JP2004230114A - Video game machine, recording medium, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide game features when a battle is started between characters to be moved and displayed. <P>SOLUTION: It is determined whether the movement direction of a first character 41 is the same as that of a second character 42. When coincidence is found in the movement direction, it is judged whether movement sequences are exchanged between the first and second characters 41, 42. When exchange is confirmed in the movement sequence, the battle is started between the first and second characters 41, 42. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a video game device for playing a first character and a second character in a game story, a recording medium on which a program is recorded, and a program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In such a conventional game, when the player character moves to the latent position of the enemy character (the enemy character is not displayed until the battle starts), the battle is started with the encounter probability set for the enemy character. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). Also, when the teammate character comes into contact with the enemy character (the enemy character is always displayed), the battle starts, but there is also a game where other characters in the battle-in field are also involved in the battle (for example, , See Patent Document 2).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-093648 A (paragraphs 0091-0104, FIG. 13)
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2002-292139 A (paragraph 0087-0101, FIG. 6)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the game of Patent Document 1 and the game of Patent Document 2, the battle is started on the basic condition that both characters come into contact with the enemy character, and the process of starting the battle tends to be monotonous. It was.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of these points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of providing playability at the start of a battle between characters.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first means of the present invention is a video game apparatus for causing a first character and a second character, which are moved and displayed on a display means, to battle each other, wherein the moving directions of the first character and the second character are the same. The order of determining whether or not the order of movement has been changed between the first character and the second character when the direction determining unit determines that the moving direction is the same by the direction determining unit. A video game apparatus comprising: determining means; and starting means for starting the battle between the first character and the second character when it is determined by the order determining means that the movement order has been changed.
[0007]
According to this means, it is necessary to overtake the opponent when it is desired to play a match, and not to be overtaken when it is not desired to play a match, so that it is possible to have playability at the start of the match.
[0008]
Here, the display means means a CRT or a liquid crystal display device. The first character means a character operated by a player, and the second character means a character operated by a computer or another player. The first character or the second character may be a group of a plurality of characters.
[0009]
According to a second means of the present invention, when the first means determines that the order has been changed by the order determination means, the moving speed of the first character or the second character exceeds a predetermined speed. Speed determining means for determining whether the moving speed of the first character or the second character exceeds a predetermined speed by the speed determining means. The battle between one character and the second character is started.
[0010]
According to this means, a change can be given to the game, for example, by making overtaking at a predetermined speed or more as a condition for starting the battle.
[0011]
According to a third means of the present invention, the second means integrates the moving distance of the first character or the second character when the direction determining means determines that the moving direction is the same. And when the moving speed of the first character or the second character is determined to exceed a predetermined speed by the speed determining means and whether the moving distance integrated by the integrating means exceeds a predetermined distance. Distance determining means is further provided, and the starting means determines the first character and the first character when the distance determining means determines that the moving distance of the first character or the second character exceeds a predetermined distance. The battle with two characters is started.
[0012]
According to this means, for example, when a battle is started when overtaking at a predetermined speed or more and moving a predetermined distance, the player can have a sense of expectation until the battle starts.
[0013]
According to a fourth means of the present invention, there is provided a video game apparatus for causing the first character and the second character, which are moved and displayed on the display means, to determine whether or not the moving directions of the first character and the second character are the same. A direction determining unit for determining, a rank determining unit for determining whether or not there is a change in the moving order between the first character and the second character when the direction determining unit determines that the moving direction is the same; A computer readable recording of a program for functioning as start means for starting the battle between the first character and the second character when it is determined by the rank determination means that the movement rank has been switched. It is a recording medium.
[0014]
By storing in a recording medium, it is possible to distribute only the program. As the recording medium, any medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a flexible disk, a game cartridge, a memory card, a magnetic disk, and a magnetic tape can be used.
[0015]
According to a fifth means of the present invention, there is provided a video game device for causing the first character and the second character, which are moved and displayed on the display means, to match each other, whether the moving directions of the first character and the second character are the same. A direction determining unit for determining, a rank determining unit for determining whether or not there is a change in the moving order between the first character and the second character when the direction determining unit determines that the moving direction is the same; A program for functioning as start means for starting the battle between the first character and the second character when it is determined by the rank determination means that the movement rank has been changed.
[0016]
According to this means, it is possible to distribute the program via the network and execute the program on the game device of the player.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a state in which the video game apparatus of the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 5 (hereinafter simply referred to as “display 5”).
[0018]
The game machine body 1 is provided with a DVD-ROM (Digital Video Disc-ROM) 2 (not shown) in a DVD-ROM drive 2a, and provides a game program and game data. Further, a controller 3 as an external input device and a memory card 4 as an external storage device are connected.
[0019]
The display 5 provides the player with the display symbol output from the game machine main body 1 as a display image, and the speaker 6 provides the player with the audio symbol as sound, and a television receiver for general home use can be used.
[0020]
The controller 3 has various operation buttons. Left, right, and left / right direction keys 7 are provided on the left side of the controller 3 as viewed from the plane direction, and are used to move the character in the corresponding direction by pressing the corresponding direction key 7 and to move the cursor on the selection screen. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller 3, there are a circle button 8 and a cross button 9, which are used for decision input and cancellation input, respectively. Further, the □ button 10 and the Δ button 11 are used for inputting a specific command. In the central part of the controller 3, there are a start button 12 for pausing and restarting the game, a select button 13 used for switching the screen, and analog sticks 14 and 15 used for character movement.
[0021]
FIG. 2 shows a hardware block of the video game apparatus of the present invention. The video game apparatus includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, an image processing unit 24, an audio processing unit 26, a DVD-ROM (Digital Video Disc-ROM) reading unit 27, an interface unit 28, and the like via an internal bus 20. ing.
[0022]
The CPU 21 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 22 as a main storage device, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 23 in which programs such as an operating system for managing the image processing unit 24, the audio processing unit 26, and the like are stored. Is connected. The CPU 21 also includes an oscillation circuit that generates a clock signal and a frequency dividing circuit that divides the clock signal and uses it as a timing signal.
[0023]
The image processing unit 24 decodes the compressed and encoded image data read from the DVD-ROM 2, performs coordinate calculation, rendering, shading, and the like, and stores them in the frame buffer 25. The stored image data is converted from digital to analog in accordance with a drawing command output from the CPU 21 and displayed on the display 4.
[0024]
The audio processing unit 26 converts the sound data of the DVD-ROM 2 read by the DVD-ROM reading unit 27 into analog data and outputs the analog data from the speaker 6. In addition, the sound processing unit 26 generates sound effects and music data according to instructions from the CPU 21, converts them into analog data, and outputs them to the speaker 6.
[0025]
The DVD-ROM reading unit 27 reads game programs and data from the DVD-ROM 2, and the read programs and data are recorded in the RAM 22. The read sound data is sent to the sound processing unit 26 via the internal bus 20.
[0026]
The interface unit 28 is detachably connected to a controller 3 for inputting instructions from the player and a memory card 4 as an external storage device for storing game setting data and the like.
[0027]
Here, the game stored in the DVD-ROM 2 is a video game in which a battle is started when a character on the motorcycle is moved and another character on the motorcycle is encountered under a predetermined condition. .
[0028]
FIG. 3 illustrates a moving screen displayed on the display device 5. Each character is riding a motorcycle, the player character 41 moves in a direction in which the direction key 7 of the controller 3 is pressed by the player, and the opponent character 42 moves by an operation of the computer. Here, when both moving directions are the same and one character overtakes the other character (see FIG. 4), the speed of one character exceeds a predetermined speed and the movement of at least one character 41 is performed. If the distance exceeds the predetermined distance, the motorcycle is dismounted and the battle between the two is started (see FIG. 5).
[0029]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the user terminal 2 as described above. If it is an input other than a movement input in a state where the movement screen is displayed (101), the process proceeds to the other process (201) although the description is omitted. On the other hand, if it is a movement input of the player character 41 (101), the player character 41 is moved and displayed in the direction in which the direction key 7 is pressed (102). If the opponent character 42 exists within a predetermined range from the player character 41 (103), the coordinates before and after the movement input between the player character 41 and the opponent character 42 are read and the movement direction is calculated. (104) The movement distances of the player character 41 and the opponent character 42 are integrated (105). On the other hand, when the opponent character 42 does not exist within the predetermined range from the player character 41 (103), or when the moving directions of both are not the same (104), the accumulated moving distance is cleared (110), and the process returns to step 101. .
[0030]
Due to the movement of the player character 41, one character overtakes the other character and the movement order of the two characters is switched (106). The moving speed of at least one character exceeds a predetermined speed (107), and at least one of the accumulated characters is replaced. If the moving distance of the character exceeds a predetermined distance (108), a battle between the two is started (109). On the other hand, when the movement order of the two does not change (106), or both of the movement speeds do not exceed the predetermined speed (107), or when both of the accumulated movement distances do not exceed the predetermined distance (108), Return to step 101.
[0031]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is necessary to overtake the opponent character if a match is desired, and not to be overtaken by the opponent character if a match is not desired. Can be made.
[0032]
The battle may be a card game after getting off the motorcycle or a race while riding the motorcycle. In this embodiment, a stand-alone game device is used, but a character operated by another player in an environment connected to the net may be used as an opponent.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the technique which can give playability to the start of the battle | competition between the characters displayed by movement can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centering on a game machine body. FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a moving screen. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a battle start screen. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment.
1 Game console 2 DVD-ROM
3 Controller 41 Player character 42 Opponent character

Claims (5)

A video game device for playing a battle between a first character and a second character that are moved and displayed on a display means,
Direction determining means for determining whether the moving directions of the first character and the second character are the same;
An order determining means for determining whether or not there is a change in the order of movement between the first character and the second character when the direction determining means determines that the moving direction is the same;
A video game apparatus comprising start means for starting the battle between the first character and the second character when it is determined by the rank determination means that the movement order has been changed. A speed determining means for determining whether the moving speed of the first character or the second character exceeds a predetermined speed when the order determining means determines that the order has been changed;
The start means performs the battle between the first character and the second character when the speed determination means determines that the moving speed of the first character or the second character exceeds a predetermined speed. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the video game device is started. Integrating means for integrating the moving distance of the first character or the second character when the direction determining means determines that the moving directions are the same;
A distance for determining whether the moving distance accumulated by the integrating means exceeds a predetermined distance when the speed determining means determines that the moving speed of the first character or the second character exceeds a predetermined speed. A determination unit;
The start means starts the battle between the first character and the second character when the distance determination means determines that the moving distance of the first character or the second character exceeds a predetermined distance. The video game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: A video game apparatus for causing a first character and a second character, which are moved and displayed on the display means, to battle each other,
Direction determining means for determining whether the moving directions of the first character and the second character are the same;
Rank determination means for determining whether or not the movement rank is switched between the first character and the second character when the direction determination means determines that the movement direction is the same;
Start means for starting the battle between the first character and the second character when it is determined by the order determination means that the movement order has been changed;
A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for functioning as a computer is recorded. A video game apparatus for causing a first character and a second character, which are moved and displayed on the display means, to battle each other,
Direction determining means for determining whether the moving directions of the first character and the second character are the same;
Rank determination means for determining whether or not the movement rank is switched between the first character and the second character when the direction determination means determines that the movement direction is the same;
Start means for starting the battle between the first character and the second character when it is determined by the order determination means that the movement order has been changed;
Program to function as.

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