to the event from the image storage unit 162d.

The display unit 261g is used by the player information acquisition unit 2
61b, the terminal identification unit 261c and the image acquisition unit 261f edit the information obtained in the image data, the monitor 2
1 is displayed.

FIG. 10 is an example of a flowchart showing the operation of the store server device 2 of the present invention. First, FIG.
The game title screen shown in is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST1), and then the playing screen shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST3). Then, the ranking screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST5), the game demo screen shown in FIG. 21 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST7), and step S
Return to T1. That is, from step ST1 to step S
T7 is repeatedly executed.

FIG. 11 is a detailed flowchart of the game title display executed in step ST1 of the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the display time T is initialized to 0 (step ST101). Next, the usage status of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST103). Then, communication is performed with the center server device 3 to determine whether or not there is a notice such as a notice of the tournament, and if there is a notice, the notice is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST105). Next, it is determined whether or not a predetermined event has occurred, and if so, the game image is replayed and the display time T is reset to 0 when the replay display ends (step ST109). . Then, the game title screen shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST111). Next, it is determined whether the display time T is 5 seconds or more (step ST11
3) When it is 5 seconds or less, the display time T is incremented (step ST115), and step ST103.
Return to. If it is 5 seconds or more, the process is returned. That is, the game title screen is displayed on the monitor 21 for about 5 seconds.

FIG. 12 shows steps ST103, 303, 5 of the flowchart shown in FIGS. 11, 16, 18 and 20.
3 is a detailed flowchart of the usage status display of the client terminal device 1 executed at 03 and 703. here,
It is assumed that the client terminal devices 1 connected to the store server device 2 are given terminal numbers 1 to 8 in advance. First, the terminal number CN is initialized to 1 (step ST801). Then, the determination unit 261a determines whether or not the client terminal device 1 with the terminal number CN is in use (step ST803). When this determination is denied (that is, when not in use), the process proceeds to step ST811. When this determination is affirmative (that is, when the player is in use), the player information acquisition unit 261b acquires the name, rank, and title of the player of the client terminal device 1 in association with the identification information (step ST805), terminal identification unit 26
The identification information of the opponent client terminal device 1 stored in the opponent storage unit 162e is acquired by the 1c (step ST807), and the terminal identification unit 261c uses the identification information of the opponent client terminal device 1 to access the network. It is determined whether or not there is a battle (step ST809).

Next, it is judged whether or not the terminal number CN is 8 or more (that is, whether or not the processing is completed for the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2) (step ST811). ). When this determination is positive, the display unit 261g displays player information and the like on the monitor 21 (step ST815),
The display time T is reset to 0 (step ST81
7), the process is returned. When this determination is denied, the terminal number CN is incremented (step ST813) and the process returns to step ST803.

FIG. 13 is an example of a screen view of the game title screen displayed on the monitor 21 in step ST111 of the flowchart shown in FIG. On the game title screen 600, the terminal information 601 of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the lower side of the screen, the game title image 602 is displayed at the approximate center of the screen, and the tournament notice is displayed on the upper side of the screen. 603 is displayed. However, the terminal information 601 is displayed in step ST103 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 11 (specifically, step ST815 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 12), and the tournament notice 603 is shown in step ST105 of the flowchart shown in FIG. Is displayed in.

The terminal information 601 includes the terminal number 601a of the client terminal device 1, the table name 601b of the table on which the player is playing the game, and the player name 601c.
And the player's title / rank 601d and the player's current number of points (number of points) 601e.
The terminal information 601 is displayed from the left end of the screen in ascending order of the terminal number 601a. For example, a player whose terminal number 601a is playing "Ichi" is sitting virtually at a table with a table name 601b of "Dongpu 1" and playing, a title 601c of which is "Taro", and a title and rank. 601d is "Blue Dragon / First Stage", and the number of dots 601e is "2000.
It is "0 point". Since the table name 601b of the player who plays the terminal number 601a as "2" is also "Tofu 1", the player whose terminal number 601a is "Ichi" and the player whose terminal number 601a is "2" are virtual. You can see that they are playing around the same table.

In addition, the table name 601b and the like are not displayed in the terminal information 601 whose terminal number 601a is "San",
Since "Call for participants" is displayed at the bottom of the terminal information 601, it can be seen that this client terminal device 1 (whose terminal number 601a is "visit") is a vacant base. Further, in the terminal information 601 with the terminal number 601a being “Samurai”, the net battle mark NM is displayed on the upper left side, and the player playing on this client terminal device 1 (the terminal number 601a is “Samurai”). Can see that they are playing online.

In this way, since the terminal information 601 of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed, the screen of the monitor 21 can be used for the following purposes, and for the player. The convenience is improved. ○ You can easily find an empty stand. ○ You can know the name, rank, and title of the player. ○ It is possible to identify a player who is playing by virtually surrounding the same table. ○ It is possible to identify players who are playing online.

FIG. 14 shows steps ST109, 309, 5 of the flowchart shown in FIGS. 11, 16, 18 and 20.
It is a detailed flowchart of the replay display performed in 09 and 709. Here, it is assumed that the client terminal devices 1 connected to the store server device 2 are given terminal numbers 1 to 8 in advance. First, the terminal number CN is 1
Are initialized (step ST901). Then, the determination unit 261a determines whether or not the client terminal device 1 with the terminal number CN is in use (step ST903). When this determination is denied (that is, when not in use), the process proceeds to step ST911. When this determination is affirmative (that is, when it is in use), the event information acquisition unit 261d determines whether or not an event has occurred in the client terminal device 1 (step ST905). If this determination is denied, the process proceeds to step ST911. When this determination is positive, the image acquisition unit 261f causes the image storage unit 162 of the client terminal device 1 to operate.
The game image data stored in d is acquired (step ST907), and the game image is replay-displayed on the monitor 21 in step ST909 (see FIG. 15).

Next, it is determined whether or not the terminal number CN is 8 or more (that is, whether or not the processing has been completed for the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2) (step ST911). ). When this determination is affirmative, the display time T is reset to 0 (step ST915), and the process is returned. When this determination is denied, the terminal number CN is incremented (step ST913) and the process returns to step ST903.

In this way, the client terminal device 1
Store server device 2 when an event occurs in
Because the game image is replayed on the monitor 21 of
For the player, when the condition for the event to occur (here, to raise with more than full hands) is motivated by the player, the other spectators who are not playing can enjoy watching the game. Will be increased.

FIG. 15 is an example of a screen view of a replay screen displayed on the monitor 21 in step ST909 of the flowchart shown in FIG. On the replay screen 610,
The terminal information 611 of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the lower side of the screen, the replay image display section 613 is displayed on the left side of the approximate center of the screen, and the opponent information display is displayed on the right side of the approximate center of the screen. The section 612 is displayed, and the replay explanation 614 for explaining the battle situation is displayed on the upper side of the screen. However, the terminal information 611 is the same as the terminal information 601 of the game title screen 600 shown in FIG.

On the replay image display portion 613, a game image (moving image) from a predetermined time before the occurrence of a predetermined event to the time of the occurrence of the event is fast-forwarded.
In the replay image display portion 613, the player's hand tiles 613a are displayed on the lower side of the screen so that the types of tiles can be seen, and the opponent's hand tiles 613b are displayed on the upper side and the left and right sides of the screen so that the type of tiles cannot be seen. Has been done. Further, in the replay image display portion 613, a mountain 61 including a drive display tile in the approximate center of the screen is displayed.
3d and a discard tile 613c are displayed around the mountain 613d. Furthermore, a message 613e of “REPLY” indicating that this image is a replay image is displayed in the substantially upper center part of the replay image display unit 613. In addition, the replay image display portion 613 displays a message 613f of “reach” indicating that the screen image shows a scene where the player has reached, and the replay explanation 614 also includes “Taro ga tsuka te te te seishaku ni te te te gaku te tsu te te gaku ni te te te gaku te te te gaku te te te gure ni te te te gaku te te gachi te te te gachi te standing. It was displayed. Here, “standing” is a mahjong term having the same meaning as “reach”.

In the opponent information display portion 612, information of the player is displayed on the lower side, and upper side (Kamicha), lower side (Simocha) and face-to-face (Toymen) opponents are displayed on the left side, the right side and the upper side, respectively. Information is displayed. Further, the player information display section 612 displays a player (or opponent) name 612b, a rank 612c, and a score 612e. Further, when the opponent is playing on the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 connected to the client terminal device 1 on which the player is playing, the terminal numbers 612 of 1 to 8 are set.
a is displayed. Here, the player name is "Taro"
Player is playing on the client terminal device 1 whose terminal number is Ichi (= 1), and the player name is "Jiro"
The opponent is playing with the client terminal device 1 having a terminal number of 2 (= 2).

In this way, since the replay image display portion 613 and the opponent information display portion 612 are displayed on the replay screen 610, while watching the names and ranks of the player and the opponent on the opponent information display portion 612, The replay image display unit 613 displays an image in which the player's hands are over full penetration as a moving image, so that the spectator can enjoy watching the game with a sense of realism. Furthermore, since the replay explanation 614 is displayed, it is easy to understand the battle situation.

FIG. 16 is a detailed flowchart of how to play, which is executed in step ST3 of the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the display time T is initialized to 0 (step ST301). Next, the usage status of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST303). Then, communication is performed with the center server device 3 to determine whether or not there is a notice such as a notice of the tournament, and if there is a notice, the notice is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST30).
5). Next, it is determined whether or not a predetermined event has occurred, and if so, the game image is replay-displayed, and the display time T is 0 when the replay display ends.
Are reset (step ST309). Then, the play screen shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST311). Next, it is determined whether or not the display time T is 20 seconds or more (step ST313), and if it is 20 seconds or less, the display time T is incremented (step ST315), and the process returns to step ST303. If it is 20 seconds or more, the process is returned. That is, the play method screen is displayed on the monitor 21 for about 20 seconds.

FIG. 17 is an example of a screen diagram of a play screen displayed on the monitor 21 in step ST311 of the flowchart shown in FIG. On the way of playing screen 620, terminal information 621 of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the lower side of the screen, and a way of playing image display unit 62 that displays how to play this game in the approximate center of the screen.
2 is displayed. However, the terminal information 621 is as shown in FIG.
This is the same as the terminal information 601 on the game title screen 600 shown in FIG. A RAM is previously stored in the way of playing image display portion 622.
A moving image or a frame-by-frame image (slide image) of how to play stored in 262 or ROM 263 is read and displayed. Here, the text message "This game uses cards" is displayed.

FIG. 18 is a detailed flowchart of the ranking display executed in step ST5 of the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the display time T is initialized to 0 (step ST501). Next, the usage status of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST503). Then, communication is performed with the center server device 3 to determine whether or not there is a notice such as a notice of the tournament, and if there is a notice, the notice is displayed on the monitor 21 (step S).
T505). Next, it is determined whether or not a predetermined event has occurred, and if so, the game image is replayed and the display time T is reset to 0 when the replay display is finished (step ST509). . Then, the ranking screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST511). Next, the display time T is 2
It is determined whether it is 0 seconds or more (step ST513), 2
When it is 0 seconds or less, the display time T is incremented (step ST515), and the process returns to step ST503. If it is 20 seconds or more, the process is returned. That is, the ranking screen is displayed on the monitor 21 for about 20 seconds.

FIG. 19 is an example of a screen diagram of the ranking screen displayed on the monitor 21 in step ST511 of the flowchart shown in FIG. On the ranking screen 630, the terminal information 631 of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the lower side of the screen, and the ranking display section 632 for displaying the national ranking is displayed at the approximate center of the screen. . However, the terminal information 631 is
Terminal information 60 of the game title screen 600 shown in FIG.
The same as 1. The national ranking of this game is displayed in a list format on the ranking display portion 632. Various data included in the national ranking displayed on this screen are stored in the center server device 3 with the user ID stored in the player's personal card as key data, and stored in the store server device 2 as necessary. The data is read.

FIG. 20 is a detailed flowchart of the game demo display executed in step ST7 of the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the display time T is initialized to 0 (step ST701). Next, the usage status of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST703). Then, communication is performed with the center server device 3 to determine whether or not there is a notice such as a notice of the tournament, and if there is a notice, the notice is displayed on the monitor 21 (step S).
T705). Next, it is determined whether or not a predetermined event has occurred, and if so, the game image is replayed and the display time T is reset to 0 when the replay display ends (step ST709). . Then, the game demo screen shown in FIG. 21 is displayed on the monitor 21 (step ST711). Next, the display time T is 2
It is determined whether it is 0 seconds or more (step ST713), 2
If it is 0 seconds or less, the display time T is incremented (step ST715) and the process returns to step ST703.
If it is 20 seconds or more, the process is returned. That is,
The game demo screen is displayed on the monitor 21 for about 20 seconds.

FIG. 21 is an example of a screen diagram of a game demo screen displayed on the monitor 21 in step ST711 of the flowchart shown in FIG. On the game demo screen 640, the terminal information 641 of the client terminal device 1 connected to the store server device 2 is displayed on the lower side of the screen, and the game demo image display section 643 is displayed on the left side of the approximate center of the screen. An opponent information display section 642 is displayed on the right side of the central part, and a message 644 indicating that this screen is a demo screen (demonstration screen) is displayed on the upper side of the screen.
"AME DEMO" is displayed. However, the terminal information 641 is the same as the terminal information 601 of the game title screen 600 shown in FIG.

In the game demo image display portion 643, the R
The game image (moving image) stored in the AM 262 or the ROM 263 is read and displayed on the monitor 21. In the game demo image display portion 643, virtual player hands 643a of the virtual player in the demo are displayed on the lower side of the screen so that the types of the tiles can be seen, and on the upper and left and right sides of the screen, the hands of virtual opponents in the demo. 643b is displayed so that the type of tile cannot be seen. Further, in the game demo image display portion 643, a mountain 643 including a drive display tile in the approximate center of the screen.
d and a discarding tile 643c are displayed around the mountain 643d. Further, in the game demo image display portion 643, a “reach” message 643f indicating that the virtual player in the demo has reached the scene is displayed.

In the opponent information display portion 642, information of virtual players in the demonstration is displayed on the lower side, and the upper side (Kamicha), the lower side (Simocha) and the face-to-face (Toymen) are displayed on the left side, the right side and the upper side, respectively. ) The information of the virtual opponent in the demo is displayed. Further, in the opponent information display section 642, the name 642b of the virtual player (or opponent) in the demonstration, the rank 642c, and the score 642.
e and are displayed respectively.

The present invention can take the following modes.

(A) In this embodiment, the case where the game played by the client terminal device 1 is a mahjong game has been described, but it may be a game played by a plurality of other players. For example, the form may be a card game, a Go game, a shogi game, or the like.

(B) In this embodiment, the determination section, the player information acquisition section, the terminal identification section, the event information acquisition section,
The image information acquisition unit and the display unit are the CPUs of the store server device 2.
261 is described above, but at least one of the determination unit, the player information acquisition unit, the terminal identification unit, the event information acquisition unit, the image information acquisition unit, and the display unit is connected to the center server device 3 connected via the network. It may have a certain form.

(C) In this embodiment, the case where a plurality of store server devices 2 are communicably connected to the center server device 3 has been described.
May not be connected to the center server device 3.

(D) In the present embodiment, the store server device 2 (the event information acquisition unit 261d) sets a predetermined time in the client terminal device 1 (communicably connected to the store server device 2) every predetermined time. Although the case of detecting whether or not an event has occurred has been described, the interrupt signal may be generated to the store server device 2 when a predetermined event occurs in the client terminal device 1.

(E) In this embodiment, the case where the game image data is transmitted from the client terminal device 1 to the store server device 2 for the replay display has been described, but the game data (information about the progress of the game ( For example, in a mah-jongg game, information such as tile movements such as tile types such as Tsumo tiles and abandoned tiles) may be transmitted from the client terminal device 1 to the store server device 2. In this case, the amount of information transmitted from the client terminal device 1 to the store server device 2 can be reduced. However, in this case, the display unit 261g of the store server device 2 needs to have a function of forming a game image from the game data.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, the determining means determines whether or not each terminal device is in use, and the player information obtaining means determines at least the player using each terminal device. The name is acquired, and the display unit displays the determination result by the determination unit and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition unit in association with the identification information attached to each terminal device. Therefore, the player sees the determination result by the determination means and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means, which are displayed in association with the identification information on the display means, for example, the presence or absence of the terminal device not in use and the identification information, or Since the name of the player using the terminal device can be confirmed, the convenience for the player can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the terminal identifying means identifies the terminal device in which the game is played in the same game space as the game space of the game played in each terminal device, The display means displays the identification result of the terminal identification means in association with the identification information.
Therefore, the player (particularly the spectator) can confirm the identification information of the terminal device used by another player who is playing a game in the same game space as the player playing on each terminal device ( For example, it is possible to know whether or not the players in the adjacent seats are playing the game in the same game space), and it is possible to enhance the convenience for the players (especially the spectators).

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the player information obtaining means obtains the rank indicating the level of strength of the player in the game in association with the identification information, and the displaying means obtains the rank of the player. The rank indicating the level of strength in the game is displayed in association with the identification information. Therefore, when a plurality of terminal devices are installed in the game center, the player plays, for example, on another terminal device in the game center in which the terminal device he / she is playing is installed. It is possible to know the rank of the player who is currently playing, and it is possible to enhance the convenience for the player.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the player information acquisition means acquires the title representing the feature of the player in the game in association with the identification information, and the display means displays the player in the game. The title representing the feature of is displayed in association with the identification information. Therefore, when a plurality of terminal devices are installed in the game center, the player plays, for example, on another terminal device in the game center in which the terminal device he / she is playing is installed. It is possible to know the title of the player who is playing the game and further improve the convenience for the player.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the event information acquisition means acquires a predetermined event occurring in the terminal device, and the replay information acquisition means acquires the predetermined event from a predetermined time before the predetermined event occurs. Replay information up to the time of the occurrence of the event is acquired from the terminal device, and the display unit displays the replay image based on the acquired replay information. Therefore, for example, when an event that the role has been increased in the mahjong game is set as the above-mentioned predetermined event, the role is increased from a predetermined time before the time when the role is increased (for example, at the time of distribution). Since the replay game image up to the point of time is displayed on the display means, it is possible to watch the process until the role is fulfilled, and it is possible to further enhance the convenience for the player.

According to the invention described in claim 6, it is determined in the determination process whether each terminal device is in use,
At least the name of the player using each terminal device is acquired in the player information acquisition process, and the determination result in the determination process and the acquisition result in the player information acquisition process in the display process are associated with the identification information attached to each terminal device. Is displayed. Therefore, the player sees the determination result in the determination process and the acquisition result in the player information acquisition process, which are displayed in association with the identification information by the display process, for example, whether or not the terminal device is not in use and the identification information, or Since the name of the player using the terminal device can be confirmed, the convenience for the player can be improved.

According to the invention described in claim 7, it is judged by the judging means whether or not each terminal device is in use,
At least the name of the player using each terminal device is acquired by the player information acquisition means, and the determination result by the determination means and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means are associated with the identification information attached to each terminal device by the display means. Is displayed. Therefore, the player sees the determination result by the determination means and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means, which are displayed in association with the identification information on the display means, for example, the presence or absence of the terminal device not in use and the identification information, or Since the name of the player using the terminal device can be confirmed, the convenience for the player can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a game system to which a game server device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an embodiment of a client terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a client terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of a control unit of the client terminal device.

FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart showing the operation of the client terminal device.

FIG. 6 is an example of a screen view of a desk selection screen.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an embodiment of the store server device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a store server device.

FIG. 9 is an example of a functional configuration diagram of a CPU of the store server device.

FIG. 10 is an example of a flowchart showing the operation of the store server device.

FIG. 11 is a detailed flowchart of displaying a game title.

FIG. 12 is a detailed flowchart for displaying the usage status of the client terminal device.

FIG. 13 is an example of a screen view of a game title screen.

FIG. 14 is a detailed flowchart of replay display.

FIG. 15 is an example of a screen view of a replay screen.

FIG. 16 is a detailed flowchart showing how to play.

FIG. 17 is an example of a screen view of a playing screen.

FIG. 18 is a detailed flowchart of ranking display.

FIG. 19 is an example of a screen view of a ranking screen.

FIG. 20 is a detailed flowchart of the game demo display.

FIG. 21 is an example of a screen diagram of a game demo screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Client Terminal Device 11 Monitor 12 Speaker 13 Card Reader 14 Fingerprint Authentication Unit 15 Coin Reception Unit 16 Control Unit 171 External Input / Output Control Unit 172 External Device Control Unit 18 Network Communication Unit 2 Store Server Device 3 Center Server Device 21 Monitor 22 Speaker 23 Card payout unit 24 Coin acceptance unit 25 Personal card vending machine 26 Control unit 28 Network communication unit 211 Drawing processing unit 221 Sound reproduction unit 261a Determination unit (determination means) 261b Player information acquisition unit (player information acquisition means) 261c Terminal identification unit ( Terminal identification means) 261d Event information acquisition section (event information acquisition means) 261f Image acquisition section (replay information acquisition means) 261g Display section (display means)

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hiroki Harano             4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami             Within the corporation (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Wada             4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami             Within the corporation (72) Inventor Masakazu Shibamiya             4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami             Within the corporation (72) Inventor Takashi Makiishi             4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Konami             Within the corporation F-term (reference) 2C001 AA12 BA04 BA05 BA06 BB01                       BB05 BB09 BD03 BD05 CA01                       CB01 CB07 CB08 CC02 CC08                       DA04

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A game server device, which is communicatively connected to a terminal device associated with identification information and manages a game played by a plurality of players using the terminal device, the server device being used by each terminal device. Determination means for determining whether or not it is in the middle, player information acquisition means for acquiring at least name information of a player using each terminal device,
A game server device comprising: a display unit that displays the determination result of the determination unit and the acquisition result of the player information acquisition unit in association with the identification information. 2. A terminal identifying means for identifying a terminal device in which a game is played in the same game space as a game space in which the game is played in each terminal device, wherein the display means is configured to operate by the terminal identifying means. The game server device according to claim 1, wherein an identification result is displayed in association with the identification information. 3. The game according to claim 1, wherein the player information acquisition means acquires rank information indicating a level of strength of the player in the game in association with the identification information. Server device. 4. The game according to claim 1, wherein the player information acquisition means acquires title information indicating a feature of the player in the game in association with the identification information. Server device. 5. An event information acquisition unit that acquires a predetermined event that occurs in the terminal device, and replay information from a predetermined time before the occurrence of the predetermined event to the time when the event occurs, from the terminal device. 5. The game server device according to claim 1, further comprising replay information acquisition means, wherein the display means displays a replay image based on the acquired replay information. 6. A game management method using a game server device that is communicatively connected to a terminal device associated with identification information, and that manages a game played by a plurality of players using the terminal device. Judgment processing for judging whether each terminal device is in use, player information acquisition processing for acquiring at least name information of a player using each terminal device, judgment result in the judgment processing, and the player information A game management method comprising: performing a display process of displaying an acquisition result in the acquisition process in association with the identification information. 7. A game server device, which is communicably connected to a terminal device to which identification information is associated, and which manages a game played by a plurality of players using the terminal device, is in use by each terminal device. The determination means for determining whether or not there is the player information, the player information acquisition means for acquiring at least the name information of the player using each terminal device, the determination result by the determination means and the acquisition result by the player information acquisition means A game management program characterized by causing it to function as a display means for displaying it in association with identification information.