JP2006223565A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine executing the lighting presentation to inform people in the periphery including other players playing on both sides of the current game state. <P>SOLUTION: In each lighting device 7, 24 full-color LEDs are aligned in the vertical direction inside a cylindrical transparent member formed by a lenticular lens, and a score ring 241 and a point ring 242 can be shown by controlling the light emission of the LEDs. The cylindrical transparent members of the lighting devices 7 are set at both ends on the front side of a casing 2, and the score ring 241 and the point ring 242 can be confirmed from both left and right sides. Accordingly, even a player playing in a game machine set beside the typing game machine 1 may be informed of the situation of the typing game. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine that controls light emission.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game machine that controls light emission includes, for example, a display that displays game content as an image and a signboard that displays game-related information related to the game, as described in Patent Document 1 below. In this game apparatus, there are a CCD camera for photographing the player and a fluorescent lamp arranged on the back side of the signboard as seen from the player, and the signboard is formed by a light transmissive member on the surface thereof. The game-related information is described, and further, the fluorescent lamp illuminates both the signboard and the player, and the illuminated player is photographed as a bright image by the CCD camera. Therefore, there is no need to provide a dedicated lighting device for illuminating the player, so that the external shape of the game device does not increase in size and costs do not increase.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-244529

Patent Document 2 below describes a music game machine in which a pair of turntables and a fader switch are provided on the upper surface of an operation box. In this music game machine, a player plays a song to be played. After the selection, the guidance image displayed on the display unit is viewed and the fader switch is slid and the turntable is manually scratched. In addition, spotlights are attached to the left and right side surfaces of the display unit, and these spotlights are attached so that the irradiation direction of the spotlight light can be adjusted, and the angle is set so that light is emitted to the turntable. It has been adjusted. The spotlight does not always irradiate light, but intermittently irradiates the simulated record board to be operated when it is necessary to scratch the simulated record board placed on the turntable. .
JP 2001-198353 A

  However, the game machine that controls the light emission is intended to provide a bright environment to the player by illuminating and illuminating the player located in front of it and a simulated record board necessary for game operation. By illuminating and irradiating, it did not appeal to people other than the players located next to or around.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and provides a game machine that performs an illumination effect that conveys a game state to surrounding people including other players who are playing games on both sides. Let it be an issue.

  In order to solve this problem, the invention according to claim 1 includes a casing (for example, casing 2) and a cylindrical illumination provided on both sides of the casing (for example, casing 2). A game machine (for example, the typing game machine 1) having a device (for example, the lighting device 7), and the cylindrical lighting device (for example, the lighting device 7) is formed by light emitting means (for example, a full-color LED 222). Light emission control for making the presence of the light emitting ring an illusion by the light emitted from the light emitting means (for example, the full color LED 222) and further determining the light emission mode of the light emitting means (for example, the full color LED 222) according to the game state. Means (for example, CPU 51, light emission control circuit 62) is provided.

  The “light emitting ring” may have a circular cross section or a polygonal cross section, for example.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the game machine (for example, typing game machine 1) according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical lighting device (for example, lighting device 7) is a cylindrical lenticular. A transparent member (e.g., transparent member 223) having lenses arranged along the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of light emitting means (e.g., arranged in the vertical direction within the transparent member (e.g., transparent member 223) at a predetermined interval) Full color LED 222), and the presence of a plurality of light emitting rings respectively arranged in the horizontal direction and arranged in the vertical direction in the transparent member (for example, the transparent member 223), each light emitting means (for example, It is characterized by illusion with light emitted from a full-color LED 222).

  The invention according to claim 3 is the game machine (for example, typing game machine 1) according to claim 2, wherein the cylindrical lighting device (for example, the lighting device 7) includes the transparent member (for example, the lighting device 7). , A light blocking member (for example, light blocking member 221) that blocks light from each light emitting means (for example, full color LED 222) by being included in the transparent member (223), and the transparent member (for example, transparent member 223) The inner surface is emitted from each light emitting means (for example, full color LED 222) by limiting the range of light emitted from each light emitting means (for example, full color LED 222) with the light blocking member (for example, light blocking member 221). The light that has passed through the transparent member (for example, the transparent member 223) is prevented from returning again into the transparent member (for example, the transparent member 223). It is characterized by things, the.

  That is, in the gaming machine of the present invention, when light is emitted from each light emitting means in the cylindrical lighting device provided on both sides of the casing, the cylindrical transparent member that is a lenticular lens and the inside of the transparent member Since the presence of the light emitting ring can be illusioned in the cylindrical transparent member depending on the positional relationship with each light emitting means, if the light emitting mode of each light emitting means is determined according to the game state, the light emission according to the game state is achieved. Since the staged effect by the ring can be performed by the cylindrical lighting device, it is possible to perform the lighting effect that conveys the game state to surrounding people including other players who are playing the game on both sides.

Hereinafter, a typing game machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings based on an embodiment embodied in a housing type typing game machine installed in a game center or the like. Here, the typing game machine according to the present embodiment reproduces music from the speaker, sequentially displays lyrics on the display according to the flowing music, and the player displays the lyrics displayed on the keyboard sequentially. It is comprised so that a game may be performed. 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 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, a 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 on which is displayed, and an image (see FIGS. 3A and 4A) that is located above the first liquid crystal display 3 and related to effects such as promotional videos and advertisements is displayed. A second liquid crystal display 4; a center panel 5 provided below the first liquid crystal display 3 and formed with a slot for coins and cards; a keyboard 6 on which a player types; and both ends on the front side of the housing 2 Basically, a pair of lighting devices 7 provided on the right side, a pair of speakers 8 disposed on the left and right sides of the second liquid crystal display 4, and five spotlights 212 disposed above the second liquid crystal display 4. It is 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 mainly displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 described above, and is not directly required for the progress of the game by the player. It has an auxiliary role to excite the typing game. 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. The display contents 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. 9). 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. 9). 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. 11). 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 in which a plurality of character input keys for inputting characters such as“ symbol (period, comma) ”, function keys such as enter key and cursor key are arranged (see FIG. 6). . 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.

  In addition, a pair of lighting devices 7 are disposed at both front side ends of the housing 2. The external appearance of each lighting device 7 can be shown in a state in which a maximum of 24 ring-shaped light emitters (hereinafter referred to as “light emitting rings”) laid down in the left-right direction are stacked in the vertical direction. Each lighting device 7 has 24 full-color LEDs that can be lit in full color arranged at equal intervals in the vertical direction and played back by the typing game machine 1. Various lighting effects are performed according to the music being played, or lighting effects are performed according to the player's type progress. For example, lighting effects such as changing the position and color of the light-emitting ring, changing the position and light color of the light-emitting ring according to certain rules, and turning the light-emitting ring on and off are possible. It is. The configuration of the lighting device 7 and the lighting effect will be described later in detail.

  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, when the typing game is executed, music and voice are output at a specified tempo based on the voice data and performance data of the music stored in the HDD 55 (see FIG. 9).

  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. FIG. 3B and FIG. 4B are schematic diagrams showing display contents displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 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. 9 and 10), and the stored music data is It is managed and sequentially updated by the server 80 (see FIG. 8). 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 unit 16 by operating the cursor key 114 (see FIG. 6) of the keyboard 6, and the selected song name display unit 18 and the selected artist name display unit. 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.
Then, when the enter key 112 (see FIG. 6) is pressed while the song selection cursor 17 is positioned on the playable song name display unit 16 on which the song name of the desired song is displayed, the song to be played is determined, and typing is performed. 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 displays a lyrics display unit 22 that displays the lyrics of the phrase that is currently being played in kanji and the like, and the lyrics displayed in the lyrics display unit 22 are separately displayed in roman characters, and the player uses a keyboard. The romaji display unit 23 showing the input result inputted by typing 6, and the lyric phrase currently displayed in the lyric display unit 22 and the romaji display unit 23 at what song number (the number of stages) and further the song number The music status display unit 25 that displays the number of phrases counted from the start, the type result display unit 26 that displays the player's type correct / incorrect determination result, and the score that the player has earned so far (Score), a score display unit 27 for displaying points, etc., and a song information display unit 28 for displaying the name and song name of the artist who is currently playing. That.

  The lyrics display section 22 is a display section that displays the lyrics for one phrase of the currently played music piece, and the game progresses when the player types the lyrics displayed on the lyrics display section 22 with the keyboard 6. To do. And if the player correctly typed 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 exceeds a predetermined number at the end of any of the song numbers (stages) constituting the song, the game ends at that time (see S38 in FIG. 13). .

  Similarly to the lyrics display section 22, the romaji display section 23 displays the lyrics for one phrase of the currently played music, but displays the same lyrics in roman letters. Further, among the displayed lyrics, the character string 23A already typed by the player is moved to the lower stage in comparison with the character string 23B before the type, and the character typed up to the present is displayed to the player. Can be notified.

In addition, the song status display unit 25 corresponds to the number of the song number of the lyrics phrase currently displayed on the lyrics display unit 22 and the Roman character display unit 23 and the numbered phrase counted from the beginning of the song number. Is displayed. 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 according to the character strings displayed on the lyrics display unit 22 and the Roman character display unit 23, and the corresponding character is typed at the same timing as the sound of the music to be played. In some cases, further points are added. On the other hand, points are added one by one when a sentence for one phrase is input without typo (S35 in FIG. 13).
Then, the score (score) and 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 is obtained. ) And points are stored in the IC card.

  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.

  Further, on the main game screen 21 in the first liquid crystal display 3, as shown in FIGS. 3 (B) and 4 (B), an independent image area 101 is provided at the upper center portion thereof. In this regard, the independent image area 101 overlaps the lyrics display section 22, the romaji display section 23, the song status display section 25, the type result display section 26, the score display section 27, and the song information display section 28 in the main game screen 21. It is not provided. In the independent image area 101, the PV video 20 displayed on the second liquid crystal display 4 is displayed at the same timing.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 4A, the name of the artist who is currently playing is displayed at the upper left end of the second liquid crystal display 4 on which the PV image 20 is displayed. The artist name information display section 201 is provided, and at the lower right end portion of the second liquid crystal display 4 on which the PV video 20 is displayed, the song name information display in which the name of the currently playing song is displayed. Part 202 is provided. Further, here, as shown in FIGS. 3B and 4B, also in the independent image area 101 of the main game screen 21 in the first liquid crystal display 3, the upper left end and the lower right end thereof. The artist's name and song name are displayed.
In this regard, in the upper and lower ends of the independent image area 101, in addition to the name and song name of the artist, the number of phrases of the currently played song, the number of stages (song number), and the game to date The score (score), points, etc. acquired by the person may be displayed. Conversely, nothing may be displayed.

In the present 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.
In this case, however, an independent image area 101 is provided at the upper center of the main game screen 21 displayed on the second liquid crystal display 4, and the independent image area 101 is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3. The PV image 20 is displayed at the same timing.

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.

  While the game result screen 30 is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3, the lyrics of the songs used in the game flow on the second liquid crystal display 4, and the parts that could not be input correctly are displayed as side lines. Then, it may be displayed so as to scroll from the bottom to the top, or PV of an arbitrary music piece may be played. 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 keyboard 6 provided in the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a keyboard provided in the typing game machine according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of any one of a plurality of keys provided on the keyboard.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the keyboard 6 inputs “English letters (A to Z)”, “Kana (A ~)”, “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 the character input keys 111 corresponding to characters, symbols, numbers, etc. to advance the game, and plays the game before the game starts or after the game ends. And commands such as selection of game difficulty level 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. 7, 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. 9). 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. 8, 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. 9) 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, the configuration of the lighting device 7 provided in the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14, 15, and 29. FIG. 14 is a front view of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment, and is a view displayed so that the inside of the cylindrical transparent member in the lighting device can be seen. FIG. 15 is a diagram schematically illustrating a part of the configuration of the illumination device provided in the typing game machine according to the present embodiment. FIG. 29 is a perspective view showing a transparent member of the lighting device in the typing game machine including the lighting device according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 14, each lighting device 7 provided in the typing game machine 1 is provided at both ends on the front side of the housing 2, and includes a light blocking member 221, 24 full-color LEDs 222, and a cylindrical shape. The transparent member 223, the halogen lamp 224, and the like.

  In this regard, the light blocking member 221 is formed of a long plate-like member that does not transmit light, such as a white light diffusion prevention sheet, and 24 full-color LEDs 222 are fixed at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction. The cylindrical transparent member 223 is formed by forming a lenticular lens into a cylindrical shape, and is fixed to the housing 2 with the longitudinal direction of the cylinder being up and down. Inside the cylindrical transparent member 223, a light blocking member 221 to which 24 full-color LEDs 222 are fixed is inserted with the 24 full-color LEDs 222 facing the front side. As a result, the 24 full-color LEDs 222 are lined up at equal intervals in the vertical direction inside the transparent member 223, and the light blocking member 221 is arranged on the front side of the housing 2 behind the 24 full-color LEDs 222. The cylindrical transparent member 223 is disposed inside.

  Note that the lenticular lens is a lens in which a plurality of cylindrical lenses having a bowl-shaped cross section are formed in parallel, and the focal position changes according to the viewpoint angle with respect to the radial direction for each lens. Therefore, the light is diffused in one direction (perpendicular to the lens). That is, the lenticular lens that forms the cylindrical transparent member 223 is a lens in which a plurality of bowl-shaped lenses (cross-sectional shape) are formed in parallel (cylindrical lens), and here, a sheet-like lens is used. As shown in FIG. 29, the transparent member 223 is formed so that the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical side surface thereof coincides with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical lens. Each of the saddle-shaped convex lenses has an action of compressing (condensing) the image, and the focal position changes according to the viewpoint angle with respect to the radial direction of the saddle-shaped lens.

  Moreover, the transparent member 223 should just be cylindrical, for example, the cylindrical thing in which the hollow cross section is polygonal, and the cylindrical thing which piled up circular and a polygonal ring may be sufficient. Further, the number of full color LEDs 222 fixed to the light blocking member 221 at equal intervals is not necessarily limited to 24, and may be 32, for example. Further, each full-color LED 222 may be inserted into the cylindrical transparent member 223 separately from the light blocking member 221 as long as the full-color LEDs 222 are fixed to a rod-shaped member or the like at equal intervals.

  And in each illuminating device 7 having such a configuration, when one full color LED 222 emits light, the transparent member 223 can show one light emitting ring that is laid down in the left-right direction, Furthermore, when 24 full-color LEDs 222 emit light, as shown in FIG. 1, the transparent member 223 can be shown in a state where 24 light emitting rings laid down in the horizontal direction are stacked in the vertical direction. . That is, it is possible to show the light emitting ring corresponding to the number of full-color LEDs 222 inserted in the transparent member 223 by the transparent member 223.

  Therefore, in the lighting device 7, when light is emitted from the full color LED 222 due to the geometric positional relationship between the cylindrical transparent member 223 that is a lenticular lens and the full color LED 222 in the transparent member 223, the cylindrical transparent member 223 is transparent. Within the member 223, 24 light emitting rings laid down in the left-right direction can be shown in the vertical direction, and various light emission controls for the full-color LED 222 enable staged effects by the 24 light emitting rings. Therefore, a new lighting effect can be performed.

  However, when the light emitted from the full-color LED 222 and transmitted through the transparent member 223 is reflected by the housing 2 or the like, and again passes through the transparent member 223 and returns to the inside thereof, the light emitter in the transparent member 223 is ring-shaped. I can't show it. Therefore, in the inside of the transparent member 223, as schematically shown in FIG. 15, the light blocking member 221 limits the range in which the inner surface of the transparent member 223 is irradiated by the light emitted from the full color LED 222, and the housing 2 The reflected light from the light and the like is prevented from returning to the transparent member 223 again. In other words, the projection area generated by the full-color LED 222 and the light blocking member 221 is overlapped on the housing 2 or the like, thereby preventing the generation of reflected light from the housing 2 or the like.

  Here, in FIG. 15, for convenience of explanation, attention is paid to the horizontal component of light, the horizontal component of the irradiation region of the full color LED 222 is indicated by reference numeral 225, and the light shielding region by the full color LED 222 and the light blocking member 221 is indicated by reference numeral 226. The horizontal component (hereinafter simply referred to as “light-shielding region of full-color LED 222”) is shown.

  In this regard, when the full color LED 222 is fixed to the light blocking member 221, the irradiation of the full color LED 222 can be achieved by reducing the width of the light blocking member 221 in the short direction from the geometrical positional relationship. When the horizontal component 225 of the full-color LED 222 is widened, the horizontal component 226 of the light-shielding region of the full-color LED 222 is narrowed, and the width in the short direction of the light blocking member 221 is increased, the horizontal component 225 of the irradiation region of the full-color LED 222 is narrowed. At the same time, the horizontal component 226 of the light shielding area of the full color LED 222 becomes wider. On the other hand, when the light blocking member 221 is separated from the full-color LED 222, the light blocking member 221 is inserted closer to the inner surface of the transparent member 223 due to their geometrical positional relationship. If the horizontal component 225 of the irradiation area of the full-color LED 222 becomes wider and the horizontal component 226 of the light-shielding area of the full-color LED 222 becomes narrower, and the light blocking member 221 is inserted closer to the full-color LED 222, the irradiation of the full-color LED 222 The horizontal component 225 of the area becomes narrower and the horizontal component 226 of the light-shielding area of the full color LED 222 becomes wider.

  Therefore, unlike the present embodiment, the cylindrical transparent member 223 has a cylindrical shape even if it is fixed at a position other than both ends on the front side of the housing 2 (for example, both side surfaces of the housing 2). The width of the light blocking member 221 in the short direction is determined in consideration of the geometric positional relationship between the transparent member 223, the housing 2, the full color LED 222, the light blocking member 221, and the like. By determining the distance from H.223, the light emitter in the transparent member 223 can be shown in a ring shape.

  Returning to FIG. 14, the halogen lamp 224 is disposed so as to face the uppermost end and the lowermost end of the cylindrical transparent member 223, and the inside of the cylindrical transparent member 223 is always irradiated to show the light emitting ring. Each of the light emitting rings (scoring which will be described later) can be made more prominent and can be shown to the bystander far from the typing game machine 1 with the cylindrical transparent member 223. 241 and point ring 242, see FIGS. 22 to 28 described later).

Next, a configuration related to the control system of the typing game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 9, 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 lighting device 7, the speaker 8, the spotlight 212, and the like to the CPU 51.
The ROM 53 is a non-volatile read-only memory that stores a calculation program for operating a flowchart described later.
The RAM 54 is a memory for temporarily storing various data calculated by the CPU 51, and also stores the number of player type mistakes in the typing game, the score (score) acquired, the points acquired, and the like. Is done. 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, lighting device light emission pattern data, keyboard light emission pattern data, and time limit data, and music data formed in the HDD 55. It is stored for each storage area of the storage area 56 (see FIG. 10).
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. 10 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a music data storage area.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the music data storage area 56 of the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of storage areas (in the present 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 illumination device 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 displayed at the same timing in the independent image area 101 of the main game screen 21 in the first liquid crystal display 3 and the second liquid crystal display 4 in the music data. This is a storage area for storing video data related to the artist's PV video 20 (see FIGS. 3A and 4A).
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. 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 lighting device light emission pattern data storage area 56F and the keyboard light emission pattern data storage region 56G cause the lighting device light emission pattern data for causing the lighting device 7 to emit light among the music data and the full color LED 155 provided in the key to emit light. 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 pair of lighting devices 7 will be described later during execution of the typing game based on stored lighting device light emission pattern data, a typing game execution processing program (see FIG. 13) described later, and the like. The light emission control circuit 62 performs light emission control in each light emission mode (light emission color, lighting / extinction). This light emission mode (emission color, lighting / extinguishing) will be described later. Further, the full color LED 155 provided inside the key is controlled to emit light in the respective light emission modes (light emission color, lighting / extinguishing) by the light emission control circuit 62 described later during the execution of the typing game based on the stored keyboard light emission pattern data. The 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 expiration date data is used for managing the expiration date of each piece of music data together with the timer 58 (see FIG. 9), and is controlled by the CPU 51 so that a typing game using the song data whose expiration date has passed cannot be played.

Here, returning to FIG. 9, 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. 8).

  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 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. In particular, an independent image area 101 is provided in the central upper part of the main game screen 21 in the first liquid crystal display 4, and is necessary when displaying the PV video 20 on the independent image area 101 and the second liquid crystal display 4 at the same timing. An image control program and various selection tables are stored. The image ROM also has dot data for forming images such as a song selection screen 15 (see FIG. 2) and a main game screen 21 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3, for example. 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 such that the character string 23A already typed by the player is moved to the lower stage compared to the character string 23B before the type. On the other hand, the second liquid crystal display 4 displays PV, which is video data constituting music data. Further, an independent image area 101 is provided at the upper center of the main game screen 21 in the first liquid crystal display 4, and the PV is displayed at the same timing in the independent image area 101 and the second liquid crystal display 4.

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 lighting device 7 and a full color LED 155 (see FIG. 7) 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 controls the light emission mode of the full color LED 155 based on the keyboard light emission pattern data constituting the music data. In addition to the lighting device light emission pattern data constituting the music data, the light emission mode of the lighting device 7 is controlled based on a typing game execution processing program (see FIG. 13) described later.

  However, as shown in FIG. 16, the light emission control circuit 62 is connected not only to the full-color LED 222 in the lighting device 7 but also to the halogen lamp 224. Therefore, contents for controlling the light emission mode of the halogen lamp 224 for making the light emission mode of the full-color LED 222 stand out are also added to the lighting device light emission pattern data constituting the music data. However, the content for controlling the light emission mode of the halogen lamp 224 may be provided separately from the lighting device light emission pattern data. FIG. 16 is a block diagram schematically showing a part of the control system of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment.

  Returning to FIG. 9, the 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. 11). . At the end of the typing game, a new game result (acquired score or points) is written to the IC tag (S9 in FIG. 11).

  The spotlight control circuit 211 is connected to the CPU 51 and the spotlight 212 via the I / O 52. Then, the spotlight control circuit 211 controls the light emission mode of the spotlight 212 based on the command of the CPU 51, and particularly when the light emission mode of the illumination device 7 is controlled by the above-described light emission control circuit 62 or the like. By causing the spotlight 212 to emit light while rotating, the lighting effect in the illumination device 7 is made flashy. Therefore, the lighting device light emission pattern data constituting the music data stored in the music data storage area 56 of the HDD 55 controls the light emission mode of the spotlight 212 in order to make the lighting effect in the lighting device 7 flashy. Content for is added. However, the content for controlling the light emission mode of the spotlight 212 may be provided separately from the lighting device light emission pattern data.

  Next, a main processing program executed in the typing game machine 1 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the main processing program of the typing game machine 1 according to the present embodiment. Each program shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 11 to 13 below is stored in the ROM 53 and the RAM 54 provided in the typing game machine 1 and is executed by the CPU 51.

  As shown in FIG. 11, first, in S <b> 1, the CPU 51 determines whether 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. 12 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. 13 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. 12 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. 13 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. 10) 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 21 (see FIGS. 3B and 4B) is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 3 in S22. At this time, the independent image area 101 is provided at the center upper portion of the main game screen 21 in the first liquid crystal display 3. At this time, no character strings are displayed on the lyrics display portion 22 and the Roman character display portion 23 on the main game screen 21, and the score and score display on the score display portion 27 are also "0". Further, at this time, the PV video 20 is not displayed in the independent image area 101.

  Subsequently, in S23, based on the video data stored in the video data storage area 56A, in the independent image area 101 of the main game screen 21 in the first liquid crystal display 3 and in the second liquid crystal display 4, the PV of the selected music is displayed. The display of the video 20 is started at the same timing (see FIGS. 3A and 4A). 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, in S24, the lyrics for one phrase of the lyrics data stored in the RAM 54 are acquired, and the corresponding character string is displayed on the lyrics display unit 22 and the Roman character display unit 23 of the main game screen 21 in accordance with the tempo at which the music is played. indicate. Thereby, the first liquid crystal display 3 displays the main game screen 21 in parallel with the performance of the music and the display of the PV video 20 on the second liquid crystal display 4 (FIGS. 3B and 4B). reference).

  Thereafter, the number of characters n of one phrase is calculated based on the acquired lyrics data of one phrase (S25), and 0 is substituted for an arbitrary variable m stored in the RAM 54 (S26). Here, the arbitrary variable m is a variable used for character input determination for each character forming one phrase, and is incremented by one every time the input determination for one character is completed (S33). Therefore, in each input determination process repeatedly performed in the following S27 to S34, when m = t (0 ≦ t ≦ n−1), input determination of the character located at the t + 1th position from the head of one phrase is performed. It will be.

  In S27, based on the operation signal from the keyboard 6, it is determined whether or not a key input by the character input key 111 has been performed. If it is determined that there is a key input (S27: 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. (S28). Specifically, it is recognized as the correct type when the key corresponding to the Roman character displayed on the Roman character display portion 23 (see FIGS. 3B and 4B) of the main game screen 21 is pressed. The 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 S31.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no key input (S27: 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 (S24), when other characters are input, the score calculation process is performed (measured after (S32)). It is determined based on the information of the timer 58 (S29). ). If it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed (S29: NO), the process returns to the determination process of S27.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed (S29: YES), the number of mistakes in the current game stored in the RAM 54 is incremented by 1 assuming that no key input by the player has been performed ( S30).

  Subsequently, in S31, key emission processing 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 (S27: YES) and when it is determined that the correct type has been made, the pressed character input key 111 is turned blue. Make it emit light. If there is a key input (S27: YES) 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 (S27: NO), the correct key to be input is illuminated in green.

  In S32, score calculation processing is performed based on the correctness determination processing in S28. 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 S33, the variable m stored in the RAM 54 is read, "+1" is added, and the variable m is stored again. Subsequently, in S34, whether or not the value of the variable m has reached n-1, that is, 1
It is determined whether or not the character input determination for each character forming the phrase has been completed.

  If it is determined that the value of the variable m has not reached n−1 (S34: NO), the process returns to S27 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 (S34: YES), input of one phrase has been completed, and therefore point addition processing is performed in S35. In the point addition process, 1 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 has elapsed (S30)). .

  Further, in S36, 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 (S36: 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. Corresponding character strings are displayed on the lyrics display unit 22 and the Roman character display unit 23, respectively.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the input determination of all phrases for one stage has been completed (S36: YES), whether or not the input determination of phrases for all stages (all songs of the music) has been completed. Is determined (S37).

  If it is determined that all stages have been completed (S37: 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 (S37: NO), it is determined whether or not the number of typographical errors of the player added up in S28 and S30 is less than a predetermined number. (S38). 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 S28 or S30 is less than a predetermined number (S38: YES), the process returns to S24 and corresponds to the first phrase of the next song number. The lyrics are acquired from the RAM 54, and the character strings corresponding to the main game screen 21 are displayed on the lyrics display unit 22 and the Roman character display unit 23, respectively. 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 (S38: NO), the typing game execution process is terminated and the process proceeds to a game result display process of S7.

  However, in the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13, the scoring initial state processing program is executed at the time point W0 on the way from S22 to S23, and the scoring effect processing program is executed at the time point W1 on the way from S34 to S27. Then, the point ring effect processing program is executed at the time point W2 on the way from S35 to S36.

  First, the scoring initial state processing program executed at the time point W0 on the way from S22 to S23 will be described. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the scoring initial state processing program of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment. That is, at the time point W0 after executing S22 of the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13, when the scoring initial state processing program is executed, as shown in FIG. 17, scoring is performed at the initial position in S101. After that, the program returns to the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13 and proceeds to S23.

  In this regard, “scoring is emitted at the initial position” in S101 in FIG. 17 specifically means that here, in the center of the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction by the lighting device 7. Two full-color LEDs 222 (12th and 13th from the top or bottom) are lit in gold, and as described above, at the center of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, as described above. It means that the scoring 241 that is a ring-shaped illuminant is shown in gold. FIG. 22 is a perspective view of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment when the scoring is emitted at the initial position.

  Next, the scoring effect processing program executed at the time point W1 on the way from S34 to S27 will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the scoring effect processing program of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment. That is, when the scoring effect processing program is executed at the time point W1 after executing S34 of the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13 (S34: NO), first, in S111, as shown in FIG. Determine if there is no mistake. In this regard, “no mistake” means that there is no typographical error of the player. Specifically, here, the number of typographical errors of the player in S28 and S30 of the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. Is not added, that is, the player receives the key corresponding to the Romaji displayed on the Romaji display part 23 (see FIGS. 3B and 4B) of the main game screen 21 within a predetermined time. This means that you have successfully typed one Roman character.

  At this time, if it is determined that there is no mistake (S111: YES), the process proceeds to S112, and the scoring light emission position is increased by one. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a mistake (S111: NO), the process proceeds to S113. Then, the scoring light emission position is lowered by one, and after that, the process returns to the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13 and returns to S27.

  In this regard, “increase the scoring light emission position by 1” in S112 in FIG. 18 specifically means that, for example, when the scoring 241 is currently at the initial position shown in FIG. Of the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the lighting device 7, the thirteenth (twelfth from the bottom) full-color LED 222 is turned off and the eleventh (fourteenth from the bottom) full-color LED 222 from the top is turned off. The golden score shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is lit in gold, that is, the eleventh and twelfth (13th and 14th from bottom) full-color LEDs 222 are lit in gold. The ring 241 is moved up by one from the initial position shown in FIG. Therefore, if it is determined that there is no typographical error of the player (S111: YES), the golden scoring 241 may appear to rise one by one on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7. it can. However, in the case where the golden scoring 241 is shown to have risen to the uppermost position that is the uppermost end of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, it is further determined that there is no typographical error of the player continuously. When it does (S111: YES), the light emission position of the golden scoring 241 in the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of each illuminating device 7 is maintained. FIG. 23 is a perspective view of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment when the scoring is caused to emit light at a position slightly raised from the initial position.

  On the other hand, “decrease the scoring light emission position by 1” in S113 in FIG. 18 specifically means that, for example, if there is a scoring 241 at the initial position shown in FIG. Among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the apparatus 7, the 12th full-color LED 222 from the top (13th from the bottom) is turned off and the 14th full-color LED 222 from the top (the 11th from the bottom) is gold. In other words, by turning on the thirteenth and fourteenth (eleventh and twelfth) full-color LEDs 222 from the top in gold, the golden scoring shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 241 is moved down by one from the initial position shown in FIG. Therefore, when it is determined that there is a typo in the player (S111: NO), the transparent scoring member 223 of each lighting device 7 may appear to be lowered by one gold scoring 241 one by one. it can. However, in the case where the golden scoring 241 is shown to have been lowered to the lowest position, which is the lowest end of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, if there are consecutive typographical errors of the player. When judging (S111: NO), the light emission position of the golden scoring 241 in the lowest position of the transparent member 223 of each illuminating device 7 is maintained. FIG. 24 is a perspective view of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment, in which scoring is emitted at a position slightly lowered from the initial position.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 19, the light quantity of the golden scoring 241 shown by the transparent member 223 of each illuminating device 7 is controlled by adding strength to the light emission position of the transparent member 223. It is strongest when it is at the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 and weakest when it is at the lowermost position of the transparent member 223. Therefore, when the player succeeds in more typing of one Roman character, the golden scoring 241 shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 moves its light emitting position above the transparent member 223. In addition, the amount of light increases, and the lighting effect of this strong amount of light informs the status of the typing game (especially about the success of typing one character in Roman characters), from the surrounding audience and distant bystanders. Because it can attract attention, you can immerse yourself in a sense of euphoria and a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction with typing games.

  In particular, the cylindrical transparent member 223 in each lighting device 7 is installed at both front side ends of the housing 2, and the golden scoring 241 shown by the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is right and left sideways. Since it can also be confirmed in the direction, the situation of the typing game (especially regarding the success of typing of one character in Roman letters) is also given to a player who is playing with the game machine installed next to the typing game machine 1. )).

  19 is stored as a table in the ROM 53, but may be stored in the light emission control circuit 62. Further, the lighting color of the full color LED 222 for showing the scoring 241 with the light emission of a specific color may be stored together with the control content shown in FIG. 19, but in each storage area of the music data storage area 56 formed in the HDD 55. You may memorize | store in the illuminating device light emission pattern data storage area 56F. In particular, when the lighting device light emission pattern data storage area 56F is stored, the lighting color of the full color LED 222 can be set for each piece of music data. The scoring 241 can be shown with the colors considered.

  Next, the point ring effect processing program executed at the time point W2 on the way from S35 to S36 will be described. FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the point ring effect processing program of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment. That is, at the time point W2 after executing S35 of the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13, when the point ring effect processing program is executed, first, as shown in FIG. Determine whether or not. In this regard, “points added” specifically means here that points are added in S35 of the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13, that is, the Roman characters on the main game screen 21. This is the case where the player has definitely pressed the key corresponding to the Roman character displayed on the display unit 23 (see FIG. 3B and FIG. 4B) within a predetermined time. Saying that you have successfully entered without typing.

  At this time, if it is determined that points have not been added (S121: NO), the process returns to the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13 without doing anything, and the process proceeds to S36.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that points have been added (S121: YES), the process proceeds to S122, and the color and number of point rings are selected according to the number of consecutive point additions. Here, “select the color / number of point rings according to the number of consecutive point additions” specifically means that here, according to the control table 231 shown in FIG. Select the color and number of rings. Thus, for example, if you succeeded in inputting a phrase for one phrase without typing errors, the number of consecutive point additions is 1, and red is selected as the point ring color. One is selected as the number of rings. Also, if you have successfully entered twice a sentence without typing mistakes, you will have 2 consecutive points to be added, and blue will be selected as the point ring color. Two are selected as the number of rings. In addition, if you have successfully entered three phrases without typing errors, you will have three consecutive points to add, and yellow will be selected as the point ring color. Three are selected as the number of rings. Although not described in the control table 231 shown in FIG. 21, even when the number of consecutive times that a sentence for one phrase has been input without typo is four or more, the number of consecutive times is adjusted to the number of consecutive times. The color and number of point rings are selected.

  Thereafter, when the process proceeds to S123, the point ring is caused to emit light at the lowest position. In this regard, “to make the point ring emit light at the lowest position” specifically means that, here, among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the lighting device 7, counting from the bottom, The full-color LEDs 222 up to the number of point rings selected in S122 are lit in the color of the point ring selected in S122. Thus, for example, when the number of point rings selected in S122 is 1 and the color is red, among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the illumination device 7, the first from the bottom The (24th from the top) full-color LED 222 is lit in red, and as shown in FIG. 25, at the lowest position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, one of the ring-shaped light emitters described above. The point ring 242 can be shown in red. FIG. 25 is a perspective view of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment when the point ring is caused to emit light at the lowest position.

  In addition, when the number / color of the point rings selected in S122 is two / blue, the first and second from the bottom among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the illumination device 7 The two full-color LEDs 222 (the 23rd and 24th from the top) are lit in blue and are not shown, but at the lowest position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, the two points that are the ring-shaped light emitters described above The ring 242 can be shown in blue. Furthermore, when the number / color of the point rings selected in S122 is three / yellow, among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the lighting device 7, the first and second from the bottom , The third (22nd, 23rd, 24th) full color LED 222 is lit in yellow, and although not shown, at the lowest position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, the ring-shaped light emitter described above. The three point rings 242 can be shown in yellow.

  Thereafter, when the process proceeds to S124, the light emission position of the point ring is increased by one. In this regard, “to increase the light emission position of the point ring by one” specifically means that, for example, when there is currently one red point ring 242 at the lowest position shown in FIG. Of the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the lighting device 7, the first full-color LED 222 from the bottom (the 24th from the top) is turned off and the second full-color LED 222 from the bottom (the 23rd from the top) The red point ring 242 shown in the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is illustrated by turning on the red, that is, turning on the second full color LED 222 from the bottom (the 23rd from the top) in red. This means that the position is moved one level higher than the lowest position shown in FIG.

  In addition, although there are currently two blue point rings 242 at the lowest position (not shown), among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the lighting device 7, the first one from the bottom ( The 24th full-color LED 222 from the top is turned off and the third full-color LED 222 from the bottom (the 22nd from the top) is lit in blue, that is, the second and third (the 22nd and 23rd from the bottom) By turning on the full-color LED 222 in blue, the blue point ring 242 shown by the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is moved one position higher than the lowest position. Furthermore, although there are currently three yellow point rings 242 at the lowest position (not shown), among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the lighting device 7, the first one from the bottom ( The 24th full color LED 222 from the top is turned off and the 4th (21st from the top) full color LED 222 is turned on in blue, that is, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th from the bottom (21st from the top, 22 The 23rd full-color LED 222 is turned on in yellow, and the yellow point ring 242 shown by the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is moved one position higher than the lowest position. .

  Then, the process of S124 is repeatedly performed until it is determined in S127, which will be described later, that the point ring 242 is at the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of each illumination device 7 (S127: YES). Therefore, for example, as shown in the order of FIGS. 25, 26, and 28, it is possible to make one point ring 242 rise at a predetermined speed by the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7. This is the same even if there are two or more point rings 242. FIG. 26 and FIG. 28 are perspective views of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment when the point ring is caused to emit light at some positions raised from the lowest position.

  Thereafter, when the process proceeds from S124 to S125, it is determined whether or not the point ring and the scoring match. In this regard, “pointing and scoring match” specifically means that, for example, as shown in FIG. 27, the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 has a point ring 242 and a scoring 241. Are overlapped, and any one of the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the lighting device 7 becomes the processing target of S123, and at the same time, S112 and S113 of the scoring effect processing of FIG. It is to be processed.

  At this time, when it is determined that the point ring and the scoring do not match (S125: NO), the process proceeds to S127 without doing anything, but when it is determined that the point ring and the scoring match (S125: YES), the process proceeds to S126.

  In S126, the flash is emitted at the coincidence position, and then the process proceeds to S127. Here, specifically, “flash emission at the coincidence position” means that, for example, as shown in FIG. 27, the point ring 242 and the scoring 241 overlap each other in the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7. That is, in other words, any one of the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction in the lighting device 7 becomes the processing target of S123, and at the same time, the above-described S112 and S113 of the scoring effect processing of FIG. When it becomes a processing target, it means that the full color LED 222 is caused to emit a white light with a strong light amount instantaneously. As a result, as shown in FIG. 27, the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 can appear as if the point ring 242 and the scoring 241 that overlap each other flash.

  Thereafter, when the process proceeds to S127, it is determined whether or not the point ring is at the uppermost position. Here, “the point ring is at the uppermost position” specifically means here that the point ring 242 is at the uppermost position which is the uppermost end of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7. 7 to show the point ring 242 at the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction, the first full-color LED 222 from the top (the 24th from the bottom) It means that it is lit. At this time, when it is determined that the point ring is not at the uppermost position (S127: NO), the process returns to S124 described above, and the processes after S124 are repeated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the point ring is at the uppermost position (S127: YES), the process proceeds to S128.

  In S128, the point ring emission is terminated, and thereafter, the process returns to the typing game execution processing program shown in FIG. 13, and the process proceeds to S36. Here, “end point ring emission” in S128 of FIG. 20 specifically means that the point ring 242 at the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is turned off. Therefore, for example, when there is currently one red point ring 242 at the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, among the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction by the lighting device 7. The first full color LED 222 from the top (the 24th from the bottom) is extinguished. Further, when there are currently two blue point rings 242 at the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, the top of the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction on the lighting device 7. The first and second (23rd and 24th from bottom) full color LEDs 222 are turned off. In addition, when there are currently three yellow point rings 242 at the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, the upper of the 24 full-color LEDs 222 arranged in the vertical direction on the lighting device 7. The first, second, and third (22nd, 23rd, 24th from the bottom) full color LEDs 222 are turned off. These points are performed in the same manner even when there are four or more point rings 242.

  Therefore, when the player has successfully input a sentence for one phrase without making a typo, the point ring 242 shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is, for example, shown in FIGS. As shown in the order of FIG. 28, when the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 runs from the lowest position to the uppermost position, and in the middle, the scoring 241 shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 overlaps, For example, as shown in FIG. 27, the point ring 242 and the scoring 241 appear to flash, and this flashy lighting effect allows the typing game situation (in particular, one phrase to be input without typing errors). ) And can attract attention from the surrounding audience and bystanders in the distance. Euphoria and can be immersed in a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction sense of typing game.

  In addition, when a sentence for one phrase is input continuously without typing errors, the number of point rings 242 corresponding to the number of consecutive times appears to emit light in a color corresponding to the number of consecutive times. Therefore (see FIG. 21), the number and color of the point ring 242 let the surrounding audience and distant spectators know how many consecutive times they have successfully entered one phrase sentence without typing errors. Thus, the player can further immerse himself in a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction with the typing game.

  In S126, if the number of point rings 242 is greater than or equal to a predetermined number (for example, 10), if the spotlight 212 installed on the upper portion of the housing 2 is rotated to emit light, Since it is possible to perform more flashy lighting production, this allows the player to successfully input a sentence of one phrase without typing errors to surrounding spectators and distant spectators. It can be known that the number of times has reached a predetermined number, that is, the skill of typing technology.

  In particular, the cylindrical transparent member 223 in each lighting device 7 is installed at both front side ends of the housing 2, and the point ring 241 and the scoring 241 shown by the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 are left and right. Can be confirmed even in the horizontal direction of the game, so that even a player who is playing on a game machine installed next to the typing game machine 1 can make a typing game situation (especially a sentence for one phrase) You can let them know about things that you have successfully entered without).

  Further, the control table 231 shown in FIG. 21 is stored in the ROM 53, but may be stored in the light emission control circuit 62. Further, the lighting state of the full-color LED 222 for showing the point ring 242 (for example, the intensity of light intensity) may be stored together with the control table 231 shown in FIG. 21, but in the music data storage area 56 formed in the HDD 55. You may memorize | store in the illuminating device light emission pattern data storage area 56F in each storage area. In particular, when stored in the lighting device emission pattern data storage area 56F, the lighting mode of the full color LED 222 (for example, the intensity of light intensity) can be set for each piece of music data. For example, the point ring 242 that runs from the lowest position of the transparent member 223 to the uppermost position is matched with the tempo of the music that is the subject of the typing game (specifically, gentle light undulates at a slow tempo) At a fast tempo, you can show a dazzling light ticking the rhythm).

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 this embodiment, when the typing game is started, the scoring 241 that is the ring-shaped light emitter described above can be seen at the center of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, and then the Roman character 1. The scoring 241 appears to move up and down depending on whether or not the character typing is successful.

  In this regard, the production mode of the scoring 241 is not limited to this. For example, when the typing game starts, the scoring 241 can be seen at the lowest position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7. Then, as the typing of one Roman character is successful, the scoring 241 may appear to move upward. Conversely, when the typing game starts, the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 At the top position, the scoring 241 can be seen, and thereafter the scoring 241 may appear to move down as the typing of one Roman character succeeds.

  Furthermore, as an effect mode of the scoring 241, for example, when a typing game is started, the scoring 241 can be seen at the lowest position of the transparent member 223 of one lighting device 7, and then one Roman character As the minute typing succeeds, the scoring 241 appears to move upward, and when the scoring 241 reaches the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of one lighting device 7, the other lighting device 7. The transparent member 223 may be moved to the uppermost position, and the scoring 241 may be moved downward.

  Further, in this embodiment, after the typing game has started, if the sentence for one phrase is successfully input without typing errors, the point ring 242 shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is displayed. When the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 runs from the lowest position to the uppermost position and overlaps with the scoring 241 shown in the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7, the point ring 242 and the scoring 241 are overlapped. Appears to flash.

  In this regard, the presentation mode of the point ring 242 is not limited to this. For example, when the point ring 242 and the scoring 241 shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 overlap, A light emitting ring separate from the ring 242 and the scoring 241 may be generated by flash light emission.

  Furthermore, as an effect mode of the point ring 242, for example, when the typing game is started and a sentence for one phrase is successfully input without typo, it is shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7. The point ring 242 may be run from the uppermost position of the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 to the lowermost position.

  For example, the scoring 241 and the point ring 242 can be produced by storing various patterns in the database for items such as color, number, movement, flash emission, etc. You may make it select together.

  Further, by generating a plurality of light emitting rings that can be shown on the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 at a predetermined timing such as immediately after the start / end of the typing game, the transparent member 223 of each lighting device 7 is generated. You may make it produce lighting production as a whole.

  In the present embodiment, in the typing game machine 1, the pair of lighting devices 7 are installed such that the longitudinal direction of the transparent member 223 is the vertical direction. In this regard, the pair of lighting devices 7 may be installed such that the longitudinal direction of the transparent member 223 is the horizontal direction or the oblique direction.

  In the present embodiment, the typing game machine 1 has been described. However, in other game machines such as a card game, mahjong game, slot game, and pachinko game, the lighting effect of the lighting device 7 is set according to the game state. You may go.

  The present invention can be applied to a lighting device that performs lighting effects of a game machine.

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. 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 the front view of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment, Comprising: It is the figure displayed so that the inside of the cylindrical transparent member in an illuminating device could be seen. It is the figure which showed typically a part of structure of the illuminating device with which the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment was equipped. It is a block diagram which shows typically a part of control system of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the scoring initial state processing program of the typing game machine concerning this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the scoring effect processing program of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the light quantity of full color LED controlled by the scoring effect processing program of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the point ring effect processing program of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed typically the control table used with the point ring effect processing program of the typing game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a typing game machine concerning this embodiment, and is a perspective view at the time of making scoring light-emit in an initial position. It is a typing game machine concerning this embodiment, and is a perspective view at the time of making scoring light-emit in the position raised a few from the initial position. It is a typing game machine concerning this embodiment, and is a perspective view at the time of making scoring light-emit in the position where it fell some from the initial position. It is a typing game machine concerning this embodiment, and is a perspective view at the time of making point ring emit light in the lowest position. It is a typing game machine concerning this embodiment, and is a perspective view at the time of making point ring light-emit in the position raised a few from the lowest position. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the typing game machine according to the present embodiment when a point ring and a scoring that overlap each other are flashed. It is a typing game machine concerning this embodiment, and is a perspective view at the time of making point ring light-emit in the position raised a few from the lowest position. It is the perspective view which showed the transparent member of the illuminating device in the typing game machine provided with the illuminating device which concerns on this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Typing game machine 2 Case 3 1st liquid crystal display 4 2nd liquid crystal display 7 Illumination device 6 Keyboard 8 Speaker 20 Promotion video image 21 Main game screen 51 CPU
53 ROM
54 RAM
55 HDD
56 Music data storage area 60 Display control circuit 61 Sound control circuit 101 Independent image area 111 Character input key 221 Light blocking member 222 Full color LED
223 Transparent member 224 Halogen lamp 225 Horizontal irradiation area of full color LED 226 Horizontal light shielding area of full color LED 231 Control table 241 Scoring 242 Point ring

Claims (3)

A game machine having a case and a cylindrical lighting device provided on both sides of the case,
The cylindrical illumination device is configured to cause the presence of the light emitting ring to be illusioned by the light emitted from the light emitting means by the light emitting means. A game machine characterized by comprising: A game machine according to claim 1,
The cylindrical lighting device is:
A transparent member in which cylindrical lenticular lenses are arranged along the longitudinal direction;
A plurality of light emitting means arranged in the vertical direction with a predetermined interval inside the transparent member,
Illusion of the presence of a plurality of light emitting rings respectively arranged in the horizontal direction and arranged in the vertical direction in the transparent member by the light emitted from each light emitting means;
A game machine characterized by A game machine according to claim 2,
The cylindrical lighting device is:
A light blocking member that blocks light from each light emitting means by being included in the transparent member;
By limiting the range in which the inner surface of the transparent member is irradiated by the light from each light emitting means with the light blocking member, the light emitted from each light emitting means passes through the transparent member and then enters the transparent member. Preventing it from returning again,
A game machine characterized by

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