JP2008220914A - Play card for video game - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate troublesomeness of a card for a video game that a plurality of cards need be combined, and make it possible to function by a single card. <P>SOLUTION: The card is usable for a video game system comprising a character generating means to generate a character displayed on a first card carrying a first code, a trick setting means to set a trick displayed on a second card carrying a second code, a win/loss determining means to determine win or loss based on the degree of superiority of selected items out of a plurality of choices by at least two players, and a display means to display images on the screen in which the character generated by the character generating means carries out the trick set by the trick setting means to fight based on the win or loss determined by the win/loss determining means. The card is in a roughly polygonal shape to have a unidimensional code range on each side in parallel to the side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game card having a one-dimensional code on each side used in a video game system.

The applicant of the present application has announced a game device for playing by inputting a card using a game card based on a beetle battle. In this game machine, the beetle is projected on a display monitor by computer graphics technology, and the beetle is displayed as a moving image from all angles.
The content of the game is a card fighting game where beetles fight each other, combining musi cards and deliberate cards, inputting these cards from the card reader provided in the game device, and fighting with the Janken method, just like the real thing The world's beetles that have been recreated and their special moves are the best part.
As for the work card, up to 3 hitting works, scissing works, and throwing works can be input one by one (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  JP-A-2005-104121

  In the above invention, it is possible to input up to 3 bug cards and up to 3 special cards that match the bug, so it is necessary to find the best combination from the cards on hand when playing games. It was hard to find the combination among many cards. Or, when there are almost no cards, the number of cards that can be input is limited, and when participating in the game, the player is in a weak position and cannot win the game. Accordingly, in order to solve these problems, the present application is to provide a special deck card that is strongest with a minimum combination in advance. Thus, it eliminates the hassle of a video game card that combines a plurality of cards, and incorporates the function of one card.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is generated by code reading means for reading a code stored on a card, computer program execution means for executing a game in which a battle is played with at least two characters, and the computer program execution means. A display screen for displaying the image, character generation means for generating a character corresponding to the first code read by the reading means and displayed on the first card on which the first code is recorded, Corresponding to the second code read by the reading means, a technique setting means for setting the technique displayed on the second card in which the second code is recorded, and a plurality of selection candidates by at least two players Win / loss determination means for determining win / loss based on superiority or inferiority between the selected items, and the win / loss determiner And a display means for displaying on the display screen an image in which the character generated by the character generating means executes a technique set by the technique setting means and fights based on the win / loss determined by It is a card used in the system, and is a video game play card having a substantially polygonal shape having different one-dimensional code areas in parallel with each side.

  According to the above invention, a plurality of codes can be attached by attaching different one-dimensional codes to each side of a substantially polygonal video game game card, and manually loading them into a video game reading means. So, you can have several types of codes.

Furthermore, in addition to the above-mentioned invention, the present invention provides a video game play card characterized by having a substantially polygonal shape having a one-dimensional code area that is the same for both sides and parallel to each side. In addition to any of the above inventions, at least one side of the card has a substantially polygonal shape displaying information relating to the one-dimensional code of each side. Furthermore, in addition to any of the above inventions, at least one side of the card is a video card game card characterized in that information on the one-dimensional code of each side has a substantially polygonal shape having attributes for each side. Further, in addition to any one of the above inventions, the region on the extension along the side of the one-dimensional code region of each side has a substantially polygonal shape in which the one-dimensional code region of the adjacent side is not covered. It is a game card for video games. Further, in addition to any of the above inventions, the video game play card is characterized in that the area corresponding to each vertex of the substantially polygonal shape is a substantially polygonal shape having a roundness on a plane. Furthermore, in addition to any one of the above, a substantially polygonal shape with a mark serving as an index of the degree of compatibility with predetermined information indicated by the one-dimensional code is provided along the one-dimensional code region. It is a game card for video games.
In the present invention, according to the above-described invention, a plurality of contents can be included in one card, and each can be scanned and reflected in a video game.

Furthermore, the present invention, in addition to any of the above inventions, includes a substantially polygonal card, and a substantially square card having a one-dimensional code parallel to at least one side in relation to the substantially polygonal card. It is a video game play card characterized in that it is detachably pasted on the same surface of the mount.
Furthermore, in the present invention, one of the above substantially polygonal cards, a character is attached to one side, and a one-dimensional code indicating the character is parallel to at least one side, and the mark corresponds to the mark shown in claim 7. The video game card is characterized in that a substantially rectangular card with a mark having information is attached to the same surface of the mount so as to be peelable.
According to the present invention, two types of cards can be combined as a deck.

  According to the above, the player can participate in the game with only a special deck of cards, and it is not necessary to have a lot of cards, and a single card contains multiple cards. So it's very convenient for storage and above all it has a special shape so it won't stand out and be lost.

  The video game system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a game apparatus capable of card input.
The game device 10 is provided with an operation console 12 projecting in front of the center of a vertical casing having a height of about 130 cm. The card reader 13 is attached to the center of the operation console 12 so that the card can be scanned in the vertical direction. Yes. Three input buttons 14a, 14b, and 14c are provided on the left and right operation desks of the card reader 13, respectively. Similarly, the left input button 14 is for one person, and the right input button 15 (15a, 15b, 15c) is for two persons. On the upper side of the console 2, a display monitor 16 is attached to the chassis facing the front and covered with a monitor cover. A card outlet 17 is provided at the lower center of the housing so that game cards can be paid out from the card vendor 18 in the housing. There is a coin selector 19 at the lower left of the console 12. Furthermore, there is a speaker 11 at the lower right of the console 12, and various sound effects during the game are output. This video game system is popular among boys as a game system “Ancient King Dinosaur King (registered trademark)” based on the theme of dinosaur battle.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the control block of the game machine. The control circuit 50 includes a CPU 51, a program memory 52, a data memory 53 (RAM and flash memory), an input interface 54, a display circuit unit 55, a sound circuit unit 56, and an output interface 57 connected via a bus.
The card reader 13 reads the bar code of the game card 20 scanned by the player and supplies it to the input interface 54, and the information is stored in the data memory 53.

  Based on this information, the CPU 51 proceeds with the game according to the program stored in the program memory 52, and selects a beetle character corresponding to the card scanned by the card reader 13 from a plurality of dinosaur characters recorded in the memory program 52 in advance. This is selected, sent to the display circuit unit 55, and output to the display monitor 16 as an image.

The operation signals of goo, choki and par from the input buttons 14 and 15 are supplied to the input interface 54, and these operation signals are temporarily stored in the data memory 53.
A predetermined memory address of the data memory 53 is set with a work area (not shown) for temporarily storing various game parameters and buffering player input data.

  For example, janken type selection information, attack option setting information, a variable parameter value indicating the amount of damage caused by bugs, and the like are written as player input data. The CPU 51 makes a judgment of junk based on this information, calculates damage, and sends a generation signal to the display circuit unit 55 and the sound circuit unit 56 based on data registered in advance in the program memory 52. Output signals are output to the monitor display 16 and the speaker 19, respectively. As a result, the display monitor 16 displays the battle scene as a moving image and advances the game while changing the level of the physical strength meter.

FIG. 3 shows three views of the card reader body. 3A is a plan view of the card reader body, FIG. 3B is a front view, and FIG. 3C is a side view.
In the card reader main body 60, a card passage groove 61 for passing a card is provided at a certain depth, penetrates through each end face 62, and a signal can be sent to the outside by a cable 63. The groove width of the card passage groove 61 is wider toward both end faces 62, and the card can be easily inserted from either side.

  The barcode of the card can be read by sliding the card side piece upright on the bottom surface 64 of the card passage groove 61 and sliding it as it is. At this time, the card touches the bottom face 64 of the card passage groove and scans in the correct posture, but since the card is slid by holding it by hand, even if the card is slightly tilted during scanning, as shown in each figure, If the inclination in each direction is within the range of alpha, beta, and theta, the specification is acceptable.

  4 shows an example of the internal structure of the card reader body, FIG. 4 (A) is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 4 (B) is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. The card detection light sensor 66 and the card detection light emitting LED 67 attached to the substrate 65 are paired, and are provided in the vicinity of each end face through which the card passage groove 61 passes through a small hole 61a provided in the card passage groove. It is detected that there is a card in the card passage groove 61. Even if a card is inserted from any end face 62, it can be detected.

  One side wall located in the middle of the card passage groove 61 has an opening 61b. A light emitting lamp 68 and a reading light sensor 69 are provided on the substrate 65 inside the card passage groove. While the card detection optical sensor 66 detects the presence of a card, the card is irradiated into the card passage groove 61 from the opening 61b, irradiated to the barcode of the scanned card, and the reflected light is read. The bar code data is converted into digital information by an analysis circuit (not shown) of the board 65 and input to the optical sensor 69, and the analyzed output signal is transmitted to the control circuit on the game device side via the cable 63.

  In the above description, the card detection light sensor 66 and the card detection light projection LED 67 are attached in two pairs, and the reading sensor is operated only while the card is scanned. As a configuration of only the sensor 69, the bar code of the card may be read by allowing the light-emitting lamp 68 to always emit light and to stand by.

In order to play a game using the above card, the card reader 13 of the game apparatus 10 is scanned with a card with a bar code, a code is read to read a code stored on the card, and a battle is played by at least two characters. By doing a fighting game.
The character image corresponding to the code read by executing the computer program is read from the storage unit and displayed on the display monitor 16.
Corresponding to the code of the dinosaur card read by the card reader 13, the character of the dinosaur displayed on the card surface where the code is recorded is generated on the screen, and corresponds to the code of the purpose card read by the card reader 13 Then, set the technique displayed on the card where the code is recorded, and an item selected from a plurality of goo, choki, and par selection candidates by at least two players (in this case, one may be a computer) Based on the superiority or inferiority, the winning / losing is determined, and based on the determined winning / losing, an image of the generated dinosaur character performing the set technique and fighting is displayed on the display screen.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the card is scanned. The player holds the card 20 in his hand and pulls the card diagonally sideways from the front side of the card reader 3 and pulls the card to the front lower side to scan the card. Of course, you may scan from the near side to the opposite side.
Up to three “dinosaur card 20” and “work card 30” cards can be used at a time. The player causes the card reader 3 to sequentially scan these cards 20 and 30 and input them to the game apparatus 1. The strength of the dinosaur varies depending on how the two cards 20 and 30 are combined.
When fighting with two people, the first player scans the musi card, the work card, the next player enters the dinosaur card, the work card, and then introduces each other's hands, each other's dinosaur, And each work will be introduced to know each other's hands.

Usually, the game card used is demonstrated. This game card is usually a card having a length of 88 mm and a width of 63 mm called a playing card size. Both cards are made of thick paper.
There are two types of cards that the game device 1 pays out to the card removal slot 17 during play, a “dinosaur card” representing the type of dinosaur itself, and a “work card” representing a technique that the dinosaur pays out regardless of the type of dinosaur. There is.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a dinosaur card. On the back and front of the long side under the dinosaur card 20, the same barcode 21 unique to the card is printed along the long side, and the code of the dinosaur is recorded. A dinosaur picture (character) 22 is drawn in the center of the card. The name 23 of the dinosaur, an attribute illustration 24 indicating its attribute (one of flame, water, thunder, earth, grass, or wind), deadly skill 25 ( Goo, Choki, or Par), Technique 26, Strength 27 are described.

  A quick reference table 28 is arranged along the short side below the right side of the card, and six small squares are arranged, and are colored so that one of the small squares can be identified. FIG. 2B shows the back side, and all the dinosaur cards have the same pattern except the contents of the bar of the barcode 21. Further, at the center of the left side of the card, there is an attribute checker 29 in the shape of an ellipse of a spiral ellipse cut in half, and different colors are arranged according to each of the six attributes.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a work card. This work card is not discharged from the card vendor, and when a normal card size card is discharged during the campaign period, a card is placed in advance in a normal dinosaur card or work card, and the card When the card is discharged, the player can exchange the card by handing it to the staff. The deck that can be obtained in exchange for the winning card is a combination of the work card and the dinosaur card shown in FIG.
FIG. 7A shows the surface of the card. The purpose card 30 has a substantially regular triangular shape with rounded corners in the shape of 95 mm long and 110 mm wide. An attribute illustration 31 indicating an attribute is attached to the center, and the area is divided into three regions by boundary lines 32 from each vertex toward the center. Marks 33a, 33b, and 33c are attached around the attribute illustration 31 to indicate that each area is a goo, choki, and par area. Each side has barcodes 34a, 34b, 34c of the same size as the barcode of the dinosaur card, and each side has a different one-dimensional code area in parallel along each side. The one-dimensional code region extends along each side, and the region of the one-dimensional code adjacent to each other is not covered on the region extended along the side direction of each one-dimensional code region. As a result, when the card is scanned by the card reader, it is possible to prevent the adjacent one-dimensional code from being read and malfunctioning.

  The purpose of the card is that the apex area is rounded on the flat surface, so when scanning with a card reader, the tip of the card is not rounded and it is difficult to bend and bend against the end face of the card reader groove It has become.

  In each area, it is described that the name of the work 35, the card type is the super work card 35a, or the super skill cards 35b and 35c. Depending on the type of janken entered from the input button at the time of a match, the trigger indicated on the bar code by one of the marks 33a, 33b, 33c in each area near the center of the card By satisfying the condition 36, the work described in the area can be activated. In addition, the way data 37 describes how to put out the purpose, destructive power, and effectiveness.

  Further, on the inner side of the barcode, six small squares are arranged as a compatibility chart 38 on the work card 35a along the barcode, and double circles, circles, and triangles are described in each small square. . This compatibility chart 38 is overlapped with the compatibility chart 28 of the dinosaur card so that the compatibility with the dinosaur card can be understood. In other words, it can be easily seen that the compatibility is good in the order of double circle, circle, and triangle depending on where the small square with the color of the compatibility chart 28 of the dinosaur card comes to the compatibility chart 38 of the work card. It is.

  In addition, when the card type is the super work card 35b, 35c, an attribute checker 39 is attached instead of the compatibility chart 28, and the ellipse of the spiral ellipse is cut in half, and each of the six attributes. Different colors are arranged. The edge of the attribute checker 39 is aligned with the card edge of the attribute checker 29 of the dinosaur card, so that a spiral ellipse is built, and the attributes are the same if the colors of both are the same.

  In both the dinosaur card and the work card, the same barcode is provided on the front and back of the same side of the card. However, it is not always necessary to provide the barcode on both sides. Since the bar code can only be read from the bar, it is necessary to display the side with the bar code facing the reading side of the bar code reader when the card is scanned. The code can be on one side of the card.

  In the above description of the card, the goo, choki, and par areas are applied to the three areas, respectively, but not all attributes are necessarily required. The amount may be compensated for by inputting a card with an attribute that is missing from the player's own work cards.

FIG. 8 shows a mount in which a triangular waza card and a rectangular dinosaur card are detachably attached to a square mount.
The mount 40 is a thick paper having a length of 200 mm and a width of 120 mm, and has a sticking surface that can be peeled off in accordance with the shape of the purpose card 20 and the dinosaur card 30, and the purpose card 20 and the dinosaur card 40 are on the attachment surface. It is attached so that it can be peeled off. By peeling from the edge of the card 20 and the dinosaur card 30 from the mount 40, it can be peeled off from the mount. The work card 20 and the dinosaur card are combined in a deck so that they are related. For example, the attribute of the dinosaur card and the attribute of the work card are combined, or the combination of the dinosaur card and the work card is very good It is. As a result, even a player who does not have a card can play a game advantageously only with this combined deck.

In the above embodiment, a substantially triangular card has been described. However, it is not necessary to have a substantially triangular shape. For example, as a square card, each side has one dinosaur card and a good compatibility with the dinosaur card. Three cards may be used. In the case of a substantially pentagonal card, for example, two dinosaur cards and three goo, choki and par trick cards may be arranged for each side. Furthermore, a dinosaur card having six attributes (flame, water, thunder, earth, grass, wind) may be arranged on each side as a substantially hexagonal card.
In the case of a rectangular dinosaur card, for example, two long dinosaurs with illustrations, names, attributes, techniques, strengths, etc., are placed in the upper left and lower right areas, divided into two diagonal lines. By arranging a barcode corresponding to each dinosaur on the front and back of the card, and arranging a compatibility chart on the short side, a card representing two dinosaur cards may be used.

  While the invention has been described with reference to illustrative examples, various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. Obviously you can. In other words, the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the details of the specific examples and the accompanying drawings. The above embodiments are for understanding the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

It is an example of the game device which can input a card | curd. It is a control block diagram of the game device using this game card. It is a three-plane figure of a card lid body. It is a figure which shows the state which scans an internal side surface and card | curd of a card reader. It is the perspective view which is making the card reader of the game device read the card. It is an example of a dinosaur card. It is an example of a work card. It is a mount on which a work card and a dinosaur card pasted on the mount are pasted in a peelable manner.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game device 12 ... Console 13 ... Card reader 14 ... Input button 15 ... Input button 16 ... Display monitor 17 ... Card taking out port 18 ... Speaker 20 ... Dinosaur card 30 ... Work card 50 ... Control circuit 51 ... CPU

Claims (9)

Code reading means for reading the code stored on the card;
Computer program execution means for executing a game in which at least two characters play against each other;
A display screen for displaying an image generated by the computer program execution means;
Character generating means for generating a character displayed on the first card on which the first code is recorded, corresponding to the first code read by the reading means;
A technique setting means for setting the technique displayed on the second card in which the second code is recorded, corresponding to the second code read by the reading means;
Winning / losing determining means for determining winning / losing based on superiority or inferiority between items selected from a plurality of selection candidates by at least two players;
Display means for displaying, on the display screen, an image in which the character generated by the character generation means battles by executing the technique set by the technique setting means based on the win / loss determined by the win / loss determination means; A video game system using a card,
A game card for video games, characterized in that each side has a substantially polygonal shape having a different one-dimensional code area in parallel with each side.   A game card for video games, characterized in that each side has a substantially polygonal shape having the same one-dimensional code area on both sides in parallel with the side.   3. The video game game card according to claim 1, wherein the card has a substantially polygonal shape in which information on a one-dimensional code of each side is displayed on at least one side of the card.   4. The video game game card according to claim 1, wherein at least one side of the card has a substantially polygonal shape having an attribute for each side of information on the one-dimensional code of each side.   5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one-dimensional code region of each side has an approximately polygonal shape in which the one-dimensional code region adjacent to the adjacent side does not cover the region on the extension along the side. A video game play card.   6. The game card for video games according to claim 1, wherein the area corresponding to each vertex of the substantially polygonal shape is a substantially polygonal shape having roundness on a plane.   7. The substantially polygonal shape according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a mark serving as an index of the degree of compatibility with predetermined information indicated by the one-dimensional code is attached along the one-dimensional code region. A game card for video games.   A substantially polygonal card according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and a substantially square card having a one-dimensional code parallel to at least one side in relation to the substantially polygonal card. A game card for video games, which is peeled off on the same surface.   The substantially polygonal card according to any one of claims 1 to 8, a character on one side, a one-dimensional code indicating the character parallel to at least one side, and a mark according to claim 7 A card for video games, wherein a card having a substantially square shape with a mark having corresponding information is attached to the same surface of the mount so as to be peelable.

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