JP2007301076A - Game device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily diversify the design of a board surface where cards are placed. <P>SOLUTION: A display screen 6 of a liquid crystal display device 5 presents the board surface where trading cards are placed, and a field screen making the design of the board surface is varied per stage to be displayed on the display screen 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device for playing a game using a card.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, game apparatuses that perform various games using cards on which a pattern or a pattern is drawn have been proposed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a game device in which a player reads information on a plurality of trading cards placed on a board surface by a sensor and plays a battle game on a display based on the information. According to this, the strategy for the battle game can be changed by changing the arrangement of the plurality of trading cards placed on the board by the player.

JP 2004-41740 A

  However, the design of the board on which a plurality of cards are placed was uniform. Therefore, it is desirable to diversify the design of the board surface, but work such as manually changing the board surface is troublesome.

  The objective of this invention is providing the game device which can diversify easily the design of the board surface in which a card | curd is mounted.

Means and effects for solving the problems

  The game apparatus of the present invention is a game apparatus capable of executing a game using a card, and functions as a board surface on which the card is placed, and image display means for displaying a board image that is a design of the board surface; Image storage means for storing a plurality of image data of the board image, image determination means for determining one image data from a plurality of image data stored in the image storage means according to the game situation, and the image Image control means for causing the image display means to display the image data determined by the determining means as the board image.

  According to the above configuration, one image data is determined from the plurality of image data stored in the image storage unit, and the determined image data is displayed on the image display unit as a board image. In a game consisting of stages, by changing the board image for each stage, it is possible to easily diversify the design of the board on which the cards are placed without the troublesome work of manually changing the board. it can.

  Further, in the game device of the present invention, the card is printed on the back surface showing characteristics on the game rules, and is placed in a specific area of the image display means with the back surface behind. The image display means is capable of transparently displaying the board image, and is provided on the back side of the image display means, and prints indicating the characteristics applied to the back surface of the card placed in the specific area. A reading unit arranged to read, and a display control for transparently displaying an image displayed in the specific area of the board image displayed on the image display unit when the reading unit performs reading. Means. According to the above configuration, when the reading unit provided on the back side of the image display unit performs reading, an image displayed in a specific area of the board image is transparently displayed. The print showing the characteristic on the game rule applied to the back side of the card via the card can be read by the reading means. Therefore, card sensing can be suitably performed even if the board design is diverse.

  In the game device of the present invention, the position of the specific area may be different depending on the type of the board image. According to said structure, since the position of a specific area | region differs according to the kind of board surface image, the position which can place a card | curd can be diversified, and the game playability of a game can be improved. it can.

  In the game device of the present invention, the characteristic may change according to the type of image displayed in the specific area. According to the above configuration, the characteristics change depending on the type of image displayed in the specific area. For example, in a battle game, a card with a character weak against water is displayed as an image of a river or the sea. When placed in a specific area, the game playability can be improved by reducing the attack power of the character.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the following, a case where a trading card is used as a card will be described.

(Configuration of game device 1)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the game apparatus 1. The casing 2 forming the entire game apparatus 1 includes an operation unit 2a in which a liquid crystal display device 5 serving as an image display means with the display screen 6 facing upward, and a display screen 8 facing the player. The display device 7 has a display portion 2b provided substantially vertically. In the game apparatus 1, the display screen 6 of the liquid crystal display device 5 is used as a board surface, and a player (not shown) places a plurality of trading cards (not shown) on the display screen 6, and these trading cards are displayed on the display screen 6. The game is played with a player or a computer of another game device by moving the player. The competitive game is composed of a plurality of stages as will be described later, and the player and the opponent (players or computers of other game devices) advance by performing game operations (referred to as actions) alternately.

  On the side closer to the player than the liquid crystal display device 5 of the operation unit 2 a of the housing 2, an input device 10 is provided that allows the player to input an instruction (for example, an instruction to start a game). In addition, the installation position of the input device 10 is not limited to this. In addition, a trading card group (so-called deck) used by the player can be placed in the area on the right side of the input device 10. Further, a coin insertion slot 9a and a coin withdrawal slot 9b are provided on the side surface of the operation unit 2a.

  A field screen as a board image as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is displayed on the display screen 6 which is a board of the battle game. The vertical grid lines 3 and the horizontal grid lines 4 are virtual lines for explaining a card reader described later, and are not actually displayed on the field screen. The field screen, which is the board design, is changed for each stage of the battle game. Here, the stage is a mini game executed in a series of battle games. That is, a series of battle games are performed by executing a plurality of stages. In FIG. 2, a plain 11, a mountain 12, and a river 13 are displayed, and in FIG. 3, a plain 11, a hill 14, and a sea 15 are displayed. In this way, by varying the field screen displayed on the display screen 6 for each stage, the design of the board surface on which the trading card is placed can be diversified.

  Further, a single field screen includes a plurality of card placement areas 16 as specific areas on which a player can place trading cards. In FIG. 2 and FIG. It is shown surrounded by a frame. The white frame may be actually displayed on the display screen 6 of the liquid crystal display device 5 or may not be displayed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the position of each card placement area 16 is different for each field screen. The images in each card placement area 16 can be displayed transparently. Here, the transparent display means a display form in which light from a light source such as a backlight provided on the back side of the display screen 6 of the liquid crystal display device 5 is transmitted to the front side of the display screen 6. The transparent display of the image in each card placement area 16 is executed when the game operation order (turn) is shifted to the player side. Here, the display screen 6 on which the field screen is displayed may be referred to as a play field.

  On the back side of the liquid crystal display device 5, a plurality of card readers (not shown) as reading means are arranged vertically and horizontally. 2 and 3, a card reader is provided for each square surrounded by the vertical grid lines 3 and the horizontal grid lines 4. That is, one card placement area 16 corresponds to a total of twelve card readers, four vertically and three horizontally. And when the image in each card | curd mounting area | region 16 provided on the field screen is displayed transparently, each card | curd reader is the back surface of the trading card mounted back | inside on the card | curd mounting area | region 16. It is possible to read a print (characteristic information) indicating the characteristic on the game rule applied to.

  As described above, since the image in each card placement area 16 provided on the field screen is transparently displayed, the characteristic information of the trading card can be read by the card reader via the liquid crystal display device 5. Even if the design of the field screen is diverse, the trading card can be suitably sensed. Further, the player can easily grasp the position where the trading card can be placed by visually recognizing each card placement area 16 displayed transparently.

  Further, since the position of the card placement area 16 differs depending on the type of the field screen, the positions where the trading cards can be placed can be diversified, and the playability of the battle game can be improved. .

  The display screen 8 of the display device 7 provided in the display unit 2b of the housing 2 has the same screen as the field screen displayed on the display screen 6 of the liquid crystal display device 5, the characteristic information of the trading card, An effect image or the like is displayed. Examples of the display device 7 include a display device provided with a CRT, a liquid crystal display device, a plasma display, and an EL (electroluminescence) thin film display.

(Electric configuration of game device 1)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of game device 1 shown in FIG. A control unit 20 is provided in the game apparatus 1. The control unit 20 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23. The ROM 22 as the image storage means stores, for example, game programs based on game rules, trading card characteristic information data, image data of a plurality of field screens, image data such as effect images during a battle, and the like. Yes. Further, the RAM 23 stores characteristic information of each of a plurality of trading cards read by a card reader group 34 described later, position information of each of the plurality of trading cards, and the like.

  The controller 20 is connected to a satellite 30 which is a group of devices / devices related to the game progress of the player. The satellite 30 is configured to display an image displayed on the display screen 8 of the display device 7, an input device 10 that enables input of instructions from the player, a coin discriminator 31 that detects coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 9 a, and the like. Image control circuit for display device 32 to be controlled, image control means for controlling an image displayed on display screen 6 of liquid crystal display device 5, and image control for liquid crystal display device as display control means for controlling the display mode of the image The circuit 33 and a card reader group 34 including a plurality of card readers provided on the back side of the liquid crystal display device 5 are configured.

  When the input device 10 is operated, a predetermined input signal is transmitted from the input device 10 to the control unit 20. Further, when a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 9 a is detected by the coin discriminator 31, a predetermined detection signal is transmitted from the coin discriminator 31 to the control unit 20. In addition, the display device image control circuit 32 generates image data of an image to be displayed on the display screen 8 of the display device 7 in accordance with a command signal from the control unit 20, and also performs an image for the liquid crystal display device. The control circuit 33 generates field screen image data to be displayed on the display screen 6 of the liquid crystal display device 5 in accordance with a command signal from the control unit 20, and transparently displays an image in each card placement area 16. Done.

  Each of the card readers constituting the card reader group 34 is placed on the corresponding card placement area 16 when an image in each card placement area 16 provided on the field screen is displayed transparently. The characteristic information of the trading card is read and transmitted to the control unit 20 together with the position information.

(Electric configuration of card reader)
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of one card reader 34 a constituting the card reader group 34. In the card reader 34a, a control unit 40 composed of a microcomputer or the like is provided. The control unit 40 includes a light source drive unit 42, a detection signal input unit 44, a calculation unit 45, a storage unit 46, and a communication unit 47. The light source driving unit 42 is connected to the light source 41 and allows the light source 41 to emit light. The light source 41 is configured, for example, by arranging a plurality of infrared LEDs in a matrix, and irradiates the corresponding card placement area 16 with infrared rays from the back side of the liquid crystal display device 5. The detection signal input unit 44 is connected to a plurality of photosensors constituting the photosensor group 43, and detection signals (“1”, “0”) suitable for information processing are output from the detection signals output from these photosensors. ) Can be imported. Each photosensor constituting the photosensor group 43 receives infrared rays that are emitted from the light source 41 and reflected by the back surface of the trading card. The communication unit 47 enables bidirectional data communication with the control unit 20 of the game apparatus 1.

  The storage unit 46 temporarily stores the detection data input from the detection signal input unit 44 in order for each input. In addition, the storage unit 46 stores various data related to the characteristic information of the trading card so as to be read out as comparison source data. The calculation unit 45 stores the detection data input from the detection signal input unit 44 in the storage unit 46, and compares the detection data with the comparison source data stored in the storage unit 46, thereby determining the characteristic information of the trading card. To do.

(Composition of trading card)
Next, a trading card used for the game apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the back side of the trading card 50.

  The trading card 50 has a size slightly smaller than the card placement area 16, and on the back side thereof, a character pattern 51, a character name 52, a mark 53 indicating the affiliation of the character, a physical strength value 54, an attack power value 55, a defense The game rule characteristics such as force value 56 are printed. These characteristic information is obtained when the trading card 50 is placed on one of the card placement areas 16 on the field screen with the back side facing back, and the image in each card placement area 16 is transparently displayed. It is read by twelve card readers corresponding to the card placement area 16 on which the trading card 50 is placed. The front side of the trading card 50 may be printed with the same or different content as the back side, or the front side printing mode is the back side, such that the front side print color is 256 colors and the back side print color is monochrome. The printing mode may be different.

(Game rules)
Next, rules for an example of a battle game played by the game apparatus 1 will be described. The game rules performed by the game apparatus 1 are as follows.

(A) Purpose of the competitive game Each player has a predetermined physical strength value. If the physical strength value of the opponent player is 0, the player wins.

(B) Trading Card A character is set for each trading card used in the battle game. Individuality (physical strength, attack power, defense power) is set for each character. By using these trading cards, it is possible to defend against an attack on the opponent's character or an attack from the opponent's character. One trading card may exist on the field screen after it is placed on any card placement area 16 on the field screen until the character of this trading card loses the battle with the opponent's character. forgiven.

(C) Start of game Each player selects a predetermined number of trading cards from his or her own trading card group (so-called deck) to make a trading card on hand. This hand-held trading card becomes a trading card that can be placed on the field screen.

(D) Progress of game Each player acts alternately (game operation). Each player's action unit is one turn. That is, each player acts alternately for one turn.

(D-1) Turn In each turn, one trading card is placed on one of the card placement areas 16 or one trading card already placed on the card placement area 16 is placed on another It can be moved onto the card placement area 16.

(D-2) Attack By moving a trading card placed on any card placement area 16 and placing it on the card placement area 16 where the attack target (the opponent's character) exists It is possible to attack the opponent's character and reduce the physical strength value of the opponent's player.

  Here, if an image other than the plain 11 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) is displayed in the card placement area 16 where the attack is performed, the character of the trading card placed in the card placement area 16 is displayed. Characteristics are changed. Specifically, if the image displayed in the card placement area 16 where the attack is performed is the river 13 or the sea 15 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), the attack strength of the water-resistant character is “10”. On the other hand, the defense power of the character weak against water is reduced by “10”. If the image displayed in the card placement area 16 where the attack is made is a mountain 12 or a hill 14 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), the attack power of the character strong against high altitude is increased by “10”. On the other hand, the defense strength of the character weak at high altitude is reduced by “10”. In this way, the character characteristics change according to the type of image displayed in the card placement area 16, so that the playability of the battle game can be improved.

  If the attack on the opponent's character is successful, the physical strength value of the opponent's player decreases. When the opponent character defends against the attack, the winning / losing is determined based on the characteristics of the own character and the characteristics of the opponent character. If your character wins, game rules do not allow the trading card of the opponent's character to be on the field screen, so the opponent player must remove the trading card from the field screen. Don't be. On the other hand, if the opponent's character wins, the game rule does not allow the trading card of the player's character to be on the field screen, so the player must remove the trading card from the field screen. .

(D-3) End of turn When the turn of the player is finished, the turn of the opponent player is next. The turn of the opponent player is the same as (D-1) and (D-2) described above.

(E) End of stage When each player alternately performs the above-described turn, when one player's physical strength value becomes 0, one stage ends.

(F) Completion of the battle game When the predetermined number of stages have ended, the battle game ends. Note that the number of stages may be determined in advance or increased or decreased according to the progress of the battle game.

  In the game apparatus 1, the battle game proceeds in accordance with the game rules as described above.

(Operation of game device 1)
Next, a process executed in the game apparatus 1 when the battle game progresses will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a game progress processing routine executed in game device 1 according to the present embodiment. This game progress processing routine is called from a main routine that is executed in advance when a predetermined coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 9a by the player and an instruction to start a battle game is input via the input device 10. This subroutine is executed.

  When the CPU 21 executes the game progress processing routine shown in FIG. 7, first, processing relating to initial setting is performed (step S10). In this initial setting process, for example, one stage is started, such as initialization of variables used in one stage, initialization of characteristic information stored in the RAM 23, setting of field screens in one stage, etc. Various processes necessary for this are performed.

  Here, since the field screen, which is the board surface of the game apparatus 1, displayed on the display screen 6 of the liquid crystal display device 5 is different for each stage, the design of the board surface on which the trading card is placed can be diversified.

  Next, processing relating to turn determination is performed (step S11). In this turn determination process, it is determined which of the two players is the next turn, and the image in each card placement area 16 provided on the field screen is transparently displayed. Or switch to non-transparent display. That is, at the turn of the player, under the control of the image control circuit 33 for the liquid crystal display device, the images in each card placement area 16 are displayed in a transparent manner, and the card reader group 34 is activated to place a plurality of card placements. While it is possible to read the characteristic information of the trading card placed in each of the areas 16, while it is not the turn of the player, the image in each card placement area 16 is controlled under the control of the liquid crystal display device image control circuit 33. The display is made non-transparent and the activation of the card reader group 34 is stopped.

  Next, processing related to card information confirmation is performed (step S12). This process is performed to determine whether or not a trading card has been placed, moved or removed against the game rules from the previous turn to the current turn. The CPU 21 controls the liquid crystal display device image control circuit 33 to display the image in each card placement area 16 in a transparent manner, and the card reader group 34 places the trade placed on each of the plurality of card placement areas 16. While reading the characteristic information of the card, the position information of the trading card is determined, and the characteristic information and position information are compared with the characteristic information and position information stored in the RAM 23 until the previous turn.

  Next, it is determined whether or not an error has occurred as a result of the processing related to the card information confirmation in step S12 (step S13). If it is determined that an error has occurred, the trading card has been placed, moved, or removed against the game rules. Therefore, the CPU 21 controls the display under the control of the image control circuit 32 for display device. An error message is displayed on the display screen 8 of the apparatus 7 (step S14), and the process returns to step S12. At this time, the player can cancel the error by returning the trading card to the original position. On the other hand, if it is determined that no error has occurred, the process proceeds to step S15.

  The following steps S15 to S25 are repeatedly executed until one turn is completed. First, the CPU 21 displays a game progress guidance image on the display screen 8 of the display device 7 under the control of the display device image control circuit 32 (step S15). That is, if it is a turn of the player, the CPU 21 causes the display screen 8 of the display device 7 to display an image indicating an operation procedure on the player, such as “Please put the card in the play field”. On the other hand, if it is not the turn of the player, an image prompting the player to wait is displayed on the display screen 8 of the display device 7 such as “Please wait for a while”.

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not a detection signal is received from the card reader group 34 (step S16). This detection signal is a signal issued from the card reader that has detected the trading card placed on the field screen. If it is determined that the detection signal has not been received, the process returns to step S15.

  On the other hand, when determining that the detection signal has been received from the card reader group 34, the CPU 21 performs processing for reading the characteristic information of the trading card by the card reader (step S17). Specifically, each card placement area 16 on which a transparent image is displayed is irradiated with infrared rays from the back side of the liquid crystal display device 5, and the infrared rays reflected by the back side of the trading card are associated with the photosensors. Receives light.

  Thus, by making the images displayed in each card placement area 16 transparent, the characteristic information of the trading card can be read by the card reader via the liquid crystal display device 5, so that the field that is the board surface Even if the design of the screen is diverse, the trading card can be suitably sensed. Further, since the position of the card placement area 16 differs depending on the type of the field screen, the positions where the trading cards can be placed can be diversified, and the playability of the battle game can be improved. .

  Further, position information relating to the position where the trading card is placed is determined from the position of the card reader that has read the characteristic information (step S18). The position information is information indicating on which card placement area 16 a plurality of card placement areas 16 provided on the field screen are placed.

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the placed trading card is a new card based on the read characteristic information and the characteristic information previously stored in the RAM 23 (step S19).

  If it is determined that the card is a new card, one trading card selected from the trading cards held by the player has been placed on the field screen, so the CPU 21 stores the read characteristic information in the RAM 23. The determined position information is stored in the RAM 23 (step S21).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the card is not a new card, the trading card already placed on the field screen has moved, so the CPU 21 uses the position information previously stored in the RAM 23 as the determined position information. (Step S22).

  When the process of step S21 or S22 is executed, the CPU 21 performs a characteristic change process for changing the character characteristics (step S23).

  That is, the characteristic change processing routine shown in FIG. 8 is executed, and whether the image displayed in the card placement area 16 where the trading card is placed is the river 13 or the sea 15 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). Is determined (step S51). If it is determined that the image displayed in the card placement area 16 is the river 13 or the sea 15, it is determined whether or not the character of the trading card is a water-resistant character (step S52).

  If it is determined that the character on the trading card is a water-resistant character, the attack power of the character is increased by “10” (step S53), and this routine is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the character on the trading card is not a water-resistant character, the defense power of the character is reduced by “10” (step S54), and this routine is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S51 that the image displayed in the card placement area 16 is not the river 13 or the sea 15, the image displayed in the card placement area 16 is the mountain 12 or hill 14 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). It is determined whether or not (step S55). When it is determined that the image displayed in the card placement area 16 is the mountain 12 or the hill 14, it is determined whether or not the character of the trading card is a character strong against high ground (step S56).

  If it is determined that the character on the trading card is a character strong in the high altitude, the attack power of the character is increased by “10” (step S57), and this routine is terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the character on the trading card is not a character with high altitude, the defense power of the character is reduced by “10” (step S58), and this routine is terminated.

  In this way, the character characteristics change according to the type of image displayed in the card placement area 16, so that the playability of the battle game can be improved.

  Returning to FIG. 7, next, the CPU 21 performs a game execution process based on the game program stored in the ROM 22 and the characteristic information and position information stored in the RAM 23 (step S <b> 24). For example, when an attack or defense is performed with a trading card, the CPU 21 determines characteristics such as a physical strength value or an attack power value between characters based on a game program stored in the ROM 22 or characteristic information stored in the RAM 23. The arithmetic processing related to the game, the arithmetic processing related to the game win / loss, and the like are performed. Next, the CPU 21 displays a game situation notification image on the display screen 8 of the display device 7 under the control of the display device image control circuit 32 (step S25). For example, when a trading card is newly placed, the characteristic information of the trading card is displayed on the display screen 8 of the display device 7 as a game situation notification image. Further, the calculation result of step S24 is displayed on the display screen 8 of the display device 7.

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the player's turn has ended based on a game program or the like stored in the ROM 22 (step S26). Whether or not the player's turn has ended is determined by the presence or absence of a newly placed trading card or a moved trading card. However, the input device 10 causes the player to input that the turn has ended. Also good. When determining that the turn of the player has not ended, the CPU 21 returns the process to step S15.

  On the other hand, when determining that the player's turn has ended, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the characteristic information has been changed as a result of the game execution process in step S23 (step S27). For example, when the winning / losing of trading cards is determined as a result of the calculation process in step S24, the characteristic information is changed according to the winning / losing result.

  When determining that there is a change in the characteristic information, the CPU 21 performs a process of updating the characteristic information stored in the RAM 23 to the changed characteristic information (step S28).

  If it is determined in step S27 that there is no change in the characteristic information, or if the process of step S28 is executed, the CPU 21 next determines whether or not it is necessary to remove the trading card from the field screen. (Step S29). At this time, a card to be removed is a trading card related to the character who has lost the battle between the characters.

  If it is determined that card removal is necessary, the CPU 21 displays a card removal request image on the display screen 8 of the display device 7 under the control of the display device image control circuit 32 (step S30). This card removal request image includes, for example, an image showing the type and position of a trading card to be removed, an image showing an operation procedure for prompting removal, and the like.

  Next, the CPU 21 determines whether or not this trading card has been removed from the field screen by the card reader corresponding to the card placement area 16 in which the trading card to be removed is placed (step S31). . If it is determined that the trading card to be removed has not been removed, the process returns to step S30.

  On the other hand, when determining that the trading card to be removed has been removed from the field screen, the CPU 21 erases the characteristic information and position information of the trading card stored in the RAM 23 (step S32).

  If it is determined in step S29 that the trading card need not be removed, or if step S32 is executed, the CPU 21 determines whether or not to end one stage (step S33). Note that whether or not to end one stage is determined by determining whether or not an instruction to end this stage has been input via the input device 10, or to end this stage according to the above-described game rules. This is done by judging whether or not the condition is satisfied.

  If it is determined not to end one stage, the next is the turn of the opponent player, so the process returns to step S11. On the other hand, when it is determined that one stage is to be ended, the CPU 21 performs a process of displaying an image informing that the stage is to be ended on the display screen 8 of the display device 7 under the control of the display device image control circuit 32. (Step S34), processing necessary for ending the stage such as erasing of characteristic information and position information stored in the RAM 23 is performed (Step S35), and this subroutine is ended.

(Outline of this embodiment)
As described above, the game apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is a game apparatus 1 that can execute a game (such as a battle game) using a card (such as a trading card 50), and is a board surface on which the card is placed. An image display means (such as the liquid crystal display device 5) that functions and displays a board image (field screen or the like) that is a design of the board surface; Image determining means (CPU 21 or the like) for determining one image data from a plurality of image data stored in the image storage means according to the situation, and displaying the image data determined by the image determining means as a board image on the image display means Image control means (image control circuit 33 for liquid crystal display device, etc.) to be operated.

  According to the above configuration, one image data is determined from the plurality of image data stored in the image storage unit, and the determined image data is displayed on the image display unit as a board image. In a game consisting of stages, by changing the board image for each stage, it is possible to easily diversify the design of the board on which the cards are placed without the troublesome work of manually changing the board. it can.

  Further, in the game apparatus 1 of the present invention, the card is printed on the back side to indicate the characteristics of the game rules, and the card is placed in a specific area (card placement area 16 or the like) of the image display means with the back side being the reverse side. At the same time, the image display means is capable of transparently displaying the board image, and is provided on the back side of the image display means and reads the print indicating the characteristics applied to the back face of the card placed in a specific area. The reading means (card reader group 34, card reader 34a, etc.) arranged in this way, and when the reading means performs reading, an image displayed in a specific area among the board images displayed on the image display means Display control means (such as a liquid crystal display device image control circuit 33) for transparent display. According to the above configuration, when the reading unit provided on the back side of the image display unit performs reading, an image displayed in a specific area of the board image is transparently displayed. The print showing the characteristic on the game rule applied to the back side of the card via the card can be read by the reading means. Therefore, card sensing can be suitably performed even if the board design is diverse.

  Further, in the game apparatus 1 of the present invention, the position of the specific area is different depending on the type of the board image. According to said structure, since the position of a specific area | region differs according to the kind of board surface image, the position which can place a card | curd can be diversified, and the game playability of a game can be improved. it can.

  Further, the game device 1 of the present invention is configured such that the characteristics change according to the type of image displayed in a specific area. According to the above configuration, the characteristics change depending on the type of image displayed in the specific area. For example, in a battle game, a card with a character weak against water is displayed as an image of a river or the sea. When placed in a specific area, the game playability can be improved by reducing the attack power of the character.

(Modification of this embodiment)
The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but only specific examples have been illustrated, and the present invention is not particularly limited. Specific configurations and the like can be appropriately changed in design. Further, the actions and effects described in the embodiments of the invention only list the most preferable actions and effects resulting from the present invention, and the actions and effects according to the present invention are described in the embodiments of the present invention. It is not limited to what was done.

  For example, in this embodiment, one field screen is provided in one stage, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and two or more field screens are provided in one stage. It may be a configuration.

  In the present embodiment, the entire field screen is displayed on the display screen 6 of the liquid crystal display device 5. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. It may be configured to scroll left and right.

  Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to a game program in which the operation of a real machine such as a game machine is simulated for a home game machine in addition to the real machine such as the game machine described above. Can be executed. In that case, a DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, FD (flexible disk), or any other recording medium can be used as a recording medium for recording the game program.

The perspective view of the game device which concerns on this Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of a field screen. The figure which shows an example of a field screen. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electric circuit of a game device. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electric circuit of a card reader. The back view of a trading card. The figure which shows the flowchart of a game progress processing routine. The figure which shows the flowchart of a characteristic change process routine.

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1 game device 5 liquid crystal display device 21 CPU
22 ROM
33 Image Control Circuit for Liquid Crystal Display 50 Trading Card

Claims (4)

A game device capable of executing a game using a card,
Image display means that functions as a board surface on which the card is placed, and displays a board image that is a design of the board surface;
Image storage means for storing a plurality of image data of the board image;
Image determining means for determining one image data from a plurality of image data stored by the image storage means according to the game situation;
Image control means for causing the image display means to display the image data determined by the image determining means as the board image;
A game apparatus comprising: The card has been printed on the back side showing characteristics on the game rules, and is placed on a specific area of the image display means with the back side back.
The image display means can display the board image transparently,
A reading unit provided on the back side of the image display unit and arranged to read the print indicating the characteristic applied to the back side of the card placed in the specific area;
Display control means for transparently displaying an image displayed in the specific area among the board image displayed on the image display means when the reading means performs reading;
The game apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:   The game apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the position of the specific area differs according to the type of the board image. The game device according to claim 2, wherein the characteristic changes according to a type of an image displayed in the specific area.

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