JP2006198341A - Typing game device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a typing game device for which a game property is improved by changing the display form of a prescribed character string to be displayed at an image display means. <P>SOLUTION: In the state that coins are fed to a coin feeding port 9 and a typing game execution processing (S6) is started, when a character string for one phrase relevant to the lyrics of a music piece is to be displayed on a main game screen 21 at a first liquid crystal display 3, drawing processing for deciding whether or not to replace a part of the character string 22A of the phrase with a choice group 40 and display it is performed (S41). In the case of deciding that it is to be replaced and displayed (S42: YES) as the result of drawing, a part of the character string is replaced with the choice group 40 constituted of two or three choices and displayed (S45, S46). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a typing game apparatus that controls a game based on a correct / incorrect determination between a predetermined character string displayed on an image display means and a character string input by a key operation, and in particular, a predetermined game displayed on an image display means. The present invention relates to a typing game apparatus in which the playability is improved by changing the display mode of the character string.

Conventionally, in a typing game that has been practiced as a keyboard for typing in a word processor or the like, the player types the character string displayed on the display or the like within a predetermined time from the keyboard, thereby allowing the player to use the keyboard. The key arrangement is memorized and effective typing is acquired. As a means for performing such a typing game, a casing-type typing game apparatus, which is arranged in a game center or the like and can be executed by an unspecified number of players by collecting a predetermined fee, and each player There is a typing game apparatus configured to be able to play on each PC by purchasing software and installing a program on the PC.
Furthermore, in recent years, in order to improve the gameability, such typing game devices not only allow the character strings displayed at random to be typed, but also the contents of dialogue in the conversation with the characters displayed on the display. There are a method of inputting the lyrics and a method of inputting the lyrics while playing music. For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-268534, a practice sentence is not displayed on the screen, but a practice song is reproduced from a computer and the lyrics are input by the user, so that typing is performed based on information entered from the auditory sense. A typing game apparatus capable of improving accuracy and accuracy is described.
JP 2002-268534 A (pages 6 to 9, FIGS. 4 to 9)

However, the typing game apparatus described in Patent Document 1 differs in that typing is performed in accordance with the reproduced music instead of the displayed character string, but the player simply performs typing in the typing game. It is the same as the previous typing game apparatus in that only the operation is repeated, and it cannot be said that the game performance is sufficiently improved. In particular, a typing expert who can smoothly advance the typing game is satisfied with the result once the game is cleared, and cannot be motivated to play the game again.
Further, if the typing is performed based on the lyrics of the reproduced music as in Patent Document 1, the player always selects the same character string in the same order when the same music is selected as the reproduced music. Will be typing. Therefore, there is a possibility that the player will learn the character string pattern to be presented by repeatedly playing the game, and get tired of the game.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described conventional problems, and an option consisting of a plurality of types of character strings including a part or all of a predetermined character string and other character strings with respect to the image display means. By replacing the groups and displaying them, a new game mode called character string selection for typing according to the choices can be constructed to further improve the gameplay, and even advanced players can fully enjoy the game. It is an object to provide a simple typing game apparatus.

  In order to achieve the object, the typing game apparatus according to claim 1 is an image display means (for example, the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal display 4) for displaying a predetermined character string (for example, the character string 22A) related to the game. ) And input means (for example, keyboard 6) in which a plurality of keys corresponding to a plurality of characters are arranged, and the character string input by the input means matches the predetermined character string (for example, character string 22A) A typing game apparatus (e.g., CPU 51, S29) that determines whether or not to perform, and a game control unit (e.g., CPU 51) that controls a game based on the determination result of the correctness determination unit (e.g., CPU 51). In the typing game machine 1), a part or all of the predetermined character string (for example, the character string 22A) displayed on the image display means is replaced with another character. Option group composed of a plurality kinds of string (e.g., option group 40) display control means for displaying is replaced with (e.g., CPU 51, the display control circuit 60), characterized in that it comprises a.

  A typing game apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention determines the timing for replacing the display with the option group (for example, the option group 40) in the typing game apparatus according to the first aspect (for example, the typing game machine 1). Timing determining means (for example, CPU 51, S41), and the display control means (for example, CPU 51, display control circuit 60) replaces and displays the option group based on the timing determined by the timing determining means. It is characterized by making it.

  A typing game apparatus according to a third aspect is the typing game apparatus according to the first or second aspect (for example, the typing game machine 1), wherein the display control means (for example, the CPU 51, the display control circuit 60) is The number of character strings constituting the option group (for example, the option group 40) is changed based on the determination result of the correctness determination means (for example, the CPU 51, S29).

  Furthermore, a typing game apparatus according to a fourth aspect is the typing game apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects (for example, the typing game machine 1). HDD 55) and music performance processing means (for example, CPU 51, sound control circuit 61) for playing music at a specified tempo and outputting sound based on the music data stored in the music data storage means. And the predetermined character string (for example, the character string 22A) is a character string related to a sound output by the music performance processing means.

  In the typing game apparatus according to claim 1, a part or all of the predetermined character string to be displayed is replaced with an option group composed of a plurality of types of character strings including other character strings, and therefore, other than performing typing Thus, a new game mode of selecting a character string to be typed based on the options can be configured, and the game performance can be improved. Therefore, even when the game is repeatedly performed, the game is not monotonized and the player is not bored.

  Further, in the typing game apparatus according to claim 2, since the option group is displayed by being replaced with a character string based on the timing determined by the timing determining means, the option group is displayed at a timing that cannot be predicted by the player. It is possible to improve the playability. Furthermore, even when a game is played repeatedly, the timing at which the option group is displayed is different every time the game is played, so that the player is not bored.

  Further, in the typing game apparatus according to claim 3, since the number of character strings constituting the option group is changed based on the determination result of the correctness determination means, the difficulty level of the game is changed based on the correct answer rate of typing. Is possible. As a result, a game that matches the player's level becomes possible, and the player's willingness to play is improved.

  Furthermore, in the typing game apparatus according to claim 4, the music and the voice are output at a tempo specified based on the stored music data, and the correctness / incorrectness determination is performed by matching the character string related to the output voice. This makes it possible to perform a typing game in a situation with a sense of presence that is not present in the past, in which typing is performed in accordance with the music played along with the performance of the music, and the player is not bored.

Hereinafter, a typing game apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings based on an embodiment embodied in a case-type typing game machine 1 installed in a game center or the like. Here, the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment reproduces music from a speaker, sequentially displays lyrics on the display in accordance with the flowing music, and the player displays the lyrics displayed on the keyboard sequentially. It is comprised so that a game may be performed by. Furthermore, the typing game to be implemented is composed of a plurality of stages according to the number of music numbers of the music to be played back, and when the number of typographical errors of the player is less than a predetermined number at the end of one stage. The game proceeds to the stage corresponding to the music of the next music number, and is configured so that the typing game can be continuously performed.
First, a schematic configuration of the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a typing game machine according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a housing 2 that forms the outer shape of the typing game machine 1 and a main game screen (see FIGS. 3B and 4B). The first liquid crystal display 3 to be displayed and the first liquid crystal display 3 positioned above the first liquid crystal display 3 and images related to effects such as promotion videos and advertisements (see FIGS. 3A and 4A) are displayed. Two liquid crystal displays 4, a center panel 5 provided below the first liquid crystal display 3 and formed with coin and card slot, a keyboard 6 on which a player types, and provided on the left and right sides of the first liquid crystal display 3 The light-emitting light 7 and the pair of speakers 8 arranged on the left and right sides of the second liquid crystal display 4 are basically configured. Each component will be described below.

The first liquid crystal display 3 is a liquid crystal display that is disposed at a predetermined angle at the center of the front side of the housing 2, and is inclined rearward at a predetermined angle.
On the first liquid crystal display 3, game information related to the progress of the typing game, such as the lyrics of the music played through the speaker 8 during the typing game, the player's type result, and the score associated therewith, is displayed. Information necessary for the progress of the game) is displayed (see FIGS. 3B and 4B).

On the other hand, the second liquid crystal display 4 separately disposed above the first liquid crystal display 3 is a liquid crystal display similar to the first liquid crystal display 3, but the second liquid crystal display 4 produces a typing game when the typing game is executed. An effect image is displayed.
Here, the effect image displayed on the second liquid crystal display 4 is different from the display content displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 and is not directly required for the progress of the game by the player. To have an auxiliary role. For example, in the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a song of a singer is played as a song, and the player inputs the lyrics of the song with the keyboard 6 and the game proceeds, but the second liquid crystal display 4 displays the song. A promotion video (hereinafter abbreviated as PV) is displayed (see FIGS. 3A and 4A). Therefore, it is possible to play a typing game in a realistic situation in which the figure of the artist singing is displayed along with the performance of the music, and the player is not bored. Each display content displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal display 4 will be described in detail later.

  The center panel 5 is provided with a coin insertion slot 9 and a card insertion slot 10. The coin insertion slot 9 is an insertion slot into which a coin such as a 100 yen coin is inserted. A coin sensor 63 is disposed at the coin slot 9, and when a coin is inserted into the coin slot 9, a coin detection signal is output to the CPU 51 via the coin sensor 63 (see FIG. 13). Detect that was inserted.

The card insertion slot 10 is an insertion slot into which an IC card (not shown) containing an IC tag in which a game result of a typing game is recorded is inserted. A card sensor 64 (described later) and a card reader / writer 65 are disposed inside the card insertion slot 10 (see FIG. 13). When an IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 10, The card sensor 64 detects that fact. Here, the IC card used in the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment is the game result (acquired score (score), points, etc.) of the game up to the previous game of the player possessed by the built-in IC tag. The stored game result can be displayed to the player by performing a predetermined operation.
That is, when an IC card is detected by the card sensor 64, the card reader / writer 65 reads out the game result of the typing game from the IC tag or writes a new game result to the IC tag (FIG. 15). S3, S9).

  Also, the keyboard 6 is disposed on the front surface of the housing 2 so as to protrude toward the front side, and as will be described later, “alphabetic characters (A to Z)”, “kana (an)”, “numbers (0 to 0). 9) ”, a Japanese 108 keyboard on which a plurality of character input keys for inputting characters such as“ symbol (period, comma) ”, enter keys, cursor keys, etc. are arranged (see FIG. 10). . Then, during the game, the player inputs characters by typing each key corresponding to characters, symbols, numbers, etc., and advances the game. Before the game starts or after the game ends, etc. Commands such as difficulty determination selection and game execution start are performed based on the operation of each key. The keyboard configuration will be described in detail later.

  Further, four external illumination LEDs 7 are arranged on each of the left and right side surfaces of the housing 2 for each side surface. This external illumination LED 7 is composed of a full color LED that can be lit in full color, and performs various illumination effects according to the music played on the typing game machine 1. For example, as the lighting effect, an effect of changing the illumination color of the total eight external illumination LEDs 7, an effect of changing the illumination color according to a certain rule, an effect of turning on / off the external illumination LED 7, and the like are possible. .

  Speakers 8 are disposed on the left and right sides of the second liquid crystal display 4. The speaker 8 is an output device that outputs music, sound effects, and the like that are played back on the typing game machine 1. Specifically, at the time of executing the typing game, music and sound are output at a designated tempo based on the sound data and performance data of the music stored in the HDD 55 (see FIG. 13).

  Next, each display content displayed on the 1st liquid crystal display 3 and the 2nd liquid crystal display 4 is demonstrated in detail using FIG. 2 thru | or FIG. The display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal display 4 are basically composed of three patterns before the typing game starts, during the typing game, and after the typing game ends. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 before the start of the typing game. FIGS. 3A and 4A are displayed on the second liquid crystal display 4 during the execution of the typing game. 3 (B) and 4 (B) are schematic diagrams showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display during execution of the typing game, and FIG. 5 is after the typing game is finished. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3.

Here, in the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a typing game is performed by inputting lyrics of the music to be played. Specifically, first, the player selects a song that he wants to play from a plurality of songs prepared. When the typing game is started, performance data corresponding to the accompaniment music of the selected music and audio data corresponding to the singing voice of the artist of the music are reproduced. Further, as the performance data and audio data of the music are reproduced, the lyrics of the music are displayed for each phrase as a character string to be input by the player in accordance with the audio data to be reproduced.
By inputting a character string corresponding to the displayed one-phrase lyrics with the keyboard 6, the typing game progresses, and at the end of the game, based on each element related to typing such as the accuracy of typing and the input timing. , Typing game results (number of typing mistakes, points scored, points, etc.) are calculated and displayed. That is, the typing game in the typing game machine 1 competes for the level of skill related to typing input while enjoying the music played during the game.

  First, display contents before the start of the typing game will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, a list of songs that can be played by the typing game machine 1 is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 after a predetermined amount of coins is inserted into the coin insertion slot 9 and before the typing game is started. A song selection screen 15 is displayed.

  The song selection screen 15 includes a playable song name display unit 16 that displays the titles of songs that can be played, a song selection cursor 17 that can select any of the playable song name display units 16, and a song selection cursor 17. The selected song name display unit 18 displays the song name of the selected song, and the selected artist name display unit 19 displays the artist name of the song selected by the selection cursor.

  The playable song name display unit 16 indicates the names of songs that can be played on the current typing game machine 1 (up to 8 songs in the present embodiment). Here, the playable music displayed by the playable music name display unit 16 is a music for which music data is stored in the HDD 55 described later (see FIGS. 13 and 14), and the stored music data is It is managed by the server 80 (see FIG. 12) and updated sequentially. Therefore, the player can select and play from a plurality of music pieces including the latest music piece updated by the server 80. The playable song name display unit 16 may display not only the song name but also the artist's photo and PV.

The song selection cursor 17 can be moved up and down and left and right on the playable song name display section 16 by operating the cursor key 114 (see FIG. 10) of the keyboard 6, and the selected song name display section 18 and the selected artist name display section. 19 shows the song name and artist name of the song in the playable song name display unit 16 where the song selection cursor 17 is currently located.
When the enter key 112 (see FIG. 10) is pressed while the song selection cursor 17 is positioned on the playable song name display unit 16 where the song name of the desired song is displayed, the song to be played is determined and typed. The game starts.

  In addition, while the music selection screen 15 is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3, PV of an arbitrary music may be played on the second liquid crystal display 4. Further, an advertisement image or the like may be displayed. Further, the music selection screen 15 may be displayed not on the first liquid crystal display 3 but on the second liquid crystal display 4.

  Next, display contents during execution of the typing game will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B show a case where a predetermined music A by a male artist is selected on the music selection screen 15 and a typing game is started, and FIGS. 4A and 4B show a predetermined music by a female artist. The display contents of the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal display 4 when B is selected on the music selection screen 15 and the typing game is started are shown.

As shown in FIG. 3A, for example, when the game is started by selecting the music piece A, the second liquid crystal display 4 has a PV image of a male artist who sings the music piece A played through the speaker 8. 20 is displayed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4A, for example, when the game is started by selecting the music B, the PV of the female artist who sings the music B played through the speaker 8 is displayed on the second liquid crystal display 4. The video 20 is displayed.
On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3B and 4B, the first liquid crystal display 3 has a main game related to the progress of the typing game in parallel with the display of the PV video 20 on the second liquid crystal display 4. A screen 21 is displayed.

  Here, the main game screen 21 includes a lyric display unit 22 that displays the lyrics of a phrase that is currently being played in kanji characters and the like, and a romaji display unit that displays a character string 23A input by the player by typing on the keyboard 6 in roman characters. 23 and the number of the song number (the number of stages) of the lyrics phrase currently displayed in the lyrics display unit 22 and the number of the phrase counted from the beginning of the song number are displayed. A music status display unit 25, a type result display unit 26 that displays a player's type correct / incorrect determination result, a score display unit 27 that displays the score (score), points, etc., acquired by the player so far, The music information display unit 28 displays the name of the artist performing and the name of the music.

The lyric display unit 22 is a display unit that displays a character string 22A corresponding to the lyrics of one phrase of the currently played music piece. The player uses the character string 22A displayed on the lyric display unit 22 as a keyboard 6. The game progresses by typing in. When the player correctly types the displayed lyrics, the score is gradually added. On the other hand, if the lyrics are entered incorrectly, the score is not added, and the number of mistakes is added as the number of incorrect inputs. The If the number of mistakes of this type is greater than or equal to a predetermined number at the end of any of the song numbers (stages) constituting the song, the game ends at that time (S40 in FIG. 17).
A part of the character string 22A displayed on the lyrics display unit 22 is displayed in a state where it is replaced with the option group 40 at an arbitrary timing (see FIGS. 6A and 6B). Here, the option group 40 allows the player to select and input the correct lyrics by displaying the correct character strings corresponding to the lyrics of the original music and the similar character strings (wrong character strings) side by side. This is a special character string display mode for prompting. The option group 40 will be described later in detail.

  The Roman character display unit 23 is a display region for newly displaying, in Roman characters, the character string 23A already typed by the player among the character strings 22A corresponding to the lyrics displayed on the lyrics display unit 22. Thereby, it is possible to notify the player of the characters typed so far.

Also, the music status display unit 25 displays the number of the lyric phrase currently displayed on the lyric display unit 22 and the number of the phrase counted from the beginning of the tune number. It is. Here, the typing game according to the present embodiment has a plurality of stages (for example, first to third stages) according to the number of music numbers of the music to be played (for example, one music is composed of Nos. 1 to 3). Consists of). For example, FIG. 3B shows that the 15th phrase of stage 1 (song number 1) is currently displayed. FIG. 4B shows that the fifth phrase of stage 2 (song number 2) is currently displayed.
Each time a player completes input of one phrase, a numerical value 25A indicating the number of phrases is incremented by one, and each time one stage of input ends, a numerical value 25B indicating the number of stages (song number) is incremented by one. Is added. Thereby, it is possible to notify the player of the current number of stages (music number) and the number of phrases that have been typed so far.

  The type result display unit 26 is a display unit that displays a player's type correct / incorrect determination result. When the correct character is typed at the same timing as the sound of the music to be played, “PERFECT” is displayed. The Also, “GOOD” is displayed when a correct character is typed at a timing different from the sound of the music to be played. On the other hand, when an incorrect character is typed regardless of the timing, “MISS” is displayed.

The score display unit 27 is a display unit that displays the score (score) and points that the player has acquired so far. Here, the score (score) is added by correctly typing in accordance with the character string 22A displayed on the lyrics display section 22, and further when the corresponding character is typed at the same timing as the sound of the music to be played. The score is added. On the other hand, points are added one by one when all the sentences for one phrase are input without typo (S36 in FIG. 17).
Then, the number of option groups 40 displayed by the lyrics display unit 22 changes as will be described later depending on whether or not the acquired number of points has reached a predetermined ratio with respect to the number of phrases completed to date ( (See FIG. 9). In other words, for players with a high point acquisition rate (correct answer rate), increasing the difficulty of the game by increasing the number of displayed options, and for players with a low point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) By reducing the number of choices, the difficulty level of the game is reduced. As a result, a game that matches the player's level becomes possible, and the player's willingness to play is improved.
Further, the score (score) and the points are added until the game ends, and when the IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 10 of the center panel 5, the score (score) obtained at the end of the game and Points are stored in the IC card (S9 in FIG. 15).

  The song information display section 28 displays the title of the song currently selected and the name of the artist that the player selects at the start of the game.

  In this embodiment, the main game screen 21 is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 and the PV video 20 is displayed on the second liquid crystal display 4. On the contrary, the PV of the PV is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3. The video 20 may be displayed, and the main game screen 21 may be displayed on the second liquid crystal display 4.

Then, after the typing game is completed as shown in FIG. 5, a game result screen 30 showing the game result of the current typing game is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3.
The game result screen 30 includes a miss count display section 31 that displays the number of misses of the type in the current typing game, an acquisition point display section 32 that displays the acquired points, and an acquired score display that displays the acquired scores (scores). The unit 33 and a name input display unit 34 that prompts the player to input the name of the player who played the game.

  Then, by referring to the game result screen 30, the player can recognize the number of mistakes in the current typing game, the acquired points, and the score (score). In addition, by inputting an arbitrary name using the keyboard 6 in the name input display unit 34, it is possible to register the acquired score in the ranking. The registered ranking list is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 or the second liquid crystal display 4 in a demonstration screen or the like.

  Note that while the game result screen 30 is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3, PV of an arbitrary piece of music may be played on the second liquid crystal display 4. Further, an advertisement image or the like may be displayed. Further, the game result screen 30 may be displayed not on the first liquid crystal display 3 but on the second liquid crystal display 4.

  Next, the option group 40 displayed at an arbitrary timing in the lyrics display unit 22 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the display mode of the option group 40 displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 during execution of the typing game will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram showing the display content displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 when the option group 40 with the number of options set to 2 is displayed, and FIG. 6B shows the number of options. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 when an option group 40 set to 3 is displayed. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 at the end of the type of one phrase when the option group 40 is displayed.

  As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, a part of the character string 22A displayed on the lyrics display unit 22 is replaced with the option group 40 and displayed at an arbitrary timing. The option group 40 is displayed with two or three character strings 41A to 41C arranged in parallel, and the player seems to correspond to the correct lyrics among the plurality of character strings 41A to 41C displayed in parallel. A character string is selected, and characters are input along the selected character string. In addition, the music to be played is output only when a correct option (for example, the character string 41B in FIG. 6A or FIG. 6B) is input with respect to the sound of the lyrics corresponding to the option group 40. Be controlled. Therefore, if the player does not remember the lyrics of the music to be played, he / she cannot type the correct character string and cannot output the sound of the corresponding lyrics, so that the game motivation can be improved. .

  Here, first, as shown in FIG. 6A, an explanation will be given of an option group 40 composed of two options. The option group 40 includes a first option display unit 40A and a second option display unit 40B arranged in two upper and lower rows. It is comprised by arrange | positioning. Then, the first option character string 41A is displayed on the first option display part 40A, and the second option character string 41B is displayed on the second option display part 40B. At that time, one of the first option character string 41A and the second option character string 41B is composed of a character string corresponding to the correct lyrics of the musical piece to be played (for example, “flapping” in FIG. 6A), and the other Consists of an incorrect character string (for example, “False” in FIG. 6A) similar to the correct character string.

  When the player performs type input based on the displayed main game screen 21, a correct / incorrect determination is made in the same manner as in a normal typing game, and the input character string 23A is displayed on the Roman character display unit 23. When the input of all the character strings corresponding to the displayed one-phrase lyrics is completed, the second option display unit 40B displaying the correct character string as shown in FIG. The display mode changes so that the first option display section 40 </ b> A on which the column is displayed is hidden from the main game screen 21. Note that whether the correct character string is displayed on the first option display unit 40A or the second option display unit 40B is determined by an internal lottery using a random number value sampled by the random number sampling circuit 73 (see FIG. 13). Each time a game is played, the arrangement is changed.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6B, an option group 40 including three options will be described. The option group 40 includes a first option display unit 40A, a second option display unit 40B, and a third option display unit 40C. Are arranged in three rows in parallel. The first option character string 41A is displayed on the first option display unit 40A, the second option character string 41B is displayed on the second option display unit 40B, and the third option character is displayed on the third option display unit 40C. A column 41C is displayed. At that time, any one of the first option character string 41A to the third option character string 41C is composed of a character string corresponding to the correct lyrics of the musical piece to be played (for example, “flapping” in FIG. 6B), and otherwise An incorrect character string similar to the correct character string (for example, in FIG. 6 (B), “False” and “Measure”) is displayed.

  When the player performs type input, correct / incorrect determination is made in the same manner as in a normal typing game, and the input character string 23A is displayed on the Roman character display unit 23. When the input of all the character strings corresponding to the displayed lyrics of one phrase is completed, the correct character string is displayed in the same manner as in the case of the option group 40 consisting of two options although illustration is omitted. The two option display unit 40B is displayed as it is, and the first option display unit 40A and the third option display unit 40C in which an incorrect character string is displayed are not displayed. It should be noted that whether the correct character string is displayed on any of the first option display unit 40A to the third option display unit 40C is similarly determined by using the random value sampled by the random number sampling circuit 73 (see FIG. 13). It is determined by lottery, and the arrangement is changed each time a game is played.

  Next, a replacement lottery table 45 used when determining whether or not a part of the character string 22A is replaced and displayed by the option group 40 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the replacement lottery table 45 according to the present embodiment.

  The replacement lottery table 45 draws, based on the random number values sampled by the random number sampling circuit 73, whether or not a part of the character string 22A displayed during execution of the typing game is replaced by the option group 40 and displayed. It is a lottery table. Specifically, each time a new phrase is displayed, a lottery using the replacement lottery table 45 is performed (see S41 in FIG. 18), and the range of random values is “0” to “3” as shown in FIG. If it is, a part of the character string 22A of the displayed phrase is replaced with the option group 40 and displayed (see FIGS. 6A and 6B). When the range of random numbers is “4” to “19”, only the character string 22A corresponding to the lyrics is displayed as usual without displaying the option group 40 (FIGS. 3B and 4). (See (B)). The replacement lottery table 45 is stored in a ROM 53 described later (see FIG. 13).

  Further, the option number determination table 46 used when determining the number of options when the option group 40 is displayed will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the option number determination table 46 according to the present embodiment.

  The number-of-options determination table 46 replaces a part of the character string 22A displayed during execution of the typing game with the option group 40 and displays the number of options in the option group 40 as a point acquisition rate (correct answer rate). It is a table determined based on. Here, the point acquisition rate is a value obtained by dividing “the current number of points acquired by the player” by “the total number of stages played so far in this game”. As described above, points are added one point at a time when all sentences for one phrase are entered without typo, and the point acquisition rate is the correct answer rate of the player who entered the phrase without typo Is a value indicating

  In the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when it is determined by the replacement lottery table 45 that the replacement display by the option group 40 is performed, the number of options is determined using the option number determination table 46. (See S44 in FIG. 18). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, when the point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) at that time is 0.5 or more, the number of options is set to 3. Further, when the point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) is less than 0.5, the number of options is set to two. Therefore, for players with a high point acquisition rate (correct answer rate), increasing the difficulty of the game by increasing the number of displayed options, and for players with a low point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) It is possible to reduce the difficulty of the game by reducing the number of choices. As a result, a game that matches the player's level becomes possible, and the player's willingness to play is improved. The option number determination table 46 is stored in a ROM 53 described later (see FIG. 13).

  Next, the keyboard 6 provided in the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a keyboard provided in the typing game machine according to the present embodiment. FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of any one of a plurality of keys provided on the keyboard.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the keyboard 6 performs input such as “English letters (A to Z)”, “Kana”, “Numbers (0 to 9)”, “Symbols (period, comma)”, and the like. This is a Japanese 108 keyboard in which a plurality of character input keys 111 and function keys 115 such as an enter key 112, a shift key 113, and a cursor key 114 are arranged. During the game, the player inputs characters by typing a character input key 111 corresponding to characters, symbols, numbers, etc., and advances the game. Further, prior to the start of the game, after the end of the game, etc., commands such as selection of a song to be played, game difficulty selection, and start of game execution are performed based on the operation of the function keys 115. Further, various keys of the keyboard 6 are provided with light emitting LEDs, and the keys are configured to emit light in various modes based on control signals from the CPU 51.

  Here, the key internal structure of the keyboard 6 will be described with reference to FIG. The plurality of keys arranged on the keyboard 6 have the same internal structure. Accordingly, the following description will be given by taking the internal structure of one character input key 111 as an example of the plurality of keys arranged on the keyboard 6, and description of the other character input keys 111 and function keys 115 will be omitted. To do.

As shown in FIG. 11, the character input key 111 basically includes a base plate 150, a switch circuit board 151, a light emitting circuit board 152, a key top 153, an urging mechanism 154, a full color LED 155, and the like.
In this regard, the switch circuit board 151 laid on the base board 150 is provided with a pair of electrodes 156 disposed immediately below the center of the key top 153.
Further, the light emitting circuit board 152 laid on the switch circuit board 151 is provided with an opening 157 for exposing the pair of electrodes 156, and the periphery of the opening 157 is a full color. A full color LED 155 that can be lit is provided.

An urging mechanism 154 is provided between the light emitting circuit board 152 and the key top 153, and the urging mechanism 154 urges the key top 153 to the opposite side of the switch circuit board 151. Further, an electrode 158 protrudes near the center of the key top 153 toward the switch circuit board 151. Accordingly, if the key top 153 is pressed, the electrodes 158 projecting from the key top 153 can be brought into contact with the pair of electrodes 156 provided on the switch circuit board 151. Therefore, the key top 153 is pressed. This can be transmitted as an electrical signal flowing through the switch circuit board 151. That is, the key switch 159 is constituted by these three electrodes 156 and 158.
The urging mechanism 154 may be composed of only an elastic body, or may be composed of an elastic body or a bridging mechanism, and the configuration thereof is not limited.

The key top 153 is formed of a light-transmitting material (for example, transparent acrylic, transparent plastic, etc.), and key information 160 such as letters, numbers, and symbols is printed in black on the surface plane portion. ing. Further, the surface on the key top 153 side of the light emitting circuit board 152 is also printed in black.
Therefore, when the full color LED 155 is turned off, the translucent key top 153 appears in black, which is the color of the surface of the light emitting circuit board 152. Therefore, the key information printed in black on the black key top 153 appears. 160 becomes difficult to recognize.
On the other hand, when the full color LED 155 is lit, the translucent key top 153 appears in the color in which the full color LED 155 is lit. Become.

  And in the keyboard 6, the key switch 159 in each key is connected to the transmission circuit not shown. The transmission circuit is connected to the CPU 51 of the typing game machine 1 via an interface unit 52 (hereinafter referred to as I / O) described later. Therefore, the type of the pressed key can be specified by transmitting an electric signal from the key switch 159 of the pressed key to the CPU 51 via the transmission circuit. The transmission circuit is mounted on the switch circuit board 151.

  In the keyboard 6, a full color LED 155 inside the key is connected to the light emission control circuit 62. Further, the light emission control circuit 62 is connected to the CPU 51 via the I / O 52 (see FIG. 13). Therefore, the full color LED 155 in the key can be turned on with the color specified by the CPU 51 via the light emission control circuit 62. Specifically, in the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when there is a key input during the typing game and it is determined that the correct type has been made, the pressed character input key 111 is turned blue. Make it emit light. Further, when there is a key input and it is determined that the wrong type has been made, the pressed character input key 111 is lit in red, and the correct key to be input is lit in green. Further, when there is no key input, only the correct key to be input is illuminated in green.

As shown in FIG. 12, the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment is connected to a server 80 via a network N capable of bidirectional communication such as the Internet. Based on the data transmitted from the server 80, the music data stored in the HDD 55 (see FIG. 13) of the typing game machine 1 can be updated.
Accordingly, it is possible to change the types of music that can be played on the typing game machine 1 by updating the music data, and also to manage the typing game machines installed in each game store in a lump. The data update work is also easy.

Next, a configuration related to the control system of the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 13, the control system of the typing game machine 1 is electrically connected to the CPU 51 that controls various controls such as game processing operations in the typing game machine 1, the ROM 53 and the RAM 54 connected to the CPU 51, and the CPU 51. Peripheral device (actuator).

The CPU 51 is a central processing unit that performs arithmetic processing according to various commands. The I / O 52 is a connection unit that directly and indirectly electrically connects the first liquid crystal display 3, the second liquid crystal display 4, the keyboard 6, the external illumination LED 7, the speaker 8, and the like to the CPU 51.
The ROM 53 is a nonvolatile read-only memory in which a replacement lottery table 45 (see FIG. 8), an option number determination table 46 (see FIG. 9), a calculation program for operating a flowchart described later, and the like are stored.
The RAM 54 is a memory for temporarily storing various data calculated by the CPU 51. The number of mistakes of the player type in the typing game, the score (score) acquired, the points acquired, and the present The total number of stages played by the player is also stored. Also, the RAM 54 stores the lyrics data of the song data used in the current typing game among a plurality of song data stored in the HDD 55 described later, and is temporarily stored after being divided into phrases.

The HDD 55 is a storage device that stores music data used when a typing game is executed in the typing game machine 1. Here, the music data is composed of video data, performance data, audio data, lyrics data, determination reference data, LED light emission pattern data, keyboard light emission pattern data, and time limit data, and music data storage formed in the HDD 55. It is stored for each storage area 56 (see FIG. 14).
Further, a plurality of pieces of music data are stored in the music data storage area 56 (a maximum of eight in this embodiment), and each piece of music stored based on the data transmitted from the server 80 as described above. Data is updated from time to time. Then, the type of song name displayed on the song selection screen 15 (see FIG. 2) changes based on the type of song data stored in the song data storage area 56, and corresponds to the song selected on the song selection screen 15. A typing game is performed based on the music data to be played (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

  Here, the music data storage area 56 formed in the HDD 55 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a music data storage area.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the music data storage area 56 of the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment has a plurality of storage areas (in this embodiment, corresponding to the number of music data that can be stored (8 music in the present embodiment)). 1st storage area to 8th storage area), and for each storage area, a video data storage area 56A, a performance data storage area 56B, an audio data storage area 56C, a lyrics data storage area 56D, a criterion data storage area 56E, An LED light emission pattern data storage area 56F, a keyboard light emission pattern data storage area 56G, and a time limit data storage area 56H are provided.

Each storage area will be described below. The video data storage area 56A is a PV video 20 of an artist displayed on the second liquid crystal display 4 in the music data (see FIGS. 3A and 4A). This is a storage area for storing video data related to
The performance data storage area 56B is a storage area for storing performance data related to accompaniment by a musical instrument or the like output from the speaker 8 among the music data.
The sound data storage area 56C is a storage area for storing sound data related to the singing voice sung by the artist output from the speaker 8 among the music data.
The lyric data storage area 56D is a storage area for storing lyric data related to document data of the lyrics of the music among the music data. Furthermore, in the lyrics data, the range of character strings to be replaced by the option group 40 corresponding to each phrase (for example, “flapping” in the phrase shown in FIG. 6B) and an erroneous character string used as another option (For example, in the phrase shown in FIG. 6B, “habase” and “haharu”) are also recorded. As described above, the lyrics for each phrase are displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 when the typing game is executed (see FIGS. 3B and 4B).

The determination reference data storage area 56E is a storage area in which the determination reference data regarding the correctness / incorrectness determination of the characters typed by the player and the correctness / incorrectness determination of the input timing among the music data is stored. Then, the CPU 51 adds the number of misses, scores, points, and the like as described later based on the stored determination reference data and the operation signal from the keyboard 6.
The LED light emission pattern data storage area 56F and the keyboard light emission pattern data storage area 56G include LED light emission pattern data for causing the external illumination LED 7 to emit light among the music data and light emission for the full color LED 155 provided in the key. This is a storage area in which keyboard light emission pattern data is stored. In the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the eight external illumination LEDs 7 are each lit by the light emission control circuit 62 (described later) during execution of the typing game based on the stored LED light emission pattern data. (Lighting on / off) is controlled. Further, the full color LED 155 provided inside the key emits light in each light emission mode (for example, light emission color, lighting / extinguishing) by the light emission control circuit 62 described later during execution of the typing game based on the stored keyboard light emission pattern data. Be controlled. In addition, as a light emission pattern of the full color LED 155, for a beginner of a typing game, a light emission pattern for assisting key input by sequentially lighting a key to be input with a light emission color different from the light emission color of the entire keyboard 6, There is a pattern that changes the emission color of all keys arranged on the keyboard 6 in accordance with the image of the music.

  The expiration date storage area 56H is a storage area in which the expiration date data relating to the expiration date of the song data is stored in the song data. The expiration date data is a date when the song data can be used (use start date), It consists of two date data of the date when the music data becomes unusable (use end date). This time limit data is used together with the timer 58 (see FIG. 13) to manage the expiration date of each piece of music data, and is controlled by the CPU 51 so that a typing game using music data whose usage date has expired cannot be played.

Here, returning to FIG. 13, the control system of the typing game machine 1 will be described.
The game communication means 57 converts the signal sent out by the typing game machine 1 into a signal that can be transmitted according to the communication format such as a telephone line or a LAN cable, and transmits the signal to the server 80 and is transmitted from the server 80. Is a device that receives the received signal and converts it again into a signal in a format that can be read by the typing game machine 1, and is connected to the server communication means 81 of the server 80 via a network N capable of bidirectional communication such as the Internet ( (See FIG. 12).

  Further, a timer 58 is connected to the CPU 51. The information of the timer 58 is transmitted to the CPU 51, and the CPU 51 manages the expiration date of the stored music data from the information of the timer 58 and the expiration date data stored in the expiration date data storage area 56H of the HDD 55.

  The CPU 51 is connected to a clock pulse generation circuit 70 and a frequency divider 71 for generating a reference clock pulse, and a random number generator 72 and a random number sampling circuit 73 for generating a random number. The random numbers sampled through the random number sampling circuit 73 are used for various types of lottery such as replacement determination by the option group 40 (S42 in FIG. 18) and arrangement determination of character strings displayed as options.

The display control circuit 60 is connected to the CPU 51 via the I / O 52, and controls the display contents of the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal display 4 in accordance with the calculation processing result of the CPU 51. is there. Here, the display control circuit 60 includes a program ROM, an image ROM, an image control CPU, a work RAM, a VDP (video display processor), a video RAM, and the like. The program ROM stores an image control program related to display on the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal display 4 and various selection tables. The image ROM stores, for example, each image such as a song selection screen 15 (see FIG. 2), a main game screen 21 (see FIGS. 3 and 4), a game result screen 30 and the like displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3. The dot data for forming is stored.
Then, based on the parameters set by the CPU 51, the image control CPU follows the image control program stored in advance in the program ROM, and selects the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal from among the dot data stored in advance in the image ROM. The image displayed on the liquid crystal display 4 is determined. The VDP forms an image corresponding to the display content determined by the image control CPU and outputs the image to the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal display 4.

  Thereby, for example, in the standby state, a demonstration screen including PV, advertisements, ranking list, etc. of an arbitrary song is displayed, and after a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 9, a song is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3. A selection screen 15 (see FIG. 2) is displayed. And when the typing game in the typing game machine 1 is started and executed, the lyric data constituting the music data is displayed for each phrase on the first liquid crystal display 3 and based on the input result of the keyboard 6. Control is performed to display the character string 23 </ b> A already typed by the player on the Roman character display unit 23. In addition, when it is determined that the option group 40 is to be replaced with a part of the character string 22A and displayed based on the lottery result, the first option display unit 40A and the second option display unit 40B or the first option display unit The option group 40 including 40A to the third option display section 40C is displayed on the lyrics display section 22 (see FIGS. 6A and 6B). On the other hand, the second liquid crystal display 4 displays PV, which is video data constituting music data.

  The sound control circuit 61 is connected to the CPU 51 via the I / O 52 and is also connected to the speaker 8. Then, when the typing game is executed and the music data stored in the music data storage area 56 of the HDD 55 is read, the performance data and audio data constituting the music data are converted into sound signals by the sound control circuit 61, Output from the speaker 8.

  The light emission control circuit 62 is connected to the CPU 51 via the I / O 52, and is also connected to the external illumination LED 7 and a full color LED 155 (see FIG. 11) disposed inside the key. When the music data stored in the music data storage area 56 of the HDD 55 is read by the CPU 51, the light emission control circuit 62 reads the external illumination LED 7 and the full color based on the LED light emission pattern data and the keyboard light emission pattern data constituting the music data. The light emission mode of the LED 155 is controlled.

  Furthermore, a keyboard 6 is connected to the CPU 51. A key switch 159 provided inside each key of the keyboard 6 transmits that the key top 153 has been pressed down as an electrical signal flowing through the switch circuit board 151. The CPU 51 performs control to execute various operations corresponding to each key based on the switch signal output from each key switch 159 when each key is pressed.

  The coin sensor 63 is a sensor that detects a coin (for example, a 100-yen coin) used as a price for executing the typing game in the typing game machine 1. The coin sensor 63 is disposed inside the coin insertion slot 9 and is connected to the CPU 51 via the I / O 52. Accordingly, the coin sensor 63 transmits a coin insertion signal to the CPU 51 based on the insertion of the coin from the coin insertion slot 9. Then, the CPU 51 can execute the typing game by detecting a coin insertion signal corresponding to a predetermined amount (for example, 200 yen).

  The card sensor 64 is a sensor that detects whether or not an IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 10, and the card reader / writer 65 reads / reads data from / to an IC tag disposed on the IC card. It is a device that performs writing. The card sensor 64 and the card reader / writer 65 are both disposed inside the card insertion slot 10 and connected to the CPU 51 via the I / O 52. When an IC card is detected by the card sensor 64 and a predetermined operation is performed, the game result of the typing game is read from the IC tag by the card reader / writer 65 (S3 in FIG. 15). . At the end of the typing game, a new game result (acquired points or points) is written to the IC tag (S9 in FIG. 15).

  Next, a main processing program executed in the typing game machine 1 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the main processing program of the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment. 15 to 19 are stored in the ROM 53 and the RAM 54 provided in the typing game machine 1 and executed by the CPU 51.

  As shown in FIG. 15, first, the CPU 51 determines whether or not an IC card is inserted in the card insertion slot 10 based on a detection signal from the card sensor 64. If it is determined that an IC card is inserted (S1: YES), it is further determined in S2 whether or not a data content confirmation request from the player has been received. On the other hand, if it is determined that the IC card is not inserted (S1: NO), the process proceeds to S4.

Here, in the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when the shift key 113 of the keyboard 6 is pressed before the coin is inserted and the IC card owned by the player is inserted into the card insertion slot 10, the recording is performed on the IC card. A list of the game results (scores, points, etc., acquired by the player in the previous games) is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3, and the player can check the contents.
Therefore, in the determination of S2, it is determined whether or not the shift key 113 is pressed based on the operation signal from the keyboard 6. If it is determined that the shift key 113 is pressed (S2: YES), the card reader / writer is determined. The data of the IC tag built in the IC card is read by 65, and a list of game results is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 based on the read data (S3).

  In S4, a start acceptance process is performed. Specifically, in the start acceptance process, it is determined whether or not a coin (100 yen coin or the like) has been inserted into the coin insertion slot 9 by a predetermined amount (in this embodiment, 200 yen). Stands by in a standby state in which a demonstration play screen including a demo play game screen, a PV of an arbitrary music, a promotion advertisement, a list of ranking data, and the like are displayed on the display. In the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 9, the coin sensor 63 detects the coin and a coin detection signal is output to the CPU 51. Thereby, the CPU 51 can determine whether the player has inserted coins.

  Subsequently, in S5, the music selection process of FIG. 16 is performed. In the music selection process, the music selection screen 15 (see FIG. 2) is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 based on the type of music data stored in the music data storage area 56 of the HDD 55, as will be described later, and this game. Set the music to be used in.

  In S6, the typing game execution process of FIG. 17 is performed based on the music set in S5. In the typing game execution process, music is played as will be described later, and points, points, and the like are added based on the type result of the keyboard 6 and are continuously performed until a predetermined end condition is satisfied.

  Thereafter, when the typing game execution process ends, a game result display process is performed (S7). Specifically, in the game result display process, the game result screen 30 (see FIG. 5) is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 based on the result of the typing game in S6. The game result screen 30 displays the number of mistakes in the current typing game stored in the RAM 54, the acquired points, and the acquired scores (scores), and further inputs a name for prompting the player to input the name of the player who played the game. The display unit 34 is displayed. Further, when the keyboard 6 is operated in this state, the characters input to the name input display unit 34 are displayed based on the operation signal. If the acquired score (score) is equal to or higher than the predetermined score, the ranking data stored in the RAM 54 is updated.

Next, in S <b> 8, the CPU 51 determines whether an IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 10 based on a detection signal from the card sensor 64. If it is determined that an IC card is inserted (S8: YES), the points acquired in the current typing game stored in the RAM 54 in S9 and the acquired scores (scores) are respectively determined by the card reader The data is written on the IC tag built in the IC card by the writer 65. The data written here can be referred to by the data content display process in S3.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the IC card is not inserted (S8: NO), the process is terminated.

  Next, the music selection processing program of S5 performed on the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the music selection processing program according to this embodiment.

  In the song selection process, first, in S11, the song name and artist name (up to eight types in the present embodiment) of the song related to the stored song data are respectively acquired from the song data storage area 56 of the HDD 55.

  Then, based on the song name and artist name of the song acquired in S11, the song selection screen 15 (see FIG. 2) is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 (S12). On the song selection screen 15, a list of the acquired song names is displayed in the playable song name display unit 16, and the selected song name display unit 18 and the selected artist name display unit 19 are selected by the song selection cursor 17. The song name and artist name of the song are displayed.

  Subsequently, in S13, it is determined whether or not the cursor key 114 is pressed. Here, whether or not the cursor key 114 has been pressed is determined based on the operation signal transmitted from the keyboard 6, and if it is determined that the cursor key 114 has been pressed (S13: YES), the cursor key 114 is determined. The music selection cursor 17 displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 is moved in the pressed direction based on the operation (which key is pressed up, down, left, or right) (S14).

  In S15, the display of the selected song name display unit 18 and the selected artist name display unit 19 is changed to the song name and artist name corresponding to the song newly selected by the song selection cursor 17 moved in S14. Thereafter, the process returns to the determination process of S13.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the cursor key 114 has not been pressed (S13: NO), it is subsequently determined in S16 whether the enter key 112 has been pressed. If it is determined that the enter key 112 has been pressed (S16: YES), the music at which the music selection cursor 17 is currently positioned is set as the music for the current typing game (S17). Be started. On the other hand, if it is determined that the enter key 112 has not been pressed (S16: NO), the process returns to the determination process of S13 again.

  Next, the typing game execution processing program of S6 performed on the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the typing game execution processing program according to this embodiment.

  In the typing game execution process, the CPU 51 first corresponds to the music selected by the music selection process of S5 among the music data stored in each storage area (see FIG. 14) of the music data storage area 56 of the HDD in S21. Read music data. In particular, the lyrics data stored in the lyrics data storage area 56D is divided for each phrase and temporarily stored in the RAM 54.

  Next, the main game screen (see FIGS. 3B and 4B) is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 in S22. At this time, no character string is displayed on the lyrics display unit 22 and the Roman character display unit 23, and the score and score display on the score display unit 27 are also "0".

  Subsequently, in S23, based on the video data stored in the video data storage area 56A, the display of the PV video 20 related to the music selected on the second liquid crystal display 4 is started (FIG. 3A and FIG. 4). A)). Further, accompaniment music is output via the speaker 8 based on the performance data stored in the performance data storage area 56B, and sound is output based on the audio data stored in the sound data storage area 56C. As a result, the music is played and the PV video 20 is reproduced accordingly.

  Next, the lyrics for one phrase of the lyrics data stored in the RAM 54 are acquired in S24. Then, the character string display process of FIG. 18 for displaying the character string 22A corresponding to the acquired lyric data on the lyric display unit 22 of the main game screen 21 is performed (S25). In the character string display process, as will be described later, a lottery process is performed in which a part of the character string 22A is replaced with the option group 40 to be displayed or not. Based on the lottery result, the character string 22A and the option group 40 displays.

  Thereafter, in S26, the number n of characters of one phrase is calculated based on the lyrics data of one phrase acquired in S24, and 0 is substituted for an arbitrary variable m stored in the RAM 54 (S27). Here, the arbitrary variable m is a variable used for character input determination for each character forming one phrase, and is incremented by one each time input determination for one character is completed (S34). Therefore, in each input determination process repeatedly performed in the following S28 to S35, when m = t (0 ≦ t ≦ n−1), input determination of the character positioned at the t + 1th position from the head of one phrase is performed. It will be.

  Furthermore, in S28, based on the operation signal from the keyboard 6, it is determined whether or not the key input by the character input key 111 has been performed. If it is determined that there is a key input (S28: YES), the correctness determination process for the input key is performed based on the type of the pressed key and the determination reference data stored in the determination reference data storage area 56E. (S29). Specifically, when the key corresponding to the character string 22A displayed on the lyrics display section 22 (see FIGS. 3B and 4B) of the main game screen 21 is pressed, it is the correct type. Be recognized. If it is determined that a key other than the corresponding key has been pressed, 1 is added to the number of misses. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S32.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no key input (S28: NO), a character string corresponding to one phrase is displayed on the main game screen 21 for a predetermined time (when the first character of one phrase is input). After (S25), when other characters are input, score calculation processing is performed (measured after (S33).) It is determined based on the information of the timer 58 (S30). ). And when it determines with predetermined time not having passed (S30: NO), it returns to the process of S28.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 51 determines that the predetermined time has elapsed (S30: YES), it is determined that the key input by the player has not been performed, and the number of mistakes in the current game stored in the RAM 54 is incremented by one. (S31).

  Subsequently, in S32, a light emission process of the key is performed based on the full color LED 155 provided inside the key of the keyboard 6. Specifically, in the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, when there is a key input (S28: YES), and when it is determined that the correct type has been made, the pressed character input key 111 turns blue. Make it emit light. If there is a key input (S28: YES), and it is determined that the wrong type has been made, the pressed character input key 111 is lit red, and the correct key to be input is lit green. . Further, when there is no key input (S28: NO), the correct key to be input is illuminated in green.

  In S33, a score calculation process is performed based on the correctness determination process in S29. In the score calculation process, the player's score (score) in the current game stored in the RAM 54 is added when it is determined that it is correctly typed in the determination by the right / wrong determination process, and the music to be played If it is determined that the corresponding character has been typed at the same timing as the voice, the score is further added.

  Thereafter, in S34, the variable m stored in the RAM 54 is read, "+1" is added, and the variable m is stored again. Subsequently, in S35, it is determined whether or not the value of the variable m has reached n-1, that is, whether or not the character input determination for each character forming one phrase has been completed.

  If it is determined that the value of the variable m has not reached n−1 (S35: NO), the process returns to S28 again and is positioned in the next order among the characters constituting one phrase. Character input judgment is performed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the value of the variable m has reached n−1 (S35: YES), input of one phrase has been completed, and therefore point addition processing is performed in S36. In the point addition process, one point is added when it is determined that the input has been completed without making a typo in the n characters constituting one phrase (including the determination of a typo after a predetermined time (S31)). .

  Thereafter, the correct character string confirmation process of FIG. 19 is performed in S37. In the correct character string determination process, when the option group 40 is displayed by being replaced with a part of the character string 22A as described later, the correct character string of the first option display part 40A to the third option display part 40C is displayed. The display unit displaying the character string other than is not displayed (for example, the first option display unit 40A in FIG. 7).

  Further, in S38, it is determined whether or not the input determination of the phrase of the stage corresponding to any one of a plurality of song numbers (usually one song is composed of Nos. 1 to 3) constituting the song is completed. Is done. If it is determined that the input determination of all phrases for one stage has not been completed (S38: NO), the process returns to S24, the lyrics of the next phrase are acquired from the RAM 54, and the main game screen 21 is displayed. The corresponding character string is displayed on the lyrics display unit 22.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the input determination of all phrases for one stage has been completed (S38: YES), whether or not the input determination of phrases for all stages (all songs of the music) has been completed. Is determined (S39).

  If it is determined that all stages have been completed (S39: YES), the typing game execution process is terminated regardless of the points owned by the player, and the process proceeds to the game result display process of S7. On the other hand, if it is determined that all the stages have not been completed (S39: NO), it is determined whether or not the number of typographical errors of the player added up in S29 and S31 is less than a predetermined number. (S40). The typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of stages according to the number of music numbers of the music to be played back, and when one stage is completed, the stage related to the next music number is continued. In order to perform the game, the condition is that the number of typographical errors from the start of the game is less than a predetermined number (for example, the number of typographical errors is to continue the second after playing the portion corresponding to the first. Less than 20 times, less than 35 times to continue to play number 3 after playing the part corresponding to number 2).

  If it is determined that the number of typographical errors of the player added in S29 or S31 is less than the predetermined number (S40: YES), the process returns to S24 and corresponds to the first phrase of the next song number. Lyrics are acquired from the RAM 54, and a character string corresponding to the main game screen 21 is displayed on the lyrics display unit 22. Then, input determination processing is performed in the same manner. On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of typographical errors of the player is equal to or greater than the predetermined number (S40: NO), the typing game execution process is terminated, and the process proceeds to a game result display process of S7.

  Next, the character string display processing program of S25 executed in the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the character string display processing program according to this embodiment.

  In the character string display process, first, when displaying the phrase corresponding to the lyric data acquired in S24 in S41, whether or not to display a part of the displayed character string 22A with the option group 40 is displayed. A replacement display lottery process to be determined is performed. Specifically, the lottery is performed using the replacement lottery table 45 (FIG. 8) from the random value sampled by the random number sampling circuit 73.

  In the subsequent determination process of S42, it is determined whether or not a part of the character string 22A is replaced with the option group 40 and displayed based on the lottery result of the replacement display lottery process of S41. Specifically, when the range of the sampled random number value is “0” to “3”, it is determined to be replaced with the option group 40 (S42: YES), and the process proceeds to S43. On the other hand, when the range of the sampled random number values is “4” to “19”, it is determined that the character string 22A is displayed as usual without being replaced with the option group 40 (S42: NO), and S47. Move to F.

  In S43, the point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) is calculated, and the “current number of points acquired by the player” stored in the RAM 54 is also stored in the RAM 54 “played to date in the current game” The point acquisition rate is calculated by dividing by the “total number of stages”.

  Subsequently, in S44, the number of options is determined using the point acquisition rate calculated in S43 and the option number determination table 46 (see FIG. 9). Specifically, when the point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) is 0.5 or more (S44: YES), the number of choices is set to 3, and the character string 22A corresponding to the lyrics data acquired in S24. And the option group 40 composed of the first option display part 40A to the third option display part 40C is displayed on the lyrics display part 22 of the main game screen 21 (S45, see FIG. 6B). At this time, the character string 22A to be displayed is in a state in which a part of the character string (for example, “flapping” in FIG. 6B) defined in advance by the lyrics data is replaced by the option group 40.

  On the other hand, when the point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) is less than 0.5 (S44: NO), the number of options is set to 2, and the character string 22A corresponding to the lyric data acquired in S24 and the second The option group 40 composed of the one option display section 40A and the second option display section 40B is displayed on the lyrics display section 22 of the main game screen 21 (S46, see FIG. 6A). At this time, the character string 22A to be displayed is in a state in which a part of the character string (for example, “flapping” in FIG. 6A) defined in advance by the lyric data is replaced by the option group 40.

  If it is determined by the determination process in S42 that the character string 22A is displayed as usual without being replaced with the option group 40, only the character string 22A corresponding to the lyrics data acquired in S24 is main. This is displayed on the lyrics display section 22 of the game screen 21 (S47, see FIG. 4B). Thereafter, the character string display process is terminated, and the process proceeds to S26.

  Next, the correct character string confirmation processing program in S37 executed in the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the correct character string confirmation processing program according to the present embodiment.

  In the correct character string confirmation process, first, in S51, whether or not a part of the character string 22A is replaced with the option group 40 and displayed for the phrase displayed this time based on the lottery result of the replacement display lottery process in S41. Is determined. When it is determined that the character string 22A is displayed as usual without being replaced with the option group 40 (S51: NO), the correct character string determination process is terminated, and the determination process of S38 is performed. Transition.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the display is replaced with the option group 40 (S51: YES), the music to be played among the displayed first option display part 40A to third option display part 40C. An option display portion in which an erroneous character string other than the correct character string corresponding to the lyrics of the text (for example, “False” and “Measure” in FIG. 6B) is displayed is hidden from the main game screen 21. Thus, the display mode is controlled (see FIG. 7). Thereby, the player can discriminate a correct character string from a plurality of character strings displayed in the option group 40.
Thereafter, the correct character string confirmation process is terminated, and the process proceeds to the determination process of S38.

As described above, the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment allows the first liquid crystal display 3 to store a piece of music in a state where coins such as coins are inserted into the coin insertion slot 9 and the typing game execution process (S6) is started. When the character string 22A for one phrase corresponding to the lyrics is displayed on the main game screen 21, a lottery process is performed to determine whether or not a part of the character string 22A of the phrase is replaced with the option group 40 and displayed. (S41) If it is determined that the result of lottery is replaced and displayed (S42: YES), a part of the character string is replaced with an option group 40 constituted by 2 or 3 options and displayed. In addition to performing typing, a new game mode of selecting a character string to be typed based on an option can be configured to improve game playability. Therefore, even when the game is repeatedly performed, the game is not monotonized and the player is not bored. In addition, since a high score cannot be obtained unless the lyrics of the music are memorized, it becomes possible to enjoy the game sufficiently even for an advanced typing person.
Further, whether or not to display the option group 40 is determined at random based on the result of the internal lottery, so that it is possible to display the option group 40 at an unpredictable timing for the player. Thus, it is possible to improve the game play more. Furthermore, even when a game is played repeatedly, the timing at which the option group 40 is displayed every time the game is played is different, so that the player is not bored.
In addition, since the number of options in the option group 40 displayed varies depending on the point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) (S44 to S46), it is displayed for a player with a high point acquisition rate (correct answer rate). By increasing the number of options, the difficulty level of the game is increased, and for a player with a low point acquisition rate (correct answer rate), the difficulty level of the game can be decreased by decreasing the number of options. As a result, a game that matches the player's level becomes possible, and the player's willingness to play is improved.

The typing game machine 1 according to this embodiment includes two liquid crystal displays, a first liquid crystal display 3 and a second liquid crystal display 4, and is played on the second liquid crystal display 4 disposed above the housing 2. A video 20 of the promotion video related to the music to be displayed is displayed (S23), and a character string corresponding to the lyrics of the music is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 arranged below the casing 2 in parallel therewith. Since the screen 21 is displayed (S22, S24), it is possible to provide a variety of typing games using the display contents respectively displayed on the two screens as compared with the case where only one display is used. Therefore, it is possible to increase the game motivation without getting bored of the player who performs the typing game.
In addition, since the video 20 of the promotional video that is not directly required for the progress of the typing game is not displayed on the main game screen 21, it becomes easy for the player to recognize necessary information and the game can be concentrated. It becomes.
Furthermore, by displaying the promotional video 20 using an independent liquid crystal display, a typing game can be played in an unprecedented situation where the artist sings along with the performance of the song. And never get bored of the player.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning.
For example, in the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the player is an advanced player based on the point acquisition rate (correct answer rate) (S44), and the number of options in the option group 40 to be displayed is changed. However, the number of options may be changed depending on the ratio of the number of typing errors to the total number of stages played by the player.

  In this embodiment, the number of options is set to either 2 or 3, and the option group 40 is displayed. However, the number of options is not limited to 2 or 3, and may be 4 or 5 options. . Further, the character string 22A may be displayed in a worm-eaten state, instead of displaying the character string 22A by an option.

  The typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment is connected to the server 80 via a network N capable of two-way communication such as the Internet, and based on data transmitted from the server 80, the typing game machine 1 Although the music data stored in the HDD 55 (see FIG. 13) can be updated, the music data may be updated independently of the server 80.

  In addition, as described above, the case-type typing game machine 1 installed in a game center or the like has been described as an example of the typing game apparatus according to the present invention, but a typing game apparatus that installs software on a PC is also described. Its application is possible. The present invention can also be applied to a typing game of a home game device supplied as a medium such as a cartridge or a CD-ROM. The typing game may be built in the home game device.

It is a perspective view of the typing game machine concerning this embodiment. It is the schematic diagram which showed the display content displayed on a 1st liquid crystal display before a typing game start. (A) is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the second liquid crystal display while the typing game is in progress, and (B) is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display while the typing game is in progress. is there. (A) is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the second liquid crystal display while the typing game is in progress, and (B) is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display while the typing game is in progress. is there. It is the schematic diagram which showed the display content displayed on a 1st liquid crystal display after completion | finish of a typing game. (A) is a schematic diagram showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display when an option group with the number of options set to 2 is displayed, and (B) is a number of options set to 3. It is the schematic diagram which showed the display content displayed on the 1st liquid crystal display when an option group is displayed. It is the schematic diagram which showed the display content displayed on the 1st liquid crystal display at the time of the completion | finish of the type of 1 phrase at the time of a choice group being displayed. It is the figure shown about the substitution lottery table which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure shown about the choice number determination table which concerns on this embodiment. It is the top view which showed the keyboard with which the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment was equipped. It is the schematic sectional drawing which cut | disconnected any one of the some key provided in the keyboard. 1 is a system block diagram showing a system including a typing game machine and a server according to the present embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows typically the control system of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the music data storage area of HDD of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the main process program of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the music selection process program of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the typing game execution processing program of the typing game machine concerning this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the character string display processing program of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the correct character string decision processing program of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Typing game machine 2 Case 3 1st liquid crystal display 4 2nd liquid crystal display 6 Keyboard 8 Speaker 20 Promotion video image 21 Main game screen 22 Lyric display part 22A Character string 23 Roman character display part 40 Choice group 40A 1st option display part 40B Second choice display section 40C Third choice display section 41A First choice character string 41B Second choice character string 41C Third choice character string 45 Replacement lottery table 46 Choice number determination table 51 CPU
53 ROM
54 RAM
55 HDD
56 Music data storage area 60 Display control circuit 61 Sound control circuit

Claims (4)

Image display means for displaying a predetermined character string related to the game;
An input means in which a plurality of keys corresponding to a plurality of characters are arranged;
Correctness determination means for determining whether or not the character string input by the input means matches the predetermined character string;
In a typing game apparatus having game control means for controlling a game based on a determination result of the correctness determination means,
The display control means includes a display control means for replacing a part or all of the predetermined character string displayed on the image display means with an option group consisting of a plurality of types of character strings including other character strings. Typing game device. Comprising a timing determining means for determining a timing to display by replacing with the option group;
2. The typing game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control means replaces and displays the option group based on the timing determined by the timing determination means.   3. The typing game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit changes the number of character strings constituting the option group based on a determination result of the correctness determination unit. Song data storage means for storing song data;
Music performance processing means for playing music at a specified tempo and outputting sound based on the music data stored in the music data storage means;
4. The typing game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined character string is a character string related to a sound output by the music performance processing means.

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