JP2008188051A - Game image reproduction system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game image reproduction system and method which enable the reproduction of game images in a battle game so as not to be able to specify players on the side of losers. <P>SOLUTION: Pieces of information for the reproduction of images for reproducing game images during the battle of the battle game are collected and the information pertaining to the form of at least the character on the side of a loser is revised out of the information pertaining to the forms of the characters contained in the information for the reproduction of collected images. Thus, the game images of the battle game are reproduced from the information for the reproduction of images revised. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game image reproduction system and method, and is suitably applied to, for example, a network system that reflects a game result of a battle game on a corresponding blog.

  In recent years, with the development of network technology, various services using a network (particularly the Internet) have been proposed and provided. For example, Non-Patent Document 1 below provides a service that allows a mobile phone to freely view a replay of the content of an arcade mahjong game, and Non-Patent Document 2 below provides a replay video of an arcade fighting game on its own personal computer. A downloadable service is provided.

In recent years, a service for automatically writing game results of an online game on the player's blog (diary homepage) has also been provided (see Non-Patent Document 3). Such services are expected to increase the opportunities for people interested in online games to access the blog, so blog publishers who want more people to view their blogs It is thought that hope can be fulfilled.
“Reproduce famous games on mobile phones! Music app MJ.Viewer” “online”, SEGA, [Search January 10, 2007], Internet <URL: http: //www.sega-mj. com / mj.net / mj.net_mj1 / viewer.html> “> Competitive video creation service: Description of“ Competitive video service ” ”,“ Online ”, SEGA, Inc. [Search January 10, 2007], Internet <URL: http://www.virtuafighter.jp/doga_all.html> “Automatically update blog with game results-NHN“ Asoblog ””, “online”, ITmedia Inc., [Search January 10, 2007], Internet <URL: http://www.itmedia.co. jp / news / articles / 0605/15 / news075.html> Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 02-283390 International Publication No. 96/00601 Pamphlet

  By the way, the service in Non-Patent Document 3 reflects only the game result, which is a simple numerical value, on the blog of the player, and the comment must be written by himself. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to create a blog that makes other people feel more attractive. In addition, such game results are not meaningful information other than those who established the blog, and are not attractive information that motivates others to view the blog.

  As one method for solving such a problem, for example, a replay video of an online game or an arcade game is automatically reflected on the player's blog (the replay video of such a game is automatically posted on the player's blog). As you can see, there are ways to link these online games and arcades to blogs.

  According to this method, it is considered that the attractiveness of the blog can be increased without taking the trouble of the blog creator. This is because with the recent increase in computer expression capabilities, realistic movements and realistic characters can be displayed, and replay videos can be enjoyed with powerful game development for those other than blog creators. Because. In addition, according to this method, there is an advantage that a blog creator can browse a replay video of an online game or an arcade game played in the past at any time.

  As a technique related to a game replay moving image, a method of storing operation information of a player in a game and reproducing the game based on the stored operation information is disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, and is stored in a virtual space in the game. A method for storing the coordinates of a character and reproducing a game based on the stored coordinates is disclosed in Patent Document 2.

  However, when the replay video of an online game or arcade game is automatically reflected in the player's blog as described above, the online game and the arcade game are characters that are operated by a plurality of (usually two) players. Is a so-called fighting game in which fighting is performed in a virtual game space, the opponent player character appears in the replay video.

  In this case, as described above, posting a replay video of a fighting game on one's blog has no problem for a player on the winner side (usually a player who wants to publish a replay image on his / her blog). The player on the loser side feels uncomfortable because the replay video of the game is exposed to an unspecified number of eyes. Moreover, as a player on the loser side, there is a feeling that it is unbearable that an unspecified number of people can see the character loses due to his attachment to the personalized character he customized.

  In particular, in recent years, arcade games and online games that can be used to customize fighting game characters to their favorite form (hairstyle, costume, etc.) using a personal computer at home, etc., have also appeared. Yes. When a replay video of such an arcade game or online game is posted on a blog, it is also possible to specify the player from the form of the character, so the loser player publishes a replay image of the battle on the Internet It can be said that it is natural to hope that you do not want it.

  Such a problem is not limited to a fighting game, for example, a game in which a player battles with a gun or magic, a mahjong game in which a player character is displayed, and a battle using a character customized by the player. This is a problem that applies to all games that can be played.

  On the other hand, it can be understood as the psychology of the player who plays the battle game that the player on the winner side publishes the replay video of the game on his blog and wants many people to view it.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose an information providing system and an information providing method capable of reproducing a game image of a battle game so that a loser player cannot be identified.

  In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, in a game image reproduction system that reproduces a game image of a battle game in which characters that operate in response to operation inputs from a plurality of operation means battle each other, Collecting means for collecting image reproduction information for reproducing a game image in the game, and at least the character on the loser side among information on the form of each character included in the image reproduction information collected by the collecting means Information modifying means for modifying information relating to the form of the game, and reproducing means for reproducing the game image of the battle game on the display means based on the information for image reproduction modified by the information modifying means. To do.

  As a result, in this game image reproduction system, the character on the loser side is displayed in a form different from that in the game in the reproduced game image. In this case, such a character is not displayed in a mosaic display, a silhouette display, a transparent display, or a blur display, but is displayed in an appropriate form (for example, an initial state before customization) as a character. There is no loss of charm and reality.

  Further, in the present invention, in a game image reproduction method for reproducing a game image of a battle game in which characters operating in response to operation inputs from a plurality of operation means are played, the game image at the time of the battle game is reproduced. A first step of collecting image reproduction information for performing, and at least modifying information on the character form of the loser among the information on the form of each character included in the collected image reproduction information And a third step of reproducing a game image of the battle game on a display unit based on the modified image reproduction information.

  As a result, according to this game image reproduction method, the character on the loser side is displayed in a form different from that in the game in the reproduced game image. In this case, such a character is not displayed in a mosaic display, a silhouette display, a transparent display, or a blur display, but is displayed in an appropriate form (for example, an initial state before customization) as a character. There is no loss of charm and reality.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reproduce the game image of the battle game so that the loser player cannot be identified.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Configuration of Network System According to this Embodiment In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a network system according to this embodiment as a whole. In this network system 1, the game device 3 according to the present embodiment installed in each game center 2 nationwide is connected to a game server 7 of the game management company 6 and a Web via an in-store LAN (Local Area Network) 4 and the Internet 5. In addition to being connected to the server 8, the mobile phone 9 and the personal computer 10 owned by each user are connected to the game server 7 and the Web server 8 via the Internet 5.

  The game apparatus 3 is a communication battle type game apparatus capable of playing a fighting game with another user who operates another game apparatus 3 using a character customized by the user. As shown in FIG. 2, the game apparatus 3 is used for inserting a coin slot 20, an electronic money reader / writer 21, an operation input unit 24 including a joystick 22 and a plurality of buttons 23, and a game card 25 described later. A game card insertion slot 26, a display unit 27 made of CRT or LCD, an audio output unit 28 made of a speaker, and a circuit board storage unit 29 in which various circuit boards are stored.

  The game card 25 is an IC card that is issued at a game center or the like for a fee or free of charge. When the user registration is performed using a dedicated registration device installed at the game center 2 or the like, the game card 25 is assigned at the time of user registration. Further, the user ID of the user, the user's nickname set by the user at the time of user registration, the ID of the character selected by the user at the time of user registration and used in the fighting game, and character customization information to be described later are stored. The

  Note that user registration can also be performed by accessing a predetermined Web page from the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10. However, in this case, information cannot be stored in the user card, but only the user registration is performed first, and when the user card 25 is inserted into the registration device or the game device 3, the game server will be described later. 7 is stored in the user card 25. The game card 25 is not limited to an IC card, and may be a magnetic card.

  FIG. 3 shows an internal configuration of the game apparatus 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the game apparatus 3 includes a coin sensor 30, an electronic money reader / writer 31, an IC card reader / writer 31, an operation input unit 24, a communication unit 32, a storage unit 33, a control unit 34, and image generation. The unit 35 and the audio reproduction unit 36 are connected to each other via an internal bus 37, the display unit 27 is connected to the image generation unit 35, and the audio output unit 28 is connected to the audio reproduction unit 36. .

  The coin sensor 30 is a sensor for detecting the type and number of coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 20 (FIG. 2), and notifies the control unit 34 of the detection result. The electronic money reader / writer 21 is an interface for performing wireless communication with an electronic money-compatible mobile phone or electronic money card. Under the control of the control unit 34, various information relating to game fee settlement is sent to the mobile phone. Read and write to and electronic money cards.

  The IC card reader / writer 31 is an interface for reading / writing information from / to the IC card (game card 25). The IC card reader / writer 31 reads out necessary information from the game card 25 inserted through the game card insertion slot 26 (FIG. 2) and writes it in the storage unit 33, while it stores necessary information in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 34. Write to the game card 25.

  The communication unit 32 is composed of, for example, a LAN card, and communicates with the game server 7 and the web server 8 of another game apparatus 3 or the game operating company 6 via the in-store LAN 4 (FIG. 1) or the Internet 5 (FIG. 1). And exchange necessary information and commands.

  The storage unit 33 is composed of, for example, a semiconductor memory or a hard disk drive. The storage unit 33 stores a game program 38 for a fighting game provided by the game apparatus 3 and also stores the state (position, position) of each character for each frame accumulated during the game for generating a replay video to be described later. Current player acquired from the game server 7 (acquired from the game card 25 when the network is disconnected) based on the player data D1 including state information indicating the direction and the pattern number of the motion pattern) and the user ID read from the game card 25 The user data D2 is also temporarily stored in the storage unit 34.

  The control unit 34 is composed of, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes various processes based on a game program 38 stored in the storage unit 33. For example, the control unit 34, based on the game program 38, apex coordinates of polygons that are minute polygons constituting a character to be displayed in the game space, command data for designating texture data to be applied to the polygons, world of the polygons Image generation data including data specifying display coordinates in the coordinate system is generated, and is sent to the image generation unit 35.

  Based on the image generation data given from the control unit 34, the image generation unit 35 generates various characters such as a character generation process for generating such a character using polygons, an image composition process for a background image, a negative image process, and a clipping process. The generation process is executed, and the image data thus obtained is sent to the display unit 27. Thereby, a game image (moving image) based on the image data is displayed on the display unit 27.

  In addition, under the control of the control unit 34, the audio reproduction unit 36 performs reproduction processing of the corresponding game audio data among the various game audio data stored in the storage unit 33, and obtains the obtained audio signal. It is sent to the audio output unit 28. As a result, sound based on this sound signal is output from the sound output unit 28.

  The game server 7 is a server for mainly managing and operating the game apparatus 3 installed in each game center 2 (FIG. 1). As shown in FIG. 4, the storage unit 40, the control unit 41, and the communication unit 42 are connected to each other via an internal bus 43.

  The storage unit 40 is composed of a semiconductor memory, a hard disk drive, or the like. In addition to the server program 44 that is a control program for operating the game server 7, a user ID, a nickname, a battle history for each registered user, User data D1 composed of information such as ranking, play data D1 uploaded from the game apparatus 3 as described later, ranking data D3 composed of registered user ranking information, and the like are stored.

  The control unit 41 is a processor that controls the operation of the entire game server 7, and includes, for example, a CPU. When the control unit 41 executes the server program 44 stored in the storage unit 40, the game server 7 as a whole performs various processes. When the processing content of the control unit 41 of the game server 7 based on such a server program 44 is functionally classified, it can be divided into a matching management unit 45, a session management unit 46, a play data management unit 47, and a ranking management unit 48. . Among these, the matching management unit 45 is a function for determining and matching an opponent of the fighting game provided by the game apparatus 3 according to a predetermined rule (for example, a user having a close level) based on the user data D2. The session management unit 46 manages the start and end of each game. The play data management unit 47 is a function for managing the play data D1 transmitted from the game apparatus 3. The play data D1 is received, checked, processed, and transmitted to the Web server 8 of the processed play data D1. Perform processing. The ranking management unit 48 generates ranking data D3 and transmits the generated ranking data D3 to the Web server 8.

  The communication unit 42 is an interface for communicating with the game apparatus 3, the user's mobile phone 9 (FIG. 1), the personal computer 10 (FIG. 1), or the like via the Internet 5 (FIG. 1). The control unit 41 communicates with the Web server 7, each game device 3, each mobile phone 9, the personal computer 10, and the like via this communication unit 42.

  The web server 7 is a server for managing and operating a blog provided as a service by the game operating company 6 mainly for each registered user. The storage unit 50, the control unit 51, and the communication unit 52 are connected to the internal bus 53. Configured by being connected to each other. The storage unit 50, the control unit 51, and the communication unit 52 are the same as corresponding parts of the game server 7.

  In addition to the server program 54 that is a control program for operating the Web server 8, the storage unit 50 stores play data D1, user data D2, and ranking data D3 copied from the game server 7. The storage unit 50 of the Web server 8 also includes blog data D4 including text data of messages written on each user's blog managed by the game management company 6 and image data of images pasted on the blog. Stored.

  When the processing content of the control unit 51 of the Web server 8 based on the server program 54 is functionally classified, it can be divided into a user management unit 55, a blog data management unit 56, and a blog document generation unit 57. Among these, the user management unit 55 manages the user data D2 of each registered user, and performs a new user registration process, a registered user user data D2 change process, and the like. The blog data management unit 56 manages the contents of each user's blog, and updates the blog data D4 of the blog when a message or the like is written on any blog. Further, the blog document generation unit 57 manages text data such as messages written to each user's blog, and is written to the blog in response to a blog viewing request from the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10. The text data of the message is generated by a method that can be displayed by the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 (for example, HTML (Hypertext markup Language) method).

  As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile phone 9 includes a storage unit 60, a control unit 61, a communication unit 62, an audio processing unit 63, a camera control unit 64, an image generation unit 65, and an operation input unit 66 via an internal bus 67. In addition to being connected to each other, a communication interface unit 68 including an antenna and a radio circuit is connected to the communication unit 62, a speaker 69 and a microphone 70 are connected to the audio processing unit 63, and a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) is connected to the camera control unit 64, for example. Is connected to the image generation unit 65, and a display unit 72 including an LCD is connected to the image generation unit 65.

  The storage unit 60 is mainly composed of a semiconductor memory, and browses information provided on the Internet 5 (FIG. 1) in addition to a system program (not shown) for performing the function as the mobile phone 9. Game program playback, which is a plug-in for generating the above-described image generation data based on the play data D1 transmitted from the web server 8 of the game operating company 6 as will be described later. A plug-in 74 and the like are stored. The game image playback plug-in 74 may be downloaded from the Web server 7 of the game operating company 6 by the user or stored in the storage unit 60 when the mobile phone 9 is produced.

  The control unit 61 is a processor that controls the operation of the entire mobile phone 9. When the control unit 61 executes the system program stored in the storage unit 60, the browser program 73, and the game image playback plug-in 74, various functions are exhibited. In FIG. 5, the browser control unit 75 is a function that is exhibited when the control unit 61 executes the above-described browser program 73. The browser control unit 75 downloads an HTML file, an image file, an audio file, or the like from the Internet 5 and creates a layout. Analyzes and displays images and processes for playing music. The game image playback unit 76 is a function that is exhibited when the control unit 61 executes the game image playback plug-in 74, and generates the above-described image generation based on the play data D1 downloaded from the Web server 7 as described later. Process to generate data.

  The communication interface 68 and the communication unit 62 are interfaces for the mobile phone 9 to communicate with other mobile phones 9 and servers on the Internet 5 via the base station.

  The audio processing unit 63 performs predetermined signal processing such as analog / digital conversion processing on the audio signal output from the microphone 70 and transfers the obtained audio data to the communication unit 62. As a result, the voice data is transmitted to the mobile phone of the other party through the communication unit 62 and the communication interface unit 68. The voice processing unit 63 performs predetermined signal processing such as decompression processing and decoding processing on the voice data of the other party received via the communication unit 62 and the music data stored in the storage unit 60 to obtain The received audio signal or music signal is sent to the speaker 69. As a result, the voice of the other party on the basis of the voice signal and the music based on the music signal are output from the speaker 69.

  The camera control unit 64 gives the image data output from the camera unit 71 to the display unit 72 via the image generation unit 65, thereby causing the display unit 72 to display an image based on the image data, or in response to a user operation. In accordance with an imaging command given from the control unit 61, processing such as storing image data for one frame output from the camera unit 71 in the storage unit 60 is performed.

  The image generation unit 65 is composed of, for example, a graphic engine, generates image data based on the image generation data generated by the game image reproduction unit 76 of the control unit 61 as described above, and sends this to the display unit 72. . Thereby, the replay video based on the image data is displayed on the display unit 72.

  The operation input unit 66 includes various buttons provided on the mobile phone 9 and notifies the control unit 61 when any button is operated.

  Furthermore, the personal computer 10 is configured by connecting a storage unit 80, a control unit 81, a communication unit 82, an audio processing unit 83, and an image generation unit 84 via an internal bus 85. A speaker 86 is connected to the audio processing unit 83, a display device 87 such as a CRT or LCD is connected to the image generation unit 84, and an operation input device 88 such as a keyboard or a mouse is connected to the internal bus 85. ing.

  The communication unit 82 is an interface for communicating with a server on the Internet 5. The audio processing unit 83 performs predetermined signal processing such as decompression processing and decoding processing on the audio data stored in the storage unit 80, the audio file downloaded from the Internet 5 via the communication unit 82, and the like. The obtained audio signal is sent to the speaker 86. Thereby, voice and music based on the voice data are output from the speaker 86.

  The image generation unit 84 is the same as the corresponding part of the mobile phone 9, and the control unit 81 and the storage unit 80 have the same functions as the corresponding part of the game server 7 and the Web server 8. Description is omitted. The browser program 89 and the game image playback plug-in 90 stored in the storage unit 80 and the browser control unit 91 and the game image playback unit 92 in the control unit 81 are the same as the corresponding parts of the mobile phone 9.

(1-2) Game Linked Blog Service According to this Embodiment Next, a game linked blog service provided by the game management company 6 in the network system 1 will be described.

  As described above, the game management company 6 provides a service for opening a user's blog for free or for a fee to a user who has performed user registration. This blog is linked to a fighting game provided by the game management company 6 via the game device 3, and the user loads his game card 25 (FIG. 1) into the game device 3 and plays the game. The replay video of the fighting game can be posted on the user's blog.

  However, the other user can refuse to release the replay video as it is. In this case, a replay video in which the opponent user's character (hereinafter referred to as the opponent character) is replaced with a predetermined default character is posted on the blog of the user who wants to be posted. Become.

  Here, the setting change of the character form (hairstyle, costume, etc.) will be described. A user who has registered as a user of the game management company 6 selects a desired character from among a plurality of characters prepared in advance as a character to be used in the fighting game provided by the game apparatus 3, and enters the game server 7. You can register. Further, the user can freely change the setting of the character form registered in this way from the default state.

  FIG. 7 shows a flow of a series of processes relating to such a character form setting change.

  When changing the form of the registered character, the user operates the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 to access a web page of a predetermined site provided by the web server 8 of the game operating company 6 (SP1). The control unit 51 (FIG. 4) of the Web server 8 generates a predetermined user authentication screen in response to the user accessing the Web page (SP2), and transfers the screen data to the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10. Transmit (SP3).

  The control unit 61 (FIG. 5) or 81 (FIG. 6) of the mobile phone 9 or personal computer 10 that has received the screen data displays the user authentication screen on the display unit 72 (FIG. 5) or display device based on the screen data. 87 (FIG. 6) is displayed (SP4). Further, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 accept the user ID and password that the user subsequently inputs on the user authentication screen (SP5), and the entered user ID and password are received by the Web server 8. (SP6).

  When receiving the user ID and password, the control unit 51 of the Web server 8 performs user authentication based on the user ID and password and the user data D2 stored in the storage unit 50 (SP7), and accesses at that time. When it is confirmed that the user is a registered genuine user, a predetermined character setting screen for customizing the character form is generated (SP8), and the screen data is stored in the mobile phone 9 or personal computer. 10 (SP9).

  The control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 that have received the screen data display the character setting screen on the display unit 72 or the display device 87 based on the screen data (SP10). Further, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 thereafter accept the setting change of the character form that the user performs on the character setting screen (SP11). Then, when an instruction to execute the setting change is input from the user, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 transmit the contents of the setting change to the Web server 8 as character customization information (SP12). Thereafter, the setting change process is terminated (SP13).

  The items of the form of the character that can be changed by the user include the skin color, hair color, eye color and hairstyle of the character itself, items worn on the head such as shirts, pants and hats worn by the character, Items worn on the eyes such as glasses, items worn on the neck such as collars, items worn on the left hand such as gloves, items worn on the right hand such as gloves, items worn on the left foot such as shoes, and shoes There are items to be worn on the right foot. Therefore, the character customization information includes the ID of the option selected by the user for each item. In addition, as an item of the character form that can be changed by the user, other items may be applied, and the body shape can be changed by changing (stretching) the character's height and width. Also good.

  The control unit 51 of the Web server 8 that has received the character customization information changes the character customization information part of the user data D2 of the user registered in the storage unit 50 based on the character customization information (SP14). ). Further, the control unit 51 of the Web server 8 thereafter transmits the updated new character customization information to the game server 7 (SP15).

  And the control part 41 of the game server 7 will change the part of the character customization information of the user data of the user registered into the memory | storage part 40 based on this character customization information, if this character customization information is received (SP16). Thereby, the setting change of the character form is completed.

  A specific example of the character setting change is shown in FIG. FIG. 8A shows an expected state of a certain female character. As for the female character, when the hairstyle is changed and the setting is changed to attach the double signion cap, the appearance changes as shown in FIG. When the female character's clothes and hairstyle are changed and sunglasses are further worn, the appearance changes as shown in FIG. In addition, the appearance of the female character can be changed as shown in FIG. 8D or FIG. 8E by changing the setting of the hairstyle, clothes, and the like.

  Next, the flow of processing in the game device 3, the game server 7, and the Web server 8 when the user performs a fighting game on the game device 3 using the character customized as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and FIG. The portion representing the processing of the game device 3 in FIG. 9 is executed in both game devices 3 operated by each user who plays the fighting game.

  When the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 recognizes that a predetermined game fee has been paid by the user based on the notification from the coin sensor 30 or the electronic money reader / writer 21, first, is the game card 25 inserted? If it has been inserted, the user ID is read from the game card 25 (SP20) and transmitted to the game server 7 (SP21). In addition, the control unit 41 of the game server 7 that has received this user ID reads the user data D2 corresponding to the user ID from the storage unit 40, and transmits this to the game device 3 (SP22).

  When the control unit 34 of the game device 3 receives the user data D2, the control unit 34 operates another game device (hereinafter referred to as an opponent game device) operated by an opponent user (hereinafter referred to as an opponent user). Call 3). Further, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 stores the user data D2 of the own user and the user data D2 of the opponent user transmitted from the opponent game apparatus 3 in the storage unit 33 (SP23).

  Thereafter, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 generates the character of the own user based on the character customization information in the user data D2 of the own user stored in the storage unit 33, and the other user stored in the storage unit 33. The other user's character is generated based on the character customization information in the user data D2 (SP24). Then, a game image as shown in FIG. 11 in which these characters are arranged in the game space is generated by the image generation unit 35 and is displayed on the display unit 27.

  Thereafter, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 starts the game process and acquires operation information transmitted from the operation input unit 24 in response to a user operation (SP25). Further, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 updates the state information of the user's character based on the acquired operation information (SP26). The “character state information” here refers to the position (x coordinate, y coordinate and z coordinate) and direction (inclination angles θx and θy in the x direction and y direction with respect to the reference direction) in the game space. ) And the pattern number of the motion pattern at that time.

  Subsequently, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 transmits the updated state information of the user's character to the opponent game apparatus 3 (SP27), and is transmitted from the opponent game apparatus 3 in the same manner. The state information of the other user's character and the state information of the own user's character updated in step SP26 are stored in the storage unit 33 (SP28).

  Further, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 determines the character of the own user and the other user based on the latest character user's character state information and the other user's character state information accumulated in the storage unit 33 in step SP28. The image generation data described above in which the character state is changed as necessary is generated (SP29), and the generated image generation data for one frame is supplied to the image generation unit 35. As a result, a game image for one frame is generated by the image generation unit 35 based on the image generation data (SP30), and the game image is displayed on the display unit.

  Next, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 determines whether or not a game end condition is satisfied, for example, one character receives a certain amount of damage due to an attack from the other character (SP31). Then, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 returns to step SP25 when obtaining a negative result in this determination, and thereafter repeats the same processing until obtaining a positive result at step SP31 (SP25 to SP31-SP25).

  In this case, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 performs the processing from step SP25 to step SP31 in one frame cycle. As a result, in the storage unit 33 of the game apparatus 3, as shown in FIG. 12A, as the play data D1, state information (position, direction and motion) of the character of the user and the opponent user for each frame is obtained. Pattern numbers) are sequentially accumulated.

  If the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 eventually obtains a positive result in the determination of step SP31 because the game end condition is satisfied, the control unit 34 controls the image generation unit 35 to control the game as shown in FIG. A message 101 prompts the player to select one of the choices “I want to post”, “Do n’t write / OK”, and “Do n’t want / anonymous” as to whether or not to post the replay video on my blog. It is displayed on top (SP32). 13A is a screen displayed by the game device 3 used by the winner player, and FIG. 13B is a screen displayed by the game device 3 used by the loser player. is there.

  Here, “I want to post” is an option when it is desired to post the replay video of the game on its own blog (hereinafter, this is referred to as a first option as appropriate). When the first option is selected, the “A” button of the operation input unit 24 is pressed according to the display content. In addition, “No / No OK” is an option for allowing the replay video of the match to be posted on his / her blog but allowing the other user's blog to be posted as it is (hereinafter referred to as “No. 2). When this second option is selected, the “B” button of the operation input unit 24 is pressed according to the display content. In addition, “No / Anonymous Hope” does not want to post the replay video of the match on his / her blog, and also wants to change the form of his / her character when posting it on the other user's blog This is an option (hereinafter referred to as a third option as appropriate). When this third option is selected, the “C” button of the operation input unit 24 is pressed according to the display content.

  Then, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 waits for both the own user and the opponent user to select one of the first to third options (SP33). Specifically, in the case of the present embodiment, the game apparatus 3 determines which option has been selected when the user selects one of the first to third options. Since the game device 3 is configured to notify the game device 3, it waits for the user to select one of the options and to notify the option selected by the partner user from the partner game device 3.

  Then, when the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 confirms that both of the user and the other user have selected one of the options, the option selected by the user and the option selected by the other user are determined. As for the combination pattern, the combination pattern is a combination pattern in which both the own user and the counterpart user are the first choice, or the own user is the first choice and the counterpart user is the second choice (first combination pattern). And either the combination pattern (second combination pattern) in which the user is the first option and the other user is the second or third option, or any other combination pattern (third combination pattern) It is determined whether there is (SP34).

  When the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 determines that the combination pattern is the first combination pattern, the user ID and the nickname of each of the own user and the opponent user stored in the storage unit 33, The character ID, character customization information, and status information for each frame of the own user character and the opponent user character are transmitted to the game server 7 as play data D1 of the battle (SP35).

  When the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 determines that the combination pattern is the second combination pattern, the control unit 34 replaces the opponent user with a virtual default user and sets the opponent character as a default character. The replaced play data is generated. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12B, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 sets the user ID of the opponent user in the above-described play data D1 to “none”, and sets the nickname to the default nickname (FIG. 12). (B) is “Akira”), the character ID of the opponent user's character is the default ID (ID of the character “Akira” in FIG. 12B), and the character customization information of the other user's character is “None”. "(The setting has not been changed from the default state) is generated. Then, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 transmits the play data D1 to the game server 7 (SP36).

  In contrast, if the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 3 determines that the combination pattern is the third combination pattern, the control unit 34 ends the process related to the battle without transmitting the play data D1.

  On the other hand, after transmitting the user data D2 to the game apparatus 3 in step SP22, the control unit 41 of the game server 7 waits for play data D1 to be transmitted from the game apparatus 3 (SP37). When the control unit 41 of the game server 7 cannot receive the play data D1 within a predetermined time after transmitting the user data D2 to the game apparatus 3 in step SP22, the control unit 41 ends the process related to the battle.

  On the other hand, when the control unit 41 of the game server 7 can receive the play data D1 within the predetermined time, the control unit 41 checks the validity of the received play data D1 (SP38), and then stores the play data D1. Then, it is transmitted to the Web server 8 together with the user ID of the user who played the game on the game apparatus 3 that has transmitted the play data D1 (SP39).

  Further, when receiving the play data D1 and the user ID (SP40), the control unit 51 of the Web server 8 stores the play data D1 and the user ID in the storage unit 40 (SP41). Further, the control unit 51 of the Web server 8 updates the content of the user's blog data D4 in order to post the replay video of the battle at that time on the user's blog corresponding to the user ID, and the blog data D4. In step SP41, a link is established between the play data D1 stored in the storage unit 50 (SP42). Thereby, a series of processes for the battle is completed.

  Next, a flow when an arbitrary user accesses a web page of a blog (hereinafter referred to as a blog page) on which a replay video of a fighting game is posted as described above and browses the replay video is illustrated in FIG. This will be described with reference to FIGS.

  A user who wants to browse such a blog page operates the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 to access the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the blog page of the desired blog provided by the Web server 8 (SP50). Then, the control unit 51 of the Web server 8 generates page data of the blog page corresponding to the accessed URL in the HTML format (SP51), and transmits the page data to the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 (SP52). .

  FIG. 15 shows a configuration example of the blog page 110 provided by the Web server 8 according to this embodiment. The blog page 110 includes a blog column 111 for each day on which a user who is a blog creator writes or a day in which a replay video of a game is posted. Also, in the blog column 111 of the day on which the replay video of the game is posted, a replay video display unit 112 for displaying the replay video posted on that day, a playback button 113 for starting playback of the replay video, A stop button 114 for stopping the reproduction and a message field 115 for displaying a message written by a viewer of the blog page 110 are displayed.

  On the other hand, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 that have received the page data cause the browser control units 75 and 91 to display the blog page 110 based on the page data on the display unit 72 or the display device 87 ( SP53). Then, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 then play back in any blog column (blog column on the day on which the replay video of the game is posted) 111 in the blog page 110 by the viewer. When it is detected that the button 112 has been clicked (SP54), the game video playback plug-ins 74 and 90 stored in the storage units 60 and 80 are activated, and a transfer request for the corresponding play data D1 is sent to the Web server 8. Transmit (SP55).

  Receiving this transfer request, the control unit 51 of the Web server 8 retrieves the corresponding play data D1, reads it from the storage unit 50, and transmits it to the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 (SP56).

  When receiving the play data D1, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 reproduce the game image (replay video) based on the play data D1. Specifically, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 sequentially generate image generation data for each frame, and send image data based on the image generation data to the image generation units 65 and 84. A game image based on the obtained image data is displayed on the replay video display unit 112 in the corresponding blog column 111 of the blog page 110 displayed on the display unit 72 or the display device 87 at that time (SP57). .

  Thereafter, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 reproduce the play data D1 to the end or wait for the stop button 114 in the corresponding blog column 111 to be clicked. When it is replayed to the end or when it is recognized that the stop button 114 has been clicked based on the notification from the operation input unit 66 or the operation input device 88, the replay processing of this game image (replay video) is terminated (SP58).

(1-3) Effect of this Embodiment In the above configuration, the network system 1 posts a replay video of an arcade game performed by the user on the user's blog in response to the user's request. At this time, in the network system 1, when the partner user requests that the partner character be concealed, the partner character is replaced with a default character and the replay video is displayed on the user's blog. Publish.

  Therefore, in this network system 1, even when a replay video of such a battle game is posted on a blog, it is possible to specify a user who has lost the battle game based on the replay video. Thus, while satisfying the requirement that the user who won the battle game wants to publish the replay video of the battle game on his blog, the user who lost the battle game against publishing the replay video on the blog Discomfort can be reduced, and a network system that can create an attractive blog without generating trouble without causing unnecessary trouble can be realized.

(2) Second Embodiment In FIG. 1, reference numeral 120 denotes a network system according to the second embodiment. The network system 120 is configured in the same manner as the network system 1 according to the first embodiment except that the image generation data based on the play data D1 is generated by the Web server 121.

  That is, in the network system 1 according to the first embodiment, the blog page 110 (FIG. 15) is used to generate the image generation data based on the play data D1 and the replay video image data based on the image generation data. It was performed on the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 of the browsing user. On the other hand, in the network system 120 according to the present embodiment, the image data of the replay video is generated by the Web server 121 and transmitted to the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140. Only a game image reproduction process (display process) based on the image data is performed.

  For this reason, in the network system 120 according to the present embodiment, the control unit 51 based on the server program 122 stored in the storage unit 50 of the Web server 121, as shown in FIG. As a processing function, a game image reproduction unit 123 having the same functions as the game image reproduction units 76 and 92 of the mobile phone 9 or the personal computer 10 according to the first embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 is provided. Yes. In addition, in this network system 120, the same function as the image generation unit 124 of the mobile phone 6 or the personal computer 10 according to the first embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. An image generation unit is provided. Thereby, in the Web server 121, the image data for reproduction is generated by the game image reproduction unit 123 based on the play data D1 stored in the storage unit 50, and the image data of the replay video based on the image data for reproduction is generated. The image generation unit 124 can generate the image.

  Further, in the mobile phone 130, as shown in FIG. 17 in which parts corresponding to those in FIG. 5 are assigned the same reference numerals, a moving image playback plug-in 131 is stored in the storage unit 60, and the control unit 61 controls Image data transmitted from the Web server 121 can be played back by the video playback unit 132, which is a function that is exhibited by executing the IN 131. Similarly, in the case of the personal computer 140, as shown in FIG. 18 in which the same reference numerals are assigned to the parts corresponding to FIG. 6, the moving image playback plug-in 141 is stored in the storage unit 80, and the control unit 81 Image data transmitted from the Web server 121 can be played back by the moving picture playback unit 142, which is a function exhibited by executing the playback plug-in 141.

  FIG. 19 shows a part of the flow of processing in the game server 7 and the Web server 121 when the user plays a fighting game on the game apparatus 3 using his / her character in the network system 120. Since the processing contents of the game apparatus 3 and the game server 7 before this are the same as the steps SP20 to SP36 of FIG. 9 described in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 19, the control unit 41 and 51 of the game server 7 and the Web server 121 perform steps SP60 to SP64 in the same manner as the steps SP37 to SP41 of FIG. 10 described in the first embodiment. To process.

  Thereafter, the control unit 51 of the Web server 121 publishes the replay video of the battle at that time on the user's blog of the user ID transmitted from the game server 7 together with the play data D1, so that the content of the user's blog data D4 Update. Further, the control unit 51 of the Web server 121 forms a folder for storing the image data of the replay video generated based on the blog data D4, and creates a link between the file and the blog data (SP65). .

  On the other hand, FIG. 20 shows a flow when an arbitrary user accesses the blog page 110 (FIG. 15) on which a replay video of a game is posted and browses the replay video in the network system 120.

  20, the control units 41 and 51 of the mobile phone 130 and the personal computer 140 process step SP70 to step SP73 in the same manner as step SP50 to step SP53 of FIG. 14 described in the first embodiment. Then, the control units 61 and 81 of the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140 click the play button 113 in one of the blog fields (blog field on the day when the game replay video is posted) 111 in the blog page 110 by the user. When it is detected (SP74), the moving image playback plug-ins 131 and 141 are activated and a corresponding replay moving image data transfer request is transmitted to the Web server 121 (SP75).

  Receiving this transfer request, the control unit 51 of the Web server 121 searches the corresponding play data D1, generates image data of the replay video based on the detected play data D1 (SP76), and generates the generated image data. After compression processing or the like, the data is transmitted to the mobile phone 130 or personal computer 140 (SP77).

  When receiving the image data, the control units 41 and 51 of the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140 perform predetermined signal processing such as expansion processing on the image data, and then convert the image data into the image generation units 65 and 65. 84. Then, the image generation units 65 and 84 generate a replay video based on the image data, and generate a composite image fitted in the replay video display unit 112 in the corresponding blog column 111 of the blog page 110 that the user is browsing at that time. Then, the composite image data obtained in this way is transmitted to the display unit 72 or the display device 87. Thereby, based on this synthetic image data, a replay image is displayed on the replay video display unit 112 in the corresponding blog 111 column of the blog page 110 displayed on the display unit 72 or the display device 87 (SP78).

  Thereafter, the control units 41 and 51 of the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140 reproduce the play data D1 to the end or wait for the stop button 114 in the corresponding blog column 111 to be clicked. When replaying to the end or recognizing that the stop button has been clicked is recognized based on the notification from the operation input unit 66 or the operation input device 88, the replay video replay processing is terminated (SP79).

  As described above, in the network system 120 according to the present embodiment, since the image generation data based on the play data D1 is generated in the Web server 121, the user tries to view the replay video published on the blog page 110. Even when the processing performance of the user's mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 120 is low and the generation processing of the image generation data based on the play data D1 and the generation processing of the image data based on this cannot be performed, there is no problem. A user can view the replay video on the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 120.

(3) Third Embodiment In FIG. 1, reference numeral 150 denotes a network system according to the third embodiment. The network system 150 is configured in the same manner as the network system 120 according to the second embodiment, except that image data of a replay video based on the play data D1 is generated and stored in the Web server 151 in advance.

  In practice, in the network system 120 according to the present embodiment, a control unit based on the server program 152 stored in the storage unit 50 of the Web server 151, as shown in FIG. As the processing function 51, a game image reproduction unit 153 having substantially the same function as the game image reproduction unit 123 of the Web server 121 in the second embodiment described above with reference to FIG.

  Then, the control unit 51 of the Web server 151 does not wait for the image data transfer request from the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140, and the image generation data based on the play data D1 stored in the storage unit 50. In addition to the generation by the game image reproduction unit 153, the image generation unit 123 generates image data of a replay moving image based on the image generation data, and the generated image data is stored in the storage unit 50. As described above, the generation timing of the replay video image data based on the play data D1 may be immediately after the play data D1 is uploaded from the game apparatus 3 or when the load on the Web server 151 is low. It may be timing.

  The control unit 51 of the Web server 151 then sends the corresponding image data when a transfer request for image data of the replay video is given from the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140 of the user browsing the blog page 110. Is read from the storage unit 50 and transmitted to the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140.

  As a result, in the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140, the replay video is reproduced based on the image data in the same manner as in the second embodiment, and the replay video that has been reproduced is then transmitted to the mobile phone. 130 or the display part 72 (FIG. 17) of the personal computer 140 or the replay video display part 112 in the corresponding blog column 111 of the blog page 110 displayed on the display device 84 (FIG. 18).

  As described above, in the network system 150 according to the present embodiment, the image generation data based on the play data D1 is generated and stored in advance in the Web server 121, so that, for example, transfer requests for replay video image data are concentrated. Even in this case, these transfer requests can be handled.

(4) Fourth Embodiment In FIG. 1, reference numeral 160 denotes a network system according to the fourth embodiment. In this network system 160, the game device 161 generates image generation data based on the play data D1 and image data of a game image (replay video) based on the image generation data, and a Web server associated therewith The configuration is the same as that of the network system 120 according to the second embodiment except that the processing content of 170 is different.

  In practice, in network system 160 according to the present embodiment, a control unit based on game program 162 stored in storage unit 33 of game device 161, as shown in FIG. As a processing function 34, a game image reproduction unit 163 having substantially the same function as the game image reproduction unit 123 of the Web server 121 in the second embodiment described above with reference to FIG.

  Then, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 161 generates image generation data based on the play data D1 stored in the storage unit 33 by the game image reproduction unit 163, and also replay video images based on the image generation data. Data is generated by the image generation unit 35, and the generated image data is stored in the storage unit 33. Further, the control unit 34 of the game apparatus 161 thereafter uploads this image data to the Web server 170. Note that the timing at which the replay video image data is generated based on the play data D1 in the game device 161 may be immediately after the game ends, or when the game device 161 has sufficient power, or may be at other timing. . Similarly, the timing for uploading the image data of the replay video stored in the storage unit 33 of the game device 161 to the Web server 170 may be immediately after the image data is stored in the storage unit 33, or the game device 161 has spare capacity. There may be times when there is, and timings other than this may be used.

  On the other hand, the Web server 170 includes an image data management unit as a processing function of the control unit 51 based on the server program 171 stored in the storage unit 50, as shown in FIG. 172 is provided. Then, the control unit 51 of the Web server 170 stores the replay video image data transmitted from the game device 161 in a predetermined area in the storage unit 50, and checks and manages the image data stored in the storage unit 50. This is performed by the management unit 172.

  Further, the control unit 51 of the Web server 170 receives a transfer request for image data of a replay video from the user's mobile phone 130 or personal computer 140 who is viewing the blog page 110 thereafter, and the image data management unit 172 Corresponding image data is read from the storage unit 50 and transmitted to the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140.

  As a result, in the mobile phone 130 or the personal computer 140, the replay video is reproduced based on the image data in the same manner as in the second embodiment, and the replay video that has been reproduced is then transmitted to the mobile phone. 130 or the display part 72 (FIG. 17) of the personal computer 140 or the replay video display part 112 in the corresponding blog column 111 of the blog page 110 displayed on the display device 84 (FIG. 18).

  As described above, in the network system 160 according to the present embodiment, the image generation data generation process based on the play data D1 and the image data generation process based on the image generation data are performed in the game device 161. The load required for data generation can be distributed to each game device 161, whereby the load on the Web server 170 can be distributed so that other processes on the Web server 170 are not adversely affected.

(5) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied when reproducing a game image of a fighting game has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. In short, if the game image of a battle game in which characters that operate in response to an external operation are played back is reproduced, the present invention can also be applied to cases where the type of battle game is other than a fighting game.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the replay image of the game is posted on the blog page of the player has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the replay image provided by the game management company 6 May be posted on a web page other than the player's blog page, such as a dedicated web page for posting.

  Furthermore, as the above-mentioned embodiment, the state information of each character for each frame in the game is stored, and the case where the replay video of the game is displayed using this state information has been described. The present invention is not limited to this. For example, the operation information of each player in the game may be stored, and the replay video may be displayed based on the operation information. A method for displaying the replay video (stored during the game) Various other methods can be widely applied as image reproduction information for image reproduction and a game image reproduction method using the image reproduction information).

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the game posted on the player's blog page according to the present invention is an arcade game is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, an online game or a game played at home The same applies to.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the game apparatus 3 is applied as a collecting unit that collects image reproduction information (play data in the embodiment) for reproducing a game image at the time of a battle game. Although the case has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a device that collects information for image reproduction from each game device 3 in a lump may be installed on the game center 2 or the Internet 5.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where only the information regarding the form of the loser character included in the play data is modified has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the form of the character on the winner side is described. The information may be modified according to the player's request or the like.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the information on the character form of the loser is modified, the character customization information is set to “none”, that is, the information is modified so as to be the default form of the character. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and information regarding the form of the loser character may be modified so that the character itself is changed to another character.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the game devices 3 and 161 are applied as the information modification means for modifying the information regarding the form of the loser character is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may make it apply the game server 8 and Web server 8,121,151,170.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the game device is used as a reproduction unit that reproduces the game image of the modified game on the display unit (the display unit 72 of the mobile phone 9 or 130 or the display unit 87 of the personal computer 10 or 140). 161, the Web server 130, the mobile phone 9, 130, or the personal computer 10, 140 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices such as a dedicated server are provided. May be applied.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the Web server 8, 121, 151, 170, the mobile phone 9, 130, or the personal computer 10, 140 as posting means for posting the replay image on the corresponding Web page is shown in FIG. Although the case where it is configured as shown in FIG. 6 has been described, various other configurations are widely applied as configurations of the Web servers 8, 121, 151, 170, the mobile phones 9, 130, and the personal computers 10, 140. can do.

  The present invention can be widely applied to network systems having various configurations that reflect game images of a battle game on corresponding blogs.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the network system to which this invention is applied. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of a game device. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the game device by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game server and Web server by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the personal computer by 1st Embodiment. It is a timing chart with which it uses for description of the flow of a process regarding the setting change of a character form. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the setting change of the form of a character. It is a timing chart with which it uses for description of the flow of a process from the start of a game until play data is registered into a web server. It is a timing chart with which it uses for description of the flow of a process from the start of a game until play data is registered into a web server. It is a figure which shows an example of a game image. It is a figure where it uses for description of processing of play data and play data. It is a figure where it uses for description of the confirmation process of the blog posting performed with respect to a user. It is a timing chart with which it uses for description of the flow of a process at the time of the browsing of the replay image published on the blog. It is a basic diagram which shows an example of a blog page. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game server and Web server by 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone by 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the personal computer by 2nd Embodiment. It is a timing chart with which it uses for description of the flow of a process from the start of the game in a network system of 2nd Embodiment until play data is registered into a web server. It is a timing chart with which it uses for description of the flow of a process at the time of browsing of the replay image posted on the blog in the network system of 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game server and Web server by 3rd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the game device by 4th Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game server and Web server by 4th Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  1, 120, 150, 160... Network system, 3, 161... Game device, 6... Game management company, 4 .. game server, 8, 121, 151, 170. Mobile phone, 10, 140 ... personal computer, 25 ... game card, 27, 72 ... display unit, 33, 40, 50, 60, 80 ... storage unit, 34, 41, 51, 61, 81 ... Control unit, 35, 65, 84, 124... Image generation unit, 38, 162... Game program, 44, 54, 122, 152, 171 .. server program, 74, 90. , 92, 153, 163... Game image playback unit, 88... Display device, 110... Blog page, 112 .. replay video display unit, 131 and 141. Plug-ins, D1 ...... play data, D2 ...... user data.

Claims (12)

In a game image reproduction system that reproduces a game image of a battle game in which characters that operate in response to operation inputs from a plurality of operation means battle each other,
A collecting means for collecting image reproduction information for reproducing a game image at the time of the battle game;
Information modifying means for modifying at least information on the character form of the loser among the information on the form of each character included in the image reproduction information collected by the collecting means;
A game image reproduction system comprising: reproduction means for reproducing a game image of the battle game on a display means based on the information for image reproduction modified by the information modification means. The game image reproduction system according to claim 1, further comprising posting means for posting the game image of the battle game reproduced by the reproduction means on a corresponding Web page. The web page
The game image reproduction system according to claim 2, which is a blog of a player on the winner side of the battle game. The information modifying means includes
2. The game image reproduction system according to claim 1, wherein information relating to a form of the loser-side character included in the image reproduction information is modified according to a request of a loser-side player. The image reproduction information is
The game image reproduction system according to claim 1, further comprising state information representing a state of each character for each frame. The information modifying means includes
The game image reproduction system according to claim 1, wherein the information on the form of the loser character is modified so that the character on the loser side is replaced with a predetermined character. In a game image reproduction method for reproducing a game image of a battle game in which characters that operate in response to operation inputs from a plurality of operation means battle each other,
A first step of collecting image reproduction information for reproducing a game image at the time of a battle of the battle game;
A second step of modifying at least information on the character form of the loser among the information on the form of each character included in the collected information for image reproduction;
A game image reproduction method comprising: a third step of reproducing a game image of the battle game on display means based on the modified image reproduction information. The game image reproduction method according to claim 7, further comprising a fourth step of posting the reproduced game image of the battle game on a corresponding Web page. The web page
The game image reproducing method according to claim 8, wherein the blog is a blog of a player on the winner side of the battle game. In the second step,
The game image reproduction method according to claim 7, wherein information relating to the form of the loser-side character included in the image reproduction information is modified according to a request of a loser-side player. The image reproduction information is
The game image reproduction method according to claim 7, comprising state information representing a state of each character for each frame. In the second step,
The game image reproduction method according to claim 7, wherein the information on the form of the loser character is modified so that the character on the loser side is replaced with a predetermined character.

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