JP2009034445A - Game device, game control method, and game control program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game full of amusements, in which the strategic property of a game is considered as more important. <P>SOLUTION: The game device for displaying a pitching position specifying area on a pitcher side and a batting position specifying area on a batter side at a display device, specifying a pitching position and a batting position and obtaining a game result by the degree of overlap of a pitching mark and a batting mark comprises: a pitching sequence history preparation part 303 for preparing a virtual pitching sequence history to the last ball for every time at bat; a reception part 304 for specifying the pitching position during the display of the pitching sequence history and specifying the batting position during the display of the pitching sequence history; a setting part 305 for determining the pitching mark whose mark size to be the index of batting difficulty is increased as the specified pitching position is close to an area with many pitching experiences and determining the batting mark whose mark size to be the index of batting easiness is increased as the specified batting position is close to the area with many pitching experiences; and an image display control part 302 for displaying both pitching mark and batting mark set by both competing players at the display device after specifying the positions of both marks. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is communicatively connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player, and has a pitching position designation area and a striking position designation area having the same shape at a predetermined position on the screen of the display by the image display control means, and Both characters simulating pitchers and batters that play against each other are displayed, and the baseball game is simulated according to the results of the pitching by the pitcher character and the batting action by the batter character at each position specified by the player and the opponent player. The present invention relates to a baseball game device that controls the progress of a played game.

Patent Document 1 describes a game system in which a game device including a touch panel and a monitor is connected to another game device via a network. The game device applied to this game system includes an image display control unit that displays a pitcher character, a batter character, and a strike zone image on a monitor, and a pitch position (in the strike zone image based on operation information captured from the touch panel). Or a swing position), a setting unit for setting a circular first mark image based on the set position, a first mark image superimposed on the strike zone image, and other games. An image display control unit that displays a circular second mark image, which is a swing position (or pitching position) received from the apparatus, on a strike zone image after setting processing by the setting unit, a first mark image, and a second mark image A hitting result setting unit that sets hitting results in accordance with the degree of overlap with the mark image. Then, the sizes (diameters) of the first and second mark images are variably set according to the player ability data of the pitcher character, batter character, and the like. By making the size of the first and second mark images variable according to the player ability data, it is possible to create a game that is richer in variation while giving characteristics to the attack position / defense position instruction and the attack / defense result determination processing. I am trying to provide it.
JP 2006-325895 A

  In patent document 1, since the size of the 1st mark image and 2nd mark image from which a batting result is determined according to a mutual overlap degree is changed by player ability data, it has temporary changeability. Although it can be evaluated as a game, a particularly skilled game player may grasp or remember the player ability of each player character to some extent, so that the first and second player characters appearing in the game The size of the mark image of 2 can also be predicted to some extent, and therefore the game variability has a certain limit. Especially in games simulating baseball, pitching is one of the factors that determine the superiority or inferiority of competition. It is not easy to reflect it directly.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and presents a virtual pitching history when a baseball game is advanced without causing a whole ball to be thrown at a single hitting position, and when pitching position and hitting position are designated. , By changing the pitch of the pitcher side, the batter side of the pitching mark, the size of the batting mark in relation to this pitching history, the game device, the game control method, The object is to provide a game control program.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a pitching position designating area and a striking position having the same shape are arranged at predetermined positions on the screen of the display device by the image display control means while being communicably connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player. The designated area and both characters simulating a pitcher and a batter that confront each other are displayed, and confronted by the pitching action by the pitcher character and the batting action by the batter character at each position designated by the player and the opponent player. In a game apparatus that controls the progress of a game simulating a baseball game according to the result, a pitching history creating means for creating a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each batting position, and the display by the image display control means A pitching position designation hand for designating a pitching position at an appropriate position in the pitching position designation area while the pitching history displayed on the device is displayed Hitting position specifying means for specifying a hitting position at an appropriate position in the hitting position specifying area during display of the pitching history displayed on the display by the image display control means, and the specified throwing position is thrown A pitch width size setting means for determining a pitch mark that increases a mark size that is an index of difficulty of being hit as it is closer to an experienced area, and displaying the pitch mark of the determined size around the designated position; The closer the specified hitting position is to the region where the pitching experience is more, the hitting mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of ease of hitting, is determined, and the hitting mark of the determined size is displayed around the specified position. The hitting width size setting means, and the pitching mark and the hitting mark set by the opponent player via the own player and the other game device are indicated by the position finger of both marks. And a designated result display control means for displaying both marks on the display, and a battle result determination means for obtaining a result of the throw according to the degree of overlap of the pitch mark and the hit mark. To do.

  The invention according to claim 11 is communicably connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player, and has a pitching position designation area and a hitting position designation area having the same shape on the display by the image display control means, and each other. A game simulating a baseball game in which both characters simulating a pitcher and a batter are displayed and the superiority and inferiority results of the battle are obtained by one pitching action and a striking action at each position designated by the player and the opponent player. In a game control program for controlling an apparatus, the computer is displayed on the display by a pitching history creating means for creating a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each batting and the image display control means. A pitching position designation means for designating a pitching position at an appropriate position in the pitching position designation area while displaying the pitching history; A hitting position specifying means for specifying a hitting position at an appropriate position in the hitting position specifying area during display of the pitching history displayed on the display by the image display control means, and A pitch width size setting means for determining a pitch mark that increases a mark size as an index of difficulty of being hit as it is closer to a larger area, and displaying the pitch mark of the determined size around the designated position, and a designation The closer the hitting position is to an area with a lot of pitching experience, the hitting mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of ease of hitting, is determined, and the hitting mark that displays the hitting mark of the determined size around the specified position After specifying the positions of the mark and the batting mark set by the opponent player through the width size setting means and the player and the other game device It is characterized by functioning as designation result display control means for displaying both marks on the display, and battle result determination means for obtaining the result of the pitch according to the degree of overlap of the pitch mark and the hit mark. .

  The invention according to claim 12 is communicably connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player, and has a pitching position designation area and a striking position designation area having the same shape on the display by the image display control means, and each other. Controls a game device that simulates a baseball game in which both characters simulating a pitcher and a batter are displayed and a result of superiority or inferiority is obtained by one pitching and hitting operations at each position designated by the player and the opponent player. In the game control method, the pitching history creation means creates a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each batting, and the pitching position designation means is displayed on the display by the image display control means. When the pitching history is displayed, the pitching position is designated at an appropriate position in the pitching position designation area, and the pitching width size setting means The closer to the region where there are many experiments, the pitch mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of the difficulty of being hit, is determined, the pitch mark of the determined size is displayed around the designated position, and the hit width size setting means However, the closer the hitting position specified via the other game device is to the region where there is much pitching experience, the hitting mark that increases the mark size as an index of ease of hitting is determined, and the hitting mark of the determined size is determined. The designated position is displayed in the center, the designation result display control means displays at least the hitting mark set by each player to play on the display unit after designation of the pitching position, and the competition result determining means includes the battle result determining means, A pitching result is obtained in accordance with the overlapping degree of the pitching mark and the hitting mark.

  The invention according to claim 13 is communicably connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player, and has a throwing position designation area and a hitting position designation area having the same shape on the display by the image display control means, and each other. Controls a game device that simulates a baseball game in which both characters simulating a pitcher and a batter are displayed, and a result of superiority or inferiority is obtained by one pitching and striking motion at each position designated by the player and the opponent player. In the game control method, the pitching history creation means creates a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each batting, and the hitting position designation means is displayed on the display by the image display control means. When the pitching history is displayed, the hitting position is designated at an appropriate position within the hitting position designation area, and the hitting width size setting means is used to throw the designated hitting position. The closer to the more experimental area, the hit mark that increases the mark size as an index of ease of hitting is determined, the hit mark of the determined size is displayed around the designated position, and the pitch width size setting means As the pitching position specified via another game device is closer to an area where there is much experience in pitching, the pitch mark that increases the mark size as an index of difficulty of being hit is determined, and the pitch mark of the determined size is determined. The designated position is displayed around the designated position, and the designated result display control means displays the throwing mark set by each player to play on the display unit after designating at least the hitting position, and the competition result determining means comprises the battle result determining means, A hitting result is obtained in accordance with the overlapping degree of the hitting mark and the pitching mark.

  According to these inventions, the player's own game device is communicably connected to other game devices that can be operated by the opponent player. In the game apparatus, the image display control means displays a pitch position designation area and a hit position designation area of the same shape at a predetermined position on the screen of the display, and both characters simulating a pitcher and a batter confronting each other. The game is controlled by the pitching action by the pitcher character and the batting action by the batter character at each position designated by the apparatus and the other game apparatus on the opponent player side, and the progress of the game simulating the baseball game is controlled according to the result of the competition.

  Then, the pitching history creating means creates a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each at-bat, and the pitching position designation means displays the pitching displayed on the display by the image display control means. When a pitching position is designated at an appropriate position in the pitching position designation area while the history is being displayed, the pitching width setting means makes it difficult for the pitching position to be closer to an area where the pitching experience is more frequent. A pitch mark that increases the mark size as an index is determined, the pitch mark of the determined size is displayed around the specified position, and the hit position specified by another game device by the hit width size setting means The closer to the area where there is more pitching experience, the hit mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of ease of hitting, is determined, and the hit mark of the determined size is The hit mark set by the player to be played by the designation result display control means is displayed on the display unit at least after the pitch position is designated by the designation result display control means, and the pitch is decided by the match result determination means. A hitting result is obtained according to the degree of overlap between the mark and the hit mark.

  Further, the pitching history creating means creates a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each batting position, and the pitching position designated means displays the pitching displayed on the display by the image display control means. When a hitting position is designated at an appropriate position within the hitting position designation area during the history display, the hitting width size setting means indicates that the hitting position is closer to the area where the pitching experience is more frequent, and the index of ease of hitting. The hit mark that increases the mark size to be determined is determined, the hit mark of the determined size is displayed centered on the specified position, and the pitch position specified by another game device is set by the pitch width size setting means. The closer to the area where the pitching experience is more, the pitching mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of the difficulty of hitting, is determined, and the pitching mark of the determined size is specified as above. The pitch mark displayed by the designated result display control means is displayed on the display unit at least after the hit position is designated by the designation result display control means, and is displayed by the match result determination means. And the result of the pitching is obtained according to the degree of overlap of the pitching marks.

  Therefore, the throwing mark, which is the mark size that is an index of difficulty of being hit by the pitching history and the designated pitching position, is changed so that it is closer to an area where there is more pitching experience, and the pitching history and hitting designation are further increased. The hitting mark, which is a mark size that is an index of ease of hitting depending on the position, is changed so as to become larger as it is closer to an area with a lot of pitching experience, so the player on the pitcher side moves away from an area with a lot of pitching experience ( In other words, the area where there is little or no experience in pitching) The strategy to make the pitching mark small and difficult to be hit or to specify a position close to the area where there is a lot of pitching experience even if the mark size is reversed. On the other hand, the batter-side player can specify a position close to an area with a lot of pitching experience to make the batting mark larger and make it easier to hit, or a small mark Another position even size (unprecedented or less areas of pitching experience), that it is possible to strategy or not the player of the pitcher-side to specify the location that will be set when circumvent. In this way, since the pitch mark and the hit mark are changed in the pitching history, the game strategy is more emphasized, and a more interesting game is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to the first aspect, the pitching width size setting means is configured such that the designated pitching position is a backward pitching in the virtual pitching order in the pitching history. A pitching mark having a larger size is determined as it is closer to the position. According to this configuration, the pitching position is determined such that the larger the pitching mark is determined as the specified pitching position is closer to the pitching position in the latter order in the virtual pitching history. Since the size of the mark is set in consideration of the pitching history, the game strategy is more emphasized, and the game is more interesting.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to the first or second aspect, the hitting width size setting means is configured such that the designated hitting position is a backward order in a virtual pitching order in the pitching history. The hit mark having a larger size is determined as it is closer to the position of the pitch. According to this configuration, the hitting position is determined such that a hitting mark having a larger size is determined as the specified hitting position is closer to the later pitching position in the virtual pitching order in the pitching history. Since the size of the mark is set in consideration of the pitching history, the game strategy is more emphasized, and the game is more interesting.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the pitching history creating means creates a pitching history of at least two strikes. According to this configuration, since a pitching history up to at least two strikes is created, it is not a baseball game for all pitches in one batting but a match within a predetermined number less than the remaining one or all balls, Efficient game progress is possible.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the pitching history creation means includes pitching history storage means for storing a plurality of types of pitching histories, It is characterized in that one pitching history is selected. According to this configuration, a plurality of types of pitching histories are stored in advance in the pitching history storage unit, and one pitching history is selected for each at-bat, and therefore a different pitching history is selected for each at-bat. obtain.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to the fifth aspect, the pitching history storage means includes a pitching history advantageous to the pitcher side and a disadvantageous pitching history. According to this configuration, the pitching history includes a pitching history that is advantageous to the pitcher side and an unfavorable pitching history, so that the strategy of the game is more emphasized, and a game that is more interesting Provided.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is the game device according to the sixth aspect, further comprising pitcher evaluation value calculating means for calculating a pitcher evaluation value that increases or decreases depending on the game situation with respect to the pitcher character, wherein the pitching history creating means includes: A pitching history that is more advantageous to the pitcher is selected as the current pitcher evaluation value of the pitcher character is higher. According to this configuration, a pitcher evaluation value such as a physical strength value that affects a pitcher character's ability related to pitching increases or decreases according to the game situation, and the higher the pitcher evaluation value, the more the pitching history to be selected is on the pitcher side. Since the game has become advantageous, the strategy of the game is more emphasized, and a game that is more interesting is provided.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the pitching position designation area is divided into a plurality of squares, and the image display control means It is characterized in that the display mode is displayed differently depending on the advantages and disadvantages of the pitcher side with respect to the squares. According to this configuration, since the display form such as color coding is made different for each square in the pitching position designation area, which is advantageous to the pitcher and disadvantageous, it can be used for the strategy in the pitching position designation by the player. It becomes possible, and the strategy of the game is more emphasized, and a game with more interest is provided.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the hitting position designation area is divided into a plurality of cells, and the image display control means It is characterized in that the display mode is displayed differently depending on the advantages and disadvantages of the batter on the grid. According to this configuration, since the display form such as color coding is made different depending on the batter's side, which is advantageous to the batter side in the hitting position designation area (advantageous to swing to the pitcher side), the hitting position by the player It is possible to use the strategy in the designation of the game, and the strategy of the game is more emphasized, and the game is more interesting.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the designation result display control means displays the throwing position designation area and the hitting position designation area in an overlapping manner. It is characterized by. According to this configuration, the degree of overlap can be recognized at a glance.

  According to the inventions of claims 1, 11 to 13, since the pitch mark and the hit mark are changed according to the pitching history, a more interesting game that emphasizes the strategy of the game is more important. Can be provided. In particular, since the size of the pitch mark and the hit mark is changed in the same way in the positional relationship with the designated position for the pitching history, both players' reading becomes more complicated and more difficult It can be.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the pitch mark size is set in consideration of the pitching history, it is possible to provide a more interesting game with more emphasis on game strategy. .

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the size of the hitting mark is set in consideration of the pitching history, it is possible to provide a more interesting game with more importance on the strategy of the game. .

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since a pitching history of at least two strikes is created, it is not a baseball game for all pitches in one bat, but within a predetermined number less than the remaining one ball or all balls. It becomes a battle and the game progress can be made more efficiently.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a different pitching history can be selected for each at-bat, and it is possible to provide a more entertaining game that emphasizes the strategy of the game.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, by including the pitching history advantageous to the pitcher side and the disadvantageous pitching history in the pitching history, more emphasis is placed on the strategy of the game, which is more interesting. Can provide games.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the pitcher evaluation value such as the physical strength value that affects the pitching ability of the pitcher character is increased or decreased according to the game situation, and the higher the pitcher evaluation value is, the more selected pitching history Since it is advantageous for the pitcher, it is possible to provide a more interesting game with more emphasis on the strategy of the game.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, since each square in the pitching position designation area is advantageous to the pitcher side, and the display form such as color coding is made different depending on the disadvantage, the strategy for designating the pitching position by the player It is possible to provide a game that is more entertaining, with more emphasis on the strategy of the game.

  According to the invention of claim 9, the display form such as color coding is made different depending on the batter side for each square in the hitting position designation area, depending on the disadvantage (swing to the pitcher side, advantageous). It is possible to provide a strategy for specifying the hitting position by the player, and it is possible to provide a more interesting game that places more importance on the strategy of the game.

  According to the invention described in claim 10, the degree of overlap can be recognized at a glance.

  FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a game apparatus according to the present invention. The game apparatus includes a housing 3 having a predetermined three-dimensional structure, for example, a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a mounting surface 20 on which a player player places a predetermined shape of a player card in a substantially center on the front side (see FIG. 2). ), And a monitor 3 such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display for displaying a game image is erected on the upper part of the card placement unit 2. Speakers 41 and 42 for performing are provided. A personal card insertion slot 5 is provided on one of the left and right speakers 41, 42, here the upper part of the right speaker 41, and a player card issuing slot 6, which will be described later, is provided on the upper part of the left speaker 42. ing. Light emitting portions 71 and 72 for producing an electric decoration effect are arranged above the personal card insertion slot 5 and the player card issuing slot 6, respectively. Note that a coin insertion slot 8 that guides the insertion of coins as a game start condition is formed at a predetermined position of the placement unit 2.

  FIG. 2 is an example of a perspective view showing the configuration of the card placement unit 2. The card placement portion 2 has a predetermined shape on the upper surface side, here a rectangular shape, and is horizontal and flat. In the present embodiment, the game device is assumed to be a baseball game. Therefore, a picture simulating a field of a baseball field is drawn on the card placement unit 2. As shown in FIG. 3A, the player card 9 can have a predetermined shape, and in this embodiment, a rectangular card is used. The card placement unit 2 is provided with a plurality of placement surfaces 20 for placing cards at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction so that ten cards can be placed in the present embodiment. The placement surface 20 is formed corresponding to the width dimension of the player card 9, and on the left and right sides, assistance for easily guiding the player card 9 in one direction from the placement position, for example, the front-back direction A pair of projecting bodies 21 extending in the sliding direction (here, the front-rear direction) are formed apart from each other by a guide member as a material, for example, the width dimension of the player card 9. The longitudinal dimension of the ridge 21 is set corresponding to the slide width of the player card 9.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the configuration of the player card and the placement surface, (a) is a perspective view showing the relationship between the configuration of the player card and the placement surface, and (b) is a diagram of the player card. It is a figure which shows the description content of a back surface. In FIG. 3A, for convenience of explanation, the player card 9 is expressed by floating from the placement surface 20. As shown in FIG. 3A, the placement surface 20 includes a central portion 201 and a slide portion 202 in the front-rear direction. The central part 201 has the same dimensions as the player card 9, and the slide part 202 has a required dimension in the front-rear direction with respect to the central part 201. For example, the dimension may be approximately half the length of the player card in the longitudinal direction. As will be described later, the slide unit 202 displays the player card 9 on the monitor 3 corresponding to the player card 9 by placing (sliding) the player card 9 within the range indicated by the arrow. This changes the behavior of the character to be described later. The player card 9 has a player character image printed on the front side, and a player photo image and name of the player's face photograph made visible, and player identification data made non-viewable on the back side.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the marks printed on the back surface of the player card 9 are a position detection mark 91 for detecting the placement position of the player card 9 on the placement surface 20, and the player card 9. It includes character marks 92 representing character data (hereinafter referred to as player parameters, which are properly used as fielder parameters, pitcher parameters, batter parameters depending on the contents), which is data for identifying corresponding player characters. An identification number can be used as the player identification data. Here, for convenience of explanation, the player card 9 is divided into an area of 6 columns × 10 rows, the periphery thereof is used as the position detection mark 91, and the area of 4 columns × 8 rows inside thereof is used as the character mark 92. Actually, it is divided into areas using the number of matrices in which necessary data can be stored.

  In the position detection mark 91, a predetermined material is applied to all areas of two adjacent sides out of the four sides and alternate areas in the matrix direction on the remaining two sides. In this way, by providing continuous portions and alternating portions, erroneous placement in the reverse direction is detected to ensure position detection in the correct direction.

  The character mark 92 forms player identification data by applying the predetermined material, etc., with each area inside one area from the outer periphery as one bit. In all the game devices, for all players, player character data (player parameters) corresponding to player identification data is stored in advance in a required memory unit. The player parameters of the player identification data specified by reading are read out from the memory unit stored in advance and used.

  Although the material for application | coating may be a visually recognizable material, in this embodiment, since the means to detect the infrared light mentioned later is utilized, the material which reacts to infrared light which cannot be visually recognized is used. Yes. As an example, the player card 9 is made of a material that absorbs infrared light, or the back surface is coated with an absorbing material, and a mark is written on the back. In addition, at least the mounting surface 20 of the card mounting unit 2 has a property of transmitting infrared light.

  The character mark 92 indicates identification information for identifying the character and its ability (including skills). As for abilities, for batters, for example, as common items, “ballistic”, “meet”, “power”, “running power”, “shoulder strength”, “defense strength”, “error avoidance value”, “ Fielder parameters such as `` main position '' are included, and in addition, according to each character as special ability items, `` intimidation '', `` left pitcher meet correction '', `` left pitcher power correction '', `` chance correction '', `` `` Swing timing '', `` Average hitter '', `` Power hitter '', `` Chance maker '', `` Goodbye man '', `` Adversity '', `` Sinking '', `` Wide angle hitting '', `` Infield hitting '', `` Bunt '', `` “Man Man”, “Taidan Man”, “Strike Man”, “First Ball”, “Hard”, “Sequential”, “No. 4 Batter”, “Abek Arch”, “Stiff Man”, “Defender”, “ "Stolen", "Body", "Running", "Homes" "Iding", "Balling", "Block", "Mood Maker", "Timely Error", "First-time Batter Homer", "Catcher Lead Level", "Laser Beam (Quickness of Returning Ball)", "Tackle ( Fielder parameters such as “representing strength and energy”).

  For pitchers, for example, common items such as “ball speed”, “slider change”, “curve change”, “fork change”, “sinker change”, “shoot change” (these are called change ball levels) Pitcher parameters such as “control”, “straight ball power”, “throwing physique”, “starting adjustment power”, “fatigue recovery power”, “ball control power”, etc. , “Intimidation”, “Anti-left batter correction”, “Pinch”, “Strike strength”, “Runner”, “Rise”, “Ass rise”, “On the verge”, “Release”, “Ball stretch”, "Game luck", "checking", "hitting ball reaction", "short temper", "four-ball", "dangerous mortality", "quick", "close fight", "responsibility", "power distribution", "ball speed stability", Pitcher parameters such as “Poker Face” Murrell. These fielder parameters and pitcher parameters are set for all player characters here. Each of these player parameters has the ability or tendency (positive direction, negative direction), the level of the required level, for example, 2 levels (“1” for yes, “0” for none), 3 levels (−1 , 0, 1) and further. In addition, the “ball control power” parameter is stored in the form of greater than average or less than average in the present embodiment.

  FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the game apparatus, and FIG. 5 is a front view thereof. In FIG. 4, on the tube surface of the monitor 3, a touch panel 10 that is a transparent thin-layer pressure sensitive element is stacked. The touch panel 10 outputs a position pressed by a finger or the like at a voltage level indicating a vertical and horizontal position. That is, the touch panel 10 is a rectangular thin layered body, and is configured by covering a material in which a pressure-sensitive material made of a linear transparent material is arranged at a predetermined pitch in the vertical and horizontal directions with a transparent cover. It is affixed on the tube surface. This touch panel 10 can employ a known object, and can detect which button is instructed from the address of the button that prompts the selection displayed on the screen of the monitor 3 and the pressed position. In addition, the touch panel 10 detects a pressing position when an arbitrary position in a region image that virtually represents a stroke zone described later is pressed. That is, by replacing the pressed position coordinates detected from the touch panel 10 with the coordinates on the display screen and comparing this with the display coordinates of the area image, it is possible to specify which position in the area image has been pressed. Yes.

  An imaging unit 11 is disposed inside the housing 1 and below the placement surface 20. The imaging unit 11 functions to detect the placement position of the player card 9 placed on the placement surface 20 and to read information on the back side of the player card 9, and controls the imaging operation and processes the captured image. The housing includes a housing for the captured image processing unit 111, an image sensor 112 as an imaging unit (digital imager such as a CCD camera) mounted on the housing, and a light source 113 that generates infrared light. The image sensor 112 has an angle of view so that all the placement surfaces 20 are included in the field of view in order to capture the marks 91 and 92 on the back surface of the player card 9 placed on the placement surface 20. Although not shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, a predetermined number of image sensors 112 are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction (the depth direction in FIG. 4), for example, two, and each image sensor 112 is mounted on the right half. The field of view includes a placement surface 20 and five placement surfaces 20 in the left half.

  The light source 113 is instructed by the light source support member 113a and is provided at a diagonally lower position in the front-rear direction of the card placement unit 2. Light) and irradiating the placement surface 20 with the infrared light, that is, irradiating the back surface of the player card 9 placed on the placement surface 2. Therefore, they are arranged in a substantially continuous manner at a required interval in the left-right direction. In addition, in order to achieve more uniform irradiation, they are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the mounting surface 20 and are attached outside the angle of view of the image sensor 112 so as not to obstruct imaging. In the image sensor 112, a large number of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a matrix, for example, and the infrared rays from the light source 113 are reflected on the back surface of the player card 9 on the placement surface 20 and indicate red marks 91 and 92. A light image of external light is periodically received by each photoelectric conversion element, that is, converted into an electric signal of a level corresponding to the amount of received light. An unillustrated filter that transmits light is arranged. The captured image processing unit 111 performs processing of transferring (capturing) periodically captured images to an internal memory (not shown), and stores the position detection marks 91 from the captured images developed in the memory. The card placement position on the placement surface 20 of the player card 9 is calculated by specifying the shape by using, for example, a pattern recognition technique or the like. Further, the captured image processing unit 111 reads the player identification data of the character mark 92 as, for example, bit information of each area in the matrix direction by using information on the detection pixel address of the position detection mark 91 in the captured image. .

  Inside the case 1, there are arranged a power supply unit 12 for supplying power at a required level to each part of the game apparatus, and a control board unit 13 with control boards for performing game processing in an integrated manner. ing.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a control unit built in the control board unit and hardware of each unit. In the figure, the interface between the control unit 300 and each unit and the part that generates a drive signal for driving each unit in response to a control instruction are assumed to be conventional means and are omitted for convenience of explanation.

  The communication unit 130 transmits / receives data to / from other game devices AGM, and transmits game status information and the like to a center monitor CM (not shown) as necessary. It is assumed that the required number of game devices are installed in a store (game room), and the center monitor CM includes a computer including an image display processing unit for the center monitor, and each game Receiving the operation signal of the device and receiving its use status, the status of the game being executed and selectively receiving them, or the status of the game, for example, a large score difference, or conversely, Alternatively, a game image that is in a special situation such as a pinch or a chance in the final round is broadcast in the store to promote the motivation to play. In addition, in the aspect installed in a some store, this game device can be competed via the communication part 130 between different stores. The communication unit 130 is communicably connected to a center server (not shown) via a network. When a personal card is inserted into the game device, the communication unit 130 relates to the game history of the corresponding player from the information on the personal card. Of the data, data necessary for game processing, such as predetermined history data in a past game to be described later, is transferred to the game device and the opponent game device in the battle as necessary. The game results are fetched, the history is updated, and the update data is managed.

  The touch panel 10 and the imaging unit 11 constitute an operation unit 10A. A coin sensor 81 is provided inside the coin insertion slot 8 as a game start condition to measure the authenticity of the inserted coin and the required number of coins. The inserted coins are stored in an unillustrated safe (box) inside the housing. The personal card receiving unit 51 is provided inside the personal card insertion slot 5 for checking whether or not the player is a member through the center server from the inserted card. It is returned from the card insertion slot 5. In an aspect without the center server, the game device may store the member information and perform the above-described verification process, and the personal card may store all data such as the game history.

  The player card issuing unit 60 stores a large number of player cards 9 in a stacked state in an unillustrated card storage unit, and a predetermined number, in this case, one player from the card storage unit at the end of the game. The card 9 is taken out to the player card issuing slot 6 by the pickup unit and provided (presented) to the player. As a result, a mechanism for collecting the player cards by the player is formed, and the play is evoked. The number of issued cards may be variable depending on the game result.

  The ROM 3001 stores a game program for operating the game, all image data displayed on the monitor 3, and a drawing processing program for generating a three-dimensional image in the game space, and the progress of the game or the game It stores parameters necessary for determining the result, various data as elements for determination, and pitching history data to be described later. In particular, in the present embodiment, since a baseball game is assumed, a control program for executing the defensive side and the attacking side processing is created and stored so as to follow the actual baseball rules. Fielder parameters and pitcher parameters of all players scheduled to appear as characters are stored in association with player identification data.

  The RAM 3002 includes a work area for temporarily storing data in the middle of processing. Further, various parameters such as various data read from the ROM 3001 and the ability of each player card 9 obtained by the imaging unit 11 are provided. Is stored during the game and is read out as necessary to be reflected in the game.

  The video RAM 31 has at least a memory capacity corresponding to the display pixels of the monitor 3 and is used for forming a display image. The drawing processing unit 3021 is a hardware circuit unit that receives a drawing command from the control unit 300 and is responsible for developing a display image on the video RAM 31.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the control unit. The control unit 300 is based on a game program and an input operation to the operation unit 10A, and a game progress processing unit 301 that comprehensively controls the progress of the game, and an image display control unit that controls display of a game image on the monitor 3. 302. Creation of a pitching history for creating a virtual pitching history up to the last ball for each batting position prior to the specification of the pitching position and swing (hitting) position in the last one ball for each batting position A button for “course instruction”, which will be described later, is displayed on the monitor 304 and the receiving unit 304 that receives various input operation information for selecting a display button and specifying a pitching position and a batting position from the operation unit 10A and the operation unit 10A. In the case where the pitcher character is selected, the setting unit 305 sets the position and size of the mark image based on the pitching position and hitting position instructions, and the pitcher character is based on the contents received by the receiving unit 304. Data necessary for throwing data or batting data exchange with the game setting device 306 that creates pitching data when the ball is hit or batting data when the batter swings, and center monitor CM Based on data received from the communication processing unit 307, the action setting unit 306, and other game devices AGM for exchanging data via the communication unit 130 and exchanging data with the center server as necessary. The battle result setting unit 308 for determining the battle result, the game situation management unit 309 for managing the game situation and determining the game situation that affects the battle result, the determination content in the battle result setting unit 308, and the operation unit 10A The input operation contents from, and the pitcher parameter when the self character is the pitcher, the fielder parameter when the batter is the batter A unit sequence execution unit 310 for controlling one sequence to be executed using a data or without an input operation, a player card issuance processing unit 313 for issuing a player card 9, and the game device In order to execute a so-called CPU battle, which is used to battle against an internal computer, an opponent side operation setting unit 314 is provided to perform the other party's processing.

  The image display control unit 302 virtually displays required images according to the progress of the game, for example, baseball stadium, attack side, and defensive player characters (at least a pitcher character and batter character), a ball character, a bat character, and a strike zone described later. The display 3 displays various images such as a region image, a throwing mark image and a batting mark image, which are generated as a result of specifying a position, which will be described later, on the monitor 3, and includes a video RAM 31 and the like.

  In the present embodiment, a self-character (a pitcher character in the case of a defensive sequence, a batter character in a case of an attacking side), which is given an action instruction from a player who is a player who operates the game device, an opponent player The opponent character (becomes a batter character or a pitcher character on the side that battles with the player's own character) who is instructed by (another game device or an internal CPU player) is confronted by a pitcher and a batter for one batter By executing an action (hereinafter referred to as one sequence) and executing this sequence for a total of 27 times (3 outcounts and 9 innings) in accordance with the baseball rules, the final score is somewhat superior, That is, a baseball game in which game results are competed is assumed. However, in this baseball game, execution of one sequence, that is, confrontation with one batter, is not confrontation in each pitch from the first ball to each batter, but the last predetermined after throwing multiple balls As a confrontation with several balls, for example, the last one or two balls, the game progresses more efficiently than in the case of the whole ball. In the present embodiment, the game can be advanced by confrontation with the last one ball (or two balls). According to the baseball rules, a typical count is 2 strikes and 3 balls, but is not limited to this, and other count states, for example, when 2 strikes have not reached 3 balls, or when 1 strike is reached, etc. It may be mixed. Then, the confrontation is executed by the next pitch (that is, there is no change in the point of one-ball game).

  A pitcher character, a batter character, other player characters and a background image simulating a baseball field, if necessary, are made up of a required number of polygons constituting the drawing so that three-dimensional drawing is possible. 3021 (FIG. 6) performs calculation for conversion from a position in the three-dimensional space to a position in the pseudo three-dimensional space, a light source calculation process, and the like based on a drawing instruction from the image display control unit 302. Based on the calculation result, a process of writing image data to be drawn on the video RAM 31, for example, a process of writing (pasting) texture data to an area of the video RAM 31 designated by a polygon is performed.

  Here, the relationship between the operation of the image display control unit 302 and the operation of the drawing processing unit 3021 will be described. The image display control unit 302 reads image data, control program data, and game program data from the ROM 3001 based on an operating system (OS) recorded in the ROM 3001. Some or all of the read image data, control program data, and the like are held on the RAM 3002. Thereafter, the image display control unit 302 includes a drawing processing portion of the control program stored on the RAM 3002, various data (image data including other character images such as polygons and textures of display objects, sound data), and detection. The image display process proceeds based on the detection signal from the unit. That is, the image display control unit 302 appropriately generates a command as a task for drawing or sound output based on the progress of the game. The drawing processing unit 3021 calculates the viewpoint position, calculates the position of the character in the three-dimensional space (of course, the same in the two-dimensional space) with respect to the viewpoint position, calculates the light source, etc. Generate and process data. Subsequently, based on the calculation result, the image data to be drawn in the video RAM 31 is written. The image data written in the video RAM 31 is supplied to the monitor 3 (after being supplied to the D / A converter through the interface and converted into an analog video signal), and displayed as an image on the tube surface. Similarly, audio data and sound effect data are also output from the ROM 3001 via the RAM 3002 (supplied to the D / A converter via the interface and converted into an analog audio signal, and then via the amplifier). Is output as audio.

  The drawing command includes a drawing command for drawing a stereoscopic image using a polygon and a drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image. Here, the polygon is a polygonal two-dimensional image, and in this embodiment, a triangle or a quadrangle is used. A drawing command for drawing a stereoscopic image using polygons includes polygon vertex address data read from the ROM 3001, texture address data indicating the storage position of texture data to be pasted on the polygon, and color indicating the color of the texture data. It consists of color palette address data indicating the storage position of the palette data and luminance data indicating the luminance of the texture. One character (or object) is composed of a large number of polygons. The image display control unit 302 stores the coordinate data of each polygon in the three-dimensional space in the RAM 3002. And when moving a character etc. on the screen of the monitor 3, the following processes are performed.

  The image display control unit 302 sequentially moves and rotates each polygon based on the three-dimensional coordinate data of the vertices of each polygon temporarily stored in the RAM 3002 and the movement amount data and rotation amount data of each polygon. Later 3D coordinate data is obtained. Of the three-dimensional coordinate data of each polygon thus obtained, the coordinate data in the horizontal and vertical directions are supplied to the drawing processing unit 3021 as address data on the display area of the RAM 3002, that is, polygon vertex address data. . The drawing processing unit 3021 writes the texture data indicated by the pre-assigned texture address data on the triangular or quadrangular display area indicated by the three or four polygon vertex address data. As a result, a character (or object) in which texture data is pasted on a large number of polygons is displayed on the display surface of the monitor 3.

  The accepting unit 304 is a ROM 3001 corresponding to pressing information by the player from the operation unit 10 </ b> A, that is, the player card placement position information by player operation from the imaging unit 11, and player identification data on the back side of the player card 9. The pitcher parameter and fielder parameter information indicating the ability of the player character is received.

  In the ROM 3001, a plurality of items at the time of the battle are set to be selectable. As items, in this embodiment, there are “signature”, “substitution / running”, “course instruction”, and “skip” when none is selected, and the image display control unit 302 corresponds to the start of each sequence. Then, as shown in FIG. 20, each item is displayed in the form of a button.

  For the “Sign” item, there are five details for the defensive side: “Theft Warning”, “Endrun Warning”, “Bunt Shift”, “Getz Shift”, and “Long Shift”. On the other hand, there are seven details of "Band", "Feed Bunt", "Hit & Run", "Stolen (heavy steal)", "Second Thief", "Three Steals", and "Squeeze". When the item is selected, the details of these items are displayed on the screen in the form of buttons. It should be noted that other details may be adopted and added. The “substitution / substitution” item is executed by placing a new player card 9 to be replaced on the placement surface 20 on which the player card 9 to be replaced is placed. When the player card 9 is exchanged, the player parameter corresponding to the player identification data newly read by the imaging unit 11 is read from the ROM 3001 and used for the game.

  The “course instruction” item enables a pitching position instruction operation when the player is the pitcher side, and enables a batting position instruction operation when the player is the batter side.

  The position indication operation is performed by controlling, for example, a predetermined shape, typically a square area image (hereinafter referred to as a strike zone image SZ for convenience) on the home base, which virtually represents a strike zone in the game space. It is displayed by being preferably translucently processed by the unit 302, and is performed by pressing a touch panel 10 disposed on the monitor 3 at a desired position in the strike zone image SZ.

  When the “course instruction” button is pressed in FIG. 20, the image display control unit 302 determines whether the player character is on the defense side (the pitcher side) or the attack side (the batter side), for example, the pitching position shown in FIG. FIG. 9 (the pitcher side) and FIG. 10 (the batter side) for displaying the slick zone image SZ for designation and for designating the hitting position, and confirming the designated position every time the position is designated. ) Is displayed.

  The setting unit 305 is executed when the “course instruction” button is pressed in FIG. 20, and the player presses the strike zone image SZ shown in FIG. Determine the operating position. That is, the position designation when the player is the defensive side is an instruction of the passing position of the ball character in the strike zone image SZ, and the designation position when the player is the attack side is the bat that the batter character swings in the strike zone image SZ. This is an instruction of the passing position of the simulated bat character, that is, the hitting position.

  The setting unit 305 creates a figure with a predetermined shape based on the position instructed by the player, in this embodiment, a circular figure having a predetermined radius centered on the specified position, and the image display control unit 302 Is displayed on the monitor 3 as a mark image MG1 (one of a throwing mark or a hitting mark). In addition, the position designation operation (and display on the monitor by the image display control unit on the other game device side) is similarly performed on the strike zone image SZ in the other game device operated by the opponent player as the opponent. The designated position data is received via the communication unit 130 as will be described later, and the setting unit 305 similarly creates a circular figure having a predetermined radius, and the image display control unit 302 As the designation result display control unit, this is displayed together with the mark image MG1 as shown in FIGS. 21 and 22 as the mark image MG2 (the other of the throwing mark or the batting mark). Note that the image display control unit 302 predicts the other party's designated position by displaying the mark images MG1 and MG2 together after the position instruction of the mark image MG1 has been completed (confirmed). Fits the game).

  The circle graphic of the mark images MG1 and MG2 may be a single circle, but a double circle is adopted in this embodiment. That is, the double circle is composed of an inner central circle portion R11 and an outer ring portion R12, and is displayed in different display forms, typically different colors, for easy identification.

  The setting unit 305 sets the diameter of the center circle portion R11 and the width of the ring portion R12 of the mark image MG1, and further sets the diameter of the center circle portion R21 and the width of the ring portion R22 of the mark image MG2 using the following parameters. . As parameters, for the pitcher, the elements related to ball power such as “ball speed”, “intimidation”, “correction to left batter”, “ball stretch”, etc. with respect to the center circle R11 are “control” with respect to the ring R12. ”,“ Four balls ”,“ dangerous missed rate ”,“ quick ”and other factors related to ball control are selected and used from the pitcher parameters, and for the batter,“ power ”,“ ballistic ”with respect to the central circle R11 ”,“ Intimidation ”,“ Power Hitter ”,“ Sayonara ”,“ Adversity ”,“ Fixing ”,“ Tackle ”,“ No. 4 Batter ”, etc.“ Meet ”for the ring R12 , “Meeting against left pitcher”, “Chance”, “Sinking”, “Wide-angle batting method”, “Uchino hitting”, “Bant”, “Manchu”, “First ball”, “Rounding”, “Stiff” Is selected from the fielder parameters Used are. Of course, elements (parameters) other than the above parameters may be adopted or added.

  Accordingly, in the case of a pitcher character, the higher the sum of the parameter values of the elements related to the ball power, the smaller the radius of the central circle R11 (R21), and the higher the sum of the parameter values of the elements related to the ball control power, the higher the ring portion R12 (R22). ) Radius is small. Conversely, in the case of a batter character, the higher the sum of the parameter values of the elements related to power, the larger the radius of the central circle R11 (R21), and the higher the sum of the parameter values of the elements related to meat, the higher the ring R12. The radius of (R22) increases. As a result, the higher the ability on the pitcher side, the smaller the mark image (mark size), so that it does not overlap the hitting position of the batter (advantageous to the pitcher side), while the higher the ability on the batter side The mark image has a large size (mark size) and overlaps the pitcher's pitching position (advantageous to the batter side).

  Each parameter may be applied regardless of the game situation, or may be relevant to the game situation (sequence). In the latter case, the corresponding one is used. For example, when the game situation (sequence) is such that the player is the defensive side and the batter to be played is a left batter, the “vs. left batter” parameter is adopted for the pitcher. If the “batter” parameter is “1”, the radius of the central circle portion R11 of the mark image MG1 is set to be small accordingly. Further, when the player is the attacking side and the game situation (sequence) is full, the “full” parameter is adopted for the batter. At this time, the “full” parameter of the batter character is “1”. ", The width of the ring portion R12 of the mark image MG1 is set to be larger, and conversely if the parameter is" 0 ", the width of the ring portion R12 is not changed by this parameter.

  The setting of the diameter of the center circle portion R21 and the width of the ring portion R22 of the mark image MG2 is performed when the player card identification data is received via the communication unit 130 at the start of the game or when the opponent character is changed. Therefore, the player parameters corresponding to the identification data are called from the ROM 3001 and used.

  The setting unit 305 produces the fun of the game by changing the size (enlargement / reduction ratio) of the mark images MG1 and MG2 set by the player parameter according to the strategy (reading) between the players. The strike zone image SZ is divided into a predetermined number of squares, in this embodiment, 6 × 6 squares in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a ball zone for the first square is provided therearound. The position designation by the player is performed for an arbitrary position within the inner 6 × 6 square. The ball zone in the strike zone image SZ assumes that some pitching histories, which will be described later, include a ball at the pitching position, thereby providing variation and realism to the pitching history. I try to bring it out.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, since it is a mode to play (game) by throwing with one ball, the position (course) that has been pitched up to this one ball in the batting table, In this example, the pitching history including the pitching order is presented to the player, and the game performance is enhanced by giving an opportunity to read the position designation of both players for one game. The pitching history is virtual, and for convenience of explanation, various patterns indicating the status of two strikes, two balls, or three balls are set. The setting unit 305 creates a pitching history for each sequence and displays it on the strike zone image SZ.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for position designation. A strike zone image SZ is displayed at the approximate center of the screen, and guidance information is displayed at other appropriate locations. In the screen example of FIG. 8, the pitching history is the first ball strikes at the upper right, the second ball fouls at the left slightly center, the third ball at the right upper ball, the fourth ball at the lower right ball 2 This is a strike 2-ball situation. The pitching history may be created arbitrarily or by using a predetermined rule each time. However, in this embodiment, the pitching history is created in advance in the ROM 3001 and stored. The sphere history creation unit 303 creates one indirectly, so to speak, by selecting one of them randomly or using a probability. In this embodiment, a predetermined type of pattern is prepared in advance, and the patterns are further classified and stored as advantageous, normal, and disadvantageous for the pitcher side. For example, 10 types of patterns that are advantageous, normal, and disadvantageous for the pitcher are created, and 30 types are prepared in total. The method of selecting which content is advantageous and disadvantageous to the pitcher and which type is selected will be described later.

  FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are explanatory diagrams for position designation by extracting the portion of the strike zone image SZ of FIG. 8, FIG. 9 is the pitcher side, and FIG. 10 is the batter side. In FIG. 9, the inner 6 × 6 square portion (strike zone) can be displayed in a display form according to the pitcher's advantage / disadvantage with respect to the square unit, and in this embodiment, a colored display with a predetermined type of color is possible. That is, using a color gradient in an order that is advantageous to the pitcher side, for example, red (for example, the first square of the cell), orange (for example, the square for the first line of the right line), and any advantage or disadvantage Color (for example, a square in the central portion), light blue (a square near the lower left), and blue (for example, a second square). The outer squares are given another uniform color. Note that the above-described advantage and disadvantage of pitching history are different from the advantage and disadvantage of the pitcher side with respect to the square unit, and the former is the latter as advantage and disadvantage information for pattern selection of pitching history by pitching history creation 303. Is provided as advantageous / disadvantageous information (reflected as the size of the image mark MG) for position designation by the setting unit 305.

  The advantages and disadvantages of the grid unit are set as follows. In other words, from the standpoint of the pitcher, the control is more stable (from the pitching result) the closer to the square where the pitching record is in the pitching history and the later in the pitching order (that is, closer to the time of one-ball game) It is advantageous that it is considered to be advantageous, and it is disadvantageous so that the opposite is true (there is no pitching record), and this color-coded display is a reading of the strategy when the pitcher's player designates the pitching position of one game Can be used. That is, the setting unit 305 further sets an enlargement / reduction ratio to the mark image MG1 having the size set by the player parameter, and changes the size. When the position of the grid of the color that is advantageous to the pitcher side (as opposed to colorless) is specified, the size of the mark image MG1 is reduced, and in the opposite case, the size of the mark image MG1 is increased. When an advantageous grid area is designated, the mark image MG1 is reduced by a predetermined ratio, for example, 5% for light blue and blue, and vice versa (orange or red), for example, by 5%. The scaling ratio may be changed for red and orange, light blue and blue.

  In FIG. 9 (a), it is assumed that the upper right (in the orange square) is designated as the pitching position, and if it is this position, it is marked because it is close to the first and third balls in the pitching history. The image MG1 is enlarged in size (easy to be hit) (that is, squares with a lot of pitching results are regarded as easy to hit when seen from the batter side). On the other hand, in FIG. 9B, it is assumed that the left center (inside the light blue squares) is designated as the pitching position, and other pitches that are close to the second pitch in the pitching history are assumed at this position. The mark image MG1 is reduced in size (not easily hit) because it is in the vicinity of the set blue grid because it is far from the position. (In other words, squares with little pitching results are considered difficult to hit because they are not used to seeing them from the batter's side.) The advantages, normal, and disadvantageous settings of the square unit for the pitching history are basically the rules described above. However, in the aspect in which the pitching history is created in advance, it may be set in advance in consideration of the rules described above.

  On the other hand, as the batter's position, it is considered that the batter's eyes become more familiar as he gets closer to the square with a pitching record in the pitching history and later in the pitching order (that is, closer to the time of one-ball game). The color-coded display can be used as a reading of a strategy when the batter player designates the hitting position of one game. That is, the setting unit 305 further sets the enlargement / reduction ratio to the mark image MG2 having the size set by the player parameter, and changes the size. If a position within the square of a color advantageous to the batter side (red or orange) is designated, the size of the mark image MG2 increases, and in the opposite case (light blue or blue), the size of the mark image MG2 decreases. When an advantageous square is designated, the mark image MG1 is enlarged by a predetermined ratio, for example, 10%, and vice versa. The scaling ratio may be changed for red and orange, light blue and blue.

  In FIG. 10 (a), it is assumed that the upper right (in the orange square) is designated as the hitting position, and this position is marked because it is close to the first and third balls in the pitching history. The image MG2 is enlarged in size (easy to hit) (that is, squares with a lot of pitching results are considered easy to hit and hit by the batter's eyes). On the other hand, in FIG. 10B, it is assumed that the lower left (in light blue cells) is designated as the hitting position. At this position, the blue cell is close to the second ball in the pitching history. Since the mark image MG2 is an eye, the size of the mark image MG2 is reduced (it is difficult to hit) (that is, a square having a small pitching record is regarded as being difficult to hit because the batter's eyes are not used). Note that the advantage / disadvantage classification for each square is not limited to five stages, and two or more stages can be used.

  The setting unit 305 refers to, for example, Table 1 as to whether to select 10 types of advantageous, disadvantageous, or ordinary patterns of distribution from 30 types of distribution history.

  That is, as shown in Table 1, the appearance rate of the pitching history pattern is set by the pitcher's physical strength parameter and the ball control parameter. One pitching history is selected according to this appearance rate. The physical strength parameter is increased or decreased according to the progress of the game as the initial physical strength value is set according to the game situation (strikes, home run, hits, points scored, etc.) and pitching content (throwing number, etc.) It is an occasional value. If the health value is a predetermined normal value, the health mark displayed at an appropriate position on the screen is displayed in red, and when it falls to a predetermined threshold, the health mark changes from red to yellow. . The color representing the physical strength value may be two types of red and yellow, or a required color change (for example, orange) may be provided between red and yellow. The ball control parameter is a parameter set in advance for the pitcher. The physical strength parameter and the control force parameter are involved in a predetermined ratio, for example, 50% each. For example, the physical strength parameter assumes that the physical strength value is red, and the control force parameter assumes that the control force is less than the average. Then, from Table 1, the appearance rate of pitching disadvantageous pitching history patterns is 40% (= 25% + 15%), the appearance rate of intermediate pitching history patterns is 35% (= 15% + 20%), and pitcher advantageous The appearance rate of the pitching history pattern is 25% (= 10% + 15%). Each appearance rate can be appropriately distributed. Note that the method for selecting a pitching history is not limited to the physical strength parameter or the ball-controlling force parameter, and other parameters may be added or replaced with other parameters. Further, the physical strength parameter may be treated as a pitcher evaluation index such as a ball control parameter, indicating the current state of the pitcher in the game progress. Therefore, not only the physical strength value but various parameters for pitcher evaluation that increase or decrease according to the progress of the game are applicable.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart relating to position designation in the course instruction mode, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart relating to setting of a mark enlargement / reduction ratio on the pitcher side and the batter side. In FIG. 11, when the sequence is started, pitching history data is selected (acquired) based on Table 1 (step ST1) and displayed on the screen (step ST3). Next, it is determined whether or not a mark position has been input (step ST5). If there is an input, a mark enlargement / reduction ratio is set based on the flowchart of FIG. 12 (step ST7), and the mark is resized at the set enlargement / reduction ratio. Image MG is displayed on the screen. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the enter button has been pressed (step ST9). If it has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the mark position has been continuously input, and the size of the mark is set at an enlargement / reduction ratio corresponding to the designated position. Changed and displayed on the screen. Therefore, the player can select an appropriate position while confirming the mark size until a desired position is found. Then, when the determination button is pressed (in place of the determination button, when the non-input state has elapsed for a predetermined time, the previous position is automatically determined as the specified position) Exit.

  In FIG. 12, it is determined whether or not the position of the designated square is advantageous for the pitcher (step ST11). If this determination is negative, the process proceeds to step ST15. Is set (step ST13). In step ST15, it is determined whether or not the position is unfavorable to the pitcher. If this determination is denied, the process proceeds to step ST19. If the determination is affirmative, the mark enlargement / reduction ratio is set when the position is unfavorable to the pitcher (step ST17). ). If both determinations are negative in steps ST11 and ST15, a normal mark enlargement / reduction ratio is set in step ST19, and this flow ends. In the present embodiment, the normal mark enlargement / reduction ratio is the enlargement / reduction ratio 1, and the mark size set based on the player parameters described above remains the same.

  The mark images MG1 and MG2 thus sized have the radius of the central circles R11 and R21 and the width of the ring portions R12 and R22 in accordance with the degree of overlap between the mark images MG1 and MG2. Will have an impact. That is, when the mark images MG1 and MG2 do not overlap at all, when only the ring portions R12 and R22 overlap with each other, the center circle portion R11 (or R21) and the ring portion R12 (or R22) of any of the ring portions R12 and R22 And the central circles R11 and R21 may overlap, and the degree of each overlap is reflected in the battle result. This description will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  The action setting unit 306 transmits information necessary for determining the battle result from part of the input operation information from the operation unit 10A and the player's parameters according to the selection items shown in FIG. 20, that is, to the opponent game device. To create data for. Here, among the information input from the operation unit 10A, the card placement position information from the imaging unit 11 includes a plurality of behavior modes so as to virtually set in what manner the player character's behavior is performed. This level is reflected in the determination of the level of the set attribute.

  The level of this attribute is a (throwing power) level when a pitcher performs throwing with full power or saving, and a batter is a (swing power) level of power to swing a bat. That is, in the case of a pitcher, if the player card 9 is in front of the center position of the placement surface as an attribute level, the ball speed is further increased by increasing the ball speed, while the meat rate is lowered and the stamina is consumed. If the amount is increased and the rear side is set, the ball speed is further saved (lowered), while the meet rate is increased and the consumption amount of stamina is decreased. The amount of stamina consumed is controlled in advance, and is assumed to increase during that time, assuming that the attacker is on the bench. In the case of a pitcher, the pitcher decreases by a preset amount depending on the pitch power.

  In the case of a batter, if the player card 9 is ahead of the center position of the placement surface, the power is increased to make the bat more vigorous, while the meat rate is further reduced, and if it is the rear side, the power is further saved. While making the bat more vigorous, raise the meat rate. The increase or decrease in power in the case of a batter is reflected in the flying distance and speed of the hit ball, reflected in the trajectory of the hit ball, that is, in the vertical angle of the hit ball, and reflected in the hit rate.

  In addition, when the “sign” button is selected in FIG. 20 and any detail is selected on the defensive side or the attacking side, the behavior setting unit 306 accepts the selection content by the accepting unit 304. Then, the selection content is confirmed as the result of the selection selection. It is to be noted that this base selection result is reflected in the fielder defensive position changing process and the runner's scolding process by simulating actual baseball (that is, according to the baseball rule control program) by unit sequence execution unit 310 described later. Is done.

  In the present embodiment, the action setting unit 306 includes “release timing”, “ball type”, “selected pitch item”, “throwing position”, “attribute level (full power to “Save)” is generated as batter data, “swing timing”, “selected selection item”, “hitting position”, and “attribute level (strong vibration to meet)”. The “release timing” of the pitcher data is set by random processing using a random number generator etc. for the amount of deviation from the “release” (best release timing) in the pitcher parameter. Among the changing balls, the pitch information and attribute level are set in consideration, and “throwing position” and “hit position” are both the pitcher and the batter when the “course instruction” button is not selected on the screen of FIG. Based on the parameters, it is set by the CPU. As for the “swing timing” of the batter data, a deviation amount with respect to the “swing timing” (best swing timing) in the fielder parameter is set by random processing using a random number generator or the like.

  The communication processing unit 307 transmits predetermined information set by the setting unit 305 and the action setting unit 306 to the other game device based on the selection and instruction content from the operation unit 10A. In this way, each game device can have the same information by receiving data from the other game device.

  The battle result setting unit 308 determines a hit result. The battle result setting unit 308 sets the battle result in a different manner when the “course instruction” button is selected and when it is not. That is, when the “course instruction” button is not selected, for example, the probability that the batter character hits (hit rate probability) is used from a pitcher parameter, a batter parameter, and data exchanged with each other using a predetermined arithmetic expression. Then, according to the probability (hitting determination process), a process of determining the trajectory (strike strength) when hitting the bat character is performed. At this time, the stamina consumption is also used as a coefficient.

  On the other hand, when the “course instruction” button is selected, the battle result setting unit 308 performs hitting determination processing corresponding to “course instruction”. As will be described later, the hitting determination process is performed by determining the hitting level and determining the hit condition (%) based on the overlapping degree of the mark images MG1 and MG2.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the degree of overlap between the center circle portion R11 and the outer ring portion R12 of the mark image, and FIG. 14 is a flowchart for determining the hitting level with respect to the degree of overlap. FIG. 13A shows a state where the ring portions R12 and R22 of the mark images MG1 and MG2 are in contact with each other, and FIG. 13B shows a state where the ring portion R22 of the mark image MG2 is arranged on the outer periphery of the center circle portion R11 of the mark image MG1. FIG. 13C shows a state in which the outer circumferences are in contact with each other, and FIG. 13C shows a state in which the center circle portions R11 and R21 of the mark images MG1 and MG2 are in contact with each other. In FIG. 13, the radii from the centers of the mark images MG1 and MG2 to the outer peripheries of the ring portions R12 and R22 are La and Lb, the radius of the central circle R11 of one (here, the mark image MG1) is Lc, and the other (here The radius of the center circle R21 of the mark image MG2) is Ld.

  In FIG. 14, first, it is determined whether or not the center-to-center distance between the mark images MG1 and MG2 is greater than (La + Lb) (step S1). Step S3). On the other hand, if the center-to-center distance is equal to or smaller than (La + Lb), it is next determined whether or not the center-to-center distance is greater than (Lb + Lc). If it is greater, the distance between FIGS. Therefore, the level 1 hitting process is set as the battle result. On the other hand, if the center-to-center distance is equal to or smaller than (Lb + Lc), it is next determined whether or not the center-to-center distance is greater than (Lc + Ld). Therefore, for example, a level 2 hitting process with a fast hitting ball is set which is more advantageous to the batter than the level 1 as a result of the battle. On the other hand, if the center-to-center distance is equal to or smaller than (Lc + Ld), it is next determined whether or not the center-to-center distance is greater than a predetermined value of substantially zero. If so, there is at least an overlap from FIG. As a result of the battle, for example, a hitting process of level 3 where the hitting ball is fast, which is more advantageous to the batter than level 2 is set. On the other hand, if the center-to-center distance is less than or equal to a predetermined value (ie, the centers are substantially coincident), a home run that is more advantageous to the batter than level 3 is typically set as the battle result.

  Further, the match result setting unit 308 selects the “course instruction”, the hitting level value determined in FIG. 14, and the hit condition (%) according to the overlapping degree of the mark images MG1 and MG2 at each level. The process which determines a battle result from is performed.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 13, description will be given of the degree of contact (%) according to the degree of overlap of the mark images MG1 and MG2 at each level. In an aspect in which only the ring portions R12 and R22 overlap as shown in Level 1, that is, as shown in FIGS. 13A to 13B, when the distance between the centers is Lo, 100 × ((La + Lb) −Lo) / ( A percentage value corresponding to the degree of overlap can be calculated by (Lo− (Lc + Ld)), that is, the state of FIG. 13 (a) is 0%, and the state of FIG. If the shapes of the mark images MG1 and MG2 are the same, when the ring portion R12 is in contact with the other central circle portion R21, the ring portion R22 is simultaneously in contact with the other central circle portion R11. Thus, when the shapes of the mark images MG1 and MG2 are different, for example, when one ring portion R12 is in contact with the other central circle portion R21, the ring portion R22 is not in contact with the other central circle portion R11. Since the bets, in this case, it is set to be less than 100%.

  In Level 2, that is, in an embodiment in which at least one of the ring portions R12, R22 overlaps with the other central circular portions R21, R11 as shown in FIGS. 13 (b) to 13 (c), La> Lb and the center-to-center distance is When Lo is set, a percentage value corresponding to the degree of overlap can be calculated by 100 × ((La + Ld) −Lo) / (La−Lc). That is, the state of FIG. 13B is 0%, and the state of FIG. 13C is 100%.

  In the overlap mode in which the reference positions coincide with each other from level 3, that is, from FIG. 13C, the overlap degree is 100 × ((Lc + Ld) −Lo) / (Lc + Ld) when the center distance is Lo. It is possible to calculate a percentage value in accordance with. That is, the state of FIG. 13B is 0%, and the state of FIG. 13C is 100%.

  As described above, each level 1, 2 and 3 indicates the degree to which the bat character swung with respect to the pitched ball character catches with a true core in percentage. Depending on the degree of overlap of images, the degree of capture with the true core is set continuously or in multiple stages (compared to the three levels 1, 2, 3) to create a sense of reality. Yes. For example, it indicates a power rate (0 to 100%) that determines the trajectory (hitting speed) after hitting the level with the bat. For example, level 1 is 20 to 40%, level 2 is 50 to 70%, level 3 Is set to 80 to 100%, and if the degree of overlap of the mark images is 50% at level 1, the trajectory speed is set to 30%. That is, a trajectory (hitting ball speed) of 30% of the hitting power of the character is given to the hit ball character. By dividing the level in this way, the whole is not proportional, and the strength of the hit ball is reflected in stages.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the hitting determination process (details of step S123 in FIG. 19). In the figure, it is determined whether or not the “course instruction” button has been selected on the screen of FIG. 20, and if not selected, the process proceeds to step S23 and normal hit rate calculation is executed. That is, as described above, from the pitcher parameter, the batter parameter, and the data exchanged with each other, the probability that the batter character hits is calculated using a predetermined arithmetic expression, and the calculated probability (hit rate) is a predetermined value. It is determined whether or not it is above (step S25), and if the predetermined value is reached, hitting processing according to the hit rate is set in the battery work in the RAM 3002 (step S27), and reaches the predetermined value. If not, the idle swing process is set in the battery work in the RAM 3002 (step S29).

  On the other hand, when the “course instruction” button is selected on the screen of FIG. 20, the hitting level is determined after the hitting level determination (step S31) and the hit condition (%) determination (step S33) are executed. It is determined whether the level is 1 or higher (step S35). If the hitting level does not reach level 1, the swing-and-shake process is set in the batteryworking work in the RAM 3002 (step S29). If the hitting level is level 1 or higher, hit information, hitting level, Each condition (%) information is set in the battery work in the RAM 3002 (step S37).

  The game situation determination unit 309 has a game management function for managing the game situation, and exchanges player parameters of each player card 9 that are used with each other at the start of the game, and exchanges player parameters of the player when the player character is changed. In addition, the number of executions of the sequence, that is, the number of innings and outcounts in the case of baseball, and the game status (scores, pinches, chances, etc.) are determined from the execution results of each sequence up to the previous time. Is a special situation set in advance (for example, the final round) or a situation to be noted (full, etc.), a process for determining a battle result determined by the battle result setting unit 308, that is, a hit or an out It is also reflected in. If the “course instruction” button is selected, these may be used as parameters for setting the width of the ring portions R12 and R22 of the mark image, for example. This can make the game more interesting. In addition, when the “course instruction” item is selected, the game situation determination unit 309 associates the pitching position and hitting position data with the player and transmits the history data to the center server.

  Note that the image display control unit 302 may set the pitcher-side display image and the batter-side display image to be the same (the viewpoint and the line-of-sight direction of the virtual camera are the same). In this case, drawing is performed from different viewpoint positions that are preferable for each player, thereby improving the visibility of the game progress for each player.

  The unit sequence execution unit 310 sequentially moves the pitcher character, the fielder character, the batter character, the runner character from the pitching by the pitcher to the batting, and a series of actions according to the batting result, and the movement of the ball character simulating the ball. The calculation results are sequentially guided to the image display control unit 302 one by one.

  The unit sequence execution unit 310 includes a preprocessing unit 311 and a subsequent processing unit 312. The preprocessing unit 311 obtains a processing result before the pitching action of the ball character by the pitcher character displayed on the monitor 3 using the determination content in the action setting unit 306 and the parameters used at that time. When you are on the pitcher side, the pitch position, ball speed (using the “ball speed” and “release” data in the pitcher parameters, etc.), the ball type, the trajectory of the pitched ball, and the passing position on the home base When the player is on the batter side, the bat swing trajectory, the result of whether or not the bat is hit, and the result of hitting the bat, the “hitting speed” and “hitting angle” at the moment of hitting the bat ”And“ hitting velocity attenuation rate ”parameters are calculated. Of each calculation, the trajectory calculation of the pitched ball character and bat swing may be based on general dynamics and air resistance, or game processing using simulation calculations close to actual motion. It may be obtained by processing at a speed required for the above.

  The subsequent processing unit 312 is a process for the action to be performed after the pitching action, and causes the fielder character to perform a natural defense action from the movement of the ball character or the runner character on the monitor 3, and from the movement of the ball character or the fielder character. The runner character is caused to perform a natural scolding motion (the above is based on a control program according to the baseball rules), and a calculation is performed to move the ball character based on the hit data with the bat character. Further, the subsequent processing unit 312 determines the “hitting speed” and “hitting ball” obtained by the preprocessing unit 311 according to the amount of deviation between the passing position of the ball character on the home base and the hit position of the bat character, and the timing deviation between the two. Using the parameters of “angle” and “hitting rate attenuation”, the hitting speed and hitting angle after hitting are calculated. In this case, by using a random number generator or the like with respect to the “hit speed” and “hit angle”, a variation in the hit ball trajectory can be realized.

  The subsequent processing unit 312 repeatedly executes the above calculation at a predetermined cycle, and guides the result to the image display control unit 302, so that the ball character, pitcher character, batter character, fielder character, and runner character on the monitor 3 The motion is displayed as a moving image to realize more realistic sequence processing.

  Upon receiving the game end, the player card issuance processing unit 313 gives an instruction to issue a predetermined number of player cards, here, only one player card to the player card issuing slot 6 from the player card storage unit inside the housing 1. . Thereby, the player can collect the number and type of player cards every time the game is played.

  The opponent side operation setting unit 314 has a ROM 3001 in which a baseball team that is controlled by a computer and has a sufficient number of player character images and pitch parameters (pitcher parameters, fielder parameters) to form one team. This is prepared in advance and is used to realize a CPU battle with a player with only one game device, selection processing of “course instruction” item, “sign” item, attribute level, battle result It is responsible for sequence execution processing. This opponent side operation setting unit 314 basically has a setting unit 305, an action setting unit 306, a battle result setting unit 308, a game situation determination unit 309, and a unit sequence execution, as if an opponent player is present. This is for performing the process of causing the unit 310 to function equally within the self-device and displaying an image on one monitor.

  FIG. 20 is a game image at the start of the sequence when the player is on the batter side, and FIG. 21 is a game image at the time of confrontation in a state where the pitching position and the batting position overlap when the player is on the batter side. 22 is a game image at the time of confrontation in which the pitching position and the hitting position are overlapped when the player is the pitcher side. As shown in FIGS. 20 to 22, in addition to the display of the game image on the screen of the monitor 3, the opponent (team name) and the contents (scores, innings, etc.) relating to the game progress are displayed on the upper side of the screen. The batter and pitcher data are displayed on the side. A team member table is displayed at the bottom of the screen. A strike zone image SZ is displayed at the center position of the screen. In this embodiment, the strike zone image SZ is divided into a plurality of squares in the vertical and horizontal directions as in FIG. It is shown in a display form that can identify information including advantages and disadvantages for the eyes (not shown in the figure), and is displayed together in the strike zone image SZ in which both mark images MG1 and MG2 are superimposed. Has been.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the game. First, when the coin sensor 81 detects whether or not a coin has been inserted (step S41), the imaging unit 11 is activated, and a required number of player cards 9 (9 in the baseball game) are placed on the placement surface 20. It is detected that the player identification data of each player card 9 is read (step S43). Subsequently, the game is started, the data is exchanged with the opponent, and the process proceeds to the execution process of one sequence for confronting with one batter character (step S45). Each time this sequence ends, it is determined whether or not the game is over (step S47). If there is a remaining outcount or remaining inning, a sequence for performing a confrontation with the next batter character is set and step S43. Return to. If the game is over at step S47, an instruction to issue only one new player card 9 is issued after a game end process (step S51), for example, a superiority or inferiority (win or loss) is presented on the monitor 3, etc. This flow is finished.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a selection process for the screen shown in FIG.

  FIG. 20 is a screen showing the start of one sequence, and the next batter is preparing to go to the bat. In the screen, four buttons of “Sign”, “Drawing / Driving”, “Course Instruction”, and “Skip” are displayed. When accepting that one of the buttons has been selected (step S61), the accepting unit 304 transmits the selected content to another game device in the opponent (step S63) and from the other game device to the opponent player. The content selected by is received (step S65). In the transmission / reception processing of the selection contents, since there is a difference in time required for selection, the transmission processing may be executed from the earlier selection.

  When reception of the selected content on the other side is completed, a step determination process is then executed (step S67). In other words, priority is set for “signature”, “substitution / substitution”, and “course instruction”, and in this embodiment, one or more items cannot be selected. First, it is determined whether or not the player or the opponent player has selected a player change (substitution / substitute) (step S69). If selected, the player shift mode is entered and the screen guides the player change. It switches to such a predetermined screen (step S71). If the player change is not selected, it is determined whether or not the player or the other player has selected “Course Instruction” (step S73). If selected, the process proceeds to the “Course Instruction” mode. A process of shifting to the screen 21 (or FIG. 22) is performed (step S75). If “course instruction” is not selected, it is determined whether or not the player or the opponent player has selected “sign” (step S77). Buttons indicating the contents of various signatures are displayed on the screen, and the screen is switched to a predetermined screen for prompting selection (step S79). If “Skip” is selected or no button is selected even after a predetermined time has elapsed (NO in step S77), the pitching contents set by the computer, the sequence processing based on the swing contents, and therefore Is displayed (step S81).

  There is no guarantee that the player who is playing the game and the opponent player will select the same item (button) on the screen of FIG. Priority levels are set in advance. That is, if any one player presses the “substitution / substitution” button, the player shifts to the “player change” mode even if the other player presses a different button. If either one of the players presses the “course instruction” button, even if the other player presses the “sign” or “skip” button, the mode shifts to the “course instruction” mode. If either one of the players presses the “sign” button, even if the other player presses a different button “skip”, the mode shifts to the “sign” mode.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the “course instruction” mode selected in step S75 of FIG. Here, a case where the own player is the attacking side and the opponent player is the defensive side will be described. In the case where the own player is the defensive side (that is, the opponent player is the attacking side), the description is omitted because the process is simply replacement of the “batter side” and the “pitcher side”.

  When the mode is shifted to the “course instruction” mode, the size of the batter character mark image MG1, that is, the radius of the center circle R11 and the width of the ring portion R12 are set, and the size of the mark image MG2 of the pitcher character as the opponent character, That is, the radius of the center circle R21 and the width of the ring R22 are set (step S91). Next, the mark image MG1 only on the self side, that is, the batter side is displayed at an appropriate position of the strike zone image SZ, for example, at the center (step S93). The self player can press the touch panel 10 against the appropriate position of the strike zone image SZ while visually recognizing the mark image MG1. When the player presses the desired position of the strike zone image SZ as the designated position, a process of moving the center of the mark image MG1 to the pressed position is performed (step S95). Note that the operation of moving the mark image MG1 to the designated position can also be realized by a method of dragging the mark image MG1 while pressing it. When the designated position is determined, the self player determines the swing position by pressing the determination button shown in FIG. 8 (step S97). That is, until the self player determines the designated position, the flowchart of FIG. 11 is executed. When the hit position is determined in step ST9, information on the determined hit position is sent to the opponent via the communication unit 130. The information is sent to the game device (step S99), and information on the pitching position designated by the opponent game device is received (step S101).

  As described above, the game device on its own side calculates the center circle portion R21 and the ring portion R22 of the mark image MG2 by referring to the pitcher parameter and the game situation as the opponent character based on the retained data in the game device. Since the information of the pitching position designated by the opponent player on the opponent game device is received and sent to the image display control unit 302, the mark images MG1 and MG2 can be displayed together on the monitor 3 of the game device on the own side. It becomes possible. The display of the mark image MG2 on the monitor 3 is not performed in this flowchart, and is displayed, for example, at the time of the battle in step S123 of FIG. In this way, at least after determining (determining) the hitting position on the self side, each other's information is exchanged and the pitching position designated by the opponent side is displayed on the monitor 3, so The hitting position is designated while estimating the amount, and high game performance is maintained.

  On the other hand, in the opponent game device operated by the opponent player on the pitcher side, the size of the mark image MG1 of the pitcher character (which becomes the mark image MG1 from the standpoint of the opponent player's game device), that is, the central circle portion R11. The radius and the width of the ring portion R12 are set, and the size of the mark image MG2 of the batter character that is the character on the opponent's own player side when viewed from the opponent player, that is, the radius of the center circle portion R21 and the ring portion R22 The width is set (step # 91). Next, the mark image MG1 only on the pitcher side is displayed at an appropriate position of the strike zone image SZ, for example, at the center (step # 93). The opponent player can press the touch panel 10 at an appropriate position of the mark image MG1 while visually recognizing the mark image MG1. When the opponent player presses the desired position of the strike zone image SZ as the designated position, a process of moving the center of the mark image MG1 to the pressed position is performed (step # 95). When the opponent player determines the designated position, the pitching position is confirmed by pressing the determination button shown in FIG. 16 (step # 97). That is, until the opponent player determines the designated position, the flowchart of FIG. 11 is executed. When the pitching position is determined in step ST9, information on the determined pitching position is transmitted to the self side via the communication unit 130. To the game device (step # 99), and receives information on the hitting position designated by the game device on the self side (step # 101).

  In this way, the opponent game device sets the center circle portion R21 and the ring portion R22 of the mark image MG2 with reference to the batter parameters, the game situation, and the pitching history, and the hit position designated by the own player on the game device Is sent to the image display control unit 302 on the other game device side, so that the mark images MG1 and MG2 can be displayed together on the monitor 3 of the other game device. Further, after the opponent side determines the pitching position, it exchanges information with each other and displays the hitting position designated on its own side on the monitor 3, so that the pitching while predicting or guessing the opponent's hand is performed. By specifying the position, high game performance is maintained.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the bat section flow included in the sequence execution process shown in step S45 of FIG. First, a case where the player is the batter side will be described. In addition, since the case where the player is the pitcher side is basically the same, only the part of the procedure different from that of the batter will be described.

  First, the data relating to the pitching and striking process (work) executed in the immediately preceding sequence is initialized (step S111), and then the process of receiving the selection result by the player for the “sign” item or the like is performed (step S113). ). This player input acceptance process includes position data of the player card 9 on the placement surface 20.

  Next, batting data that is data to be transmitted to the opponent game device is generated (step S115). The batting data is transmitted to the opponent game device (step S117), and the pitch data transmitted from the opponent game device is received (step S119). By setting this transmission / reception operation to be performed when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the batting flow, both game devices can simultaneously transmit and receive each other. It is also possible to adopt a mode in which reception is mutually interruptible and data is transmitted to the other game device immediately after data creation. Thus, by performing mutual data exchange processing, each game device has the same pitch data and batting data (hitting data). In addition, by having the same data in both, there is no delay in the display of both images, and it is possible to provide a game environment in which both players do not feel uncomfortable and the player is free from communication.

  Next, the received pitch data is stored in the work area of the RAM 3002 (step S121), and hitting determination is performed by the match result setting unit 307 using the pitch data and the hit data (step S123). In this hitting determination, a process for the normal mode (including the case where only the arrangement item is selected) is performed.

  In step S125, the pitching trajectory calculation is executed using the pitching data, and then the “batting point” that is the passing position on the home base obtained by the pitching trajectory calculation is set (stored) in the work area ( Step S127). Subsequently, according to the result obtained by the pitching trajectory calculation, an image of “throwing” which is a pitching operation and a pitching process is displayed on the monitor 3 (step S129), and subsequently, the battle result obtained by the calculation is obtained. According to the swing timing, the hitting direction, and the hitting speed, an image of “batting” that is a hitting operation and hitting process is displayed on the monitor 3 (step S131). Next, in response to the battle result, the movement of the fielder character, the movement of the runner character, and the movement of the ball character are sequentially calculated and displayed as an image on the monitor 3 (step S133).

  When the player is on the pitcher side, the processing from step # 111 to step # 133 is executed while synchronizing with each processing from step S111 to step S133. In step # 117, pitching data is transmitted, and in step # 119, hit data is received.

  In addition, the following aspects can be employ | adopted for this invention.

  (1) In the present embodiment, the game property is changed and adjusted by interposing the player card 9 and displacement of the placement position. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the player character is stored in the game device in advance. It is possible to configure the team by designating members of the teams that can be selected or selectable members, and it is also possible to configure the team with player characters trained by the player through a training game or the like.

  (2) Instead of the touch panel 109, a so-called mouse or joystick as a pointing device may be used as the operation unit.

  (3) In this embodiment, a simple type in which one sequence is processed with one pitcher's pitch is used.

  (4) The shape of the mark image is not limited to a circle, but may be a polygon such as a quadrangle, and the capability data may be reflected at each vertex. In addition to a circle, an ellipse may be used. Furthermore, the mark image may be a single circle set based on the player parameters.

  (5) Although the size of the mark image is set in consideration of the scaling ratio obtained from the pitching history and the specified position in the size based on the player parameter, the size based on the player parameter is not considered and the size based on the direct pitching history and the specified position is used. A mode in which the size is set may be used. In this case, the enlargement / reduction ratio may compete with the mark image in advance for the basic size, and the final size may be set in consideration of the enlargement / reduction ratio. It is good also as a mode which calculates or sets a certain size according to a predetermined rule.

It is an external appearance block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the game device which concerns on this invention. It is an example of the perspective view which shows the structure of a card | curd mounting part. It is a figure for demonstrating the relationship between the structure of a player card, and a mounting surface, (a) is a perspective view which shows the relationship between the structure of a player card and a mounting surface, (b) is the description content of the back surface of a player card FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing of a game device. It is a front view of a game device. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware of the control part built in the control board part, and each part. It is a block diagram explaining the function of a control part. It is the figure which showed the example of 1 screen for position designation. It is explanatory drawing by the side of the pitcher for the position designation which extracted the part of strike zone SZ of FIG. It is explanatory drawing by the batter side for the position designation which extracted the part of strike zone SZ of FIG. It is a flowchart concerning position designation in a course instruction mode. It is a flowchart concerning the setting of the mark enlargement / reduction ratio on the pitcher side. It is a figure which shows the overlapping degree of center circle | round | yen part R11 and outer ring part R12 of a mark image. It is a flowchart which determines the hitting level with respect to an overlapping degree. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a hitting determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow of this game. It is a flowchart explaining the selection process with respect to the screen shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the "course instruction" mode of step S75. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a batting flow included in the sequence execution process shown to step S45 of FIG. It is a game image at the time of a sequence start when a player is a batter side. It is a game image in a state where the pitching position and the hitting position are overlapped when the player is on the batter side. It is a game image in a state where the pitching position and the hitting position overlap when the player is the pitcher side.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Card mounting part 3 Monitor (display device)
130 communication unit 300 control unit 301 game progress processing unit (game control means)
3001 ROM (each storage unit, pitching history storage means)
302 Image display control unit (image display control means, designation result display control means)
303 pitching history creation unit (part of pitching history creation means)
304 Reception part (throwing position designation means, hitting position designation means)
305 setting unit (part of pitching history creation means, pitch width size setting means, batting width size setting and setting means, pitcher evaluation value calculation means)
306 Action setting unit 307 Communication processing unit 308 Match result setting unit (match result setting means)
309 Game situation determination unit 310 Unit sequence execution unit 311 Preprocessing unit 312 Subsequent processing unit 313 Player card issuance processing unit 314 Opponent strategy setting unit 9 Player card 10 Touch panel 10A Operation unit 11 Imaging unit (position detection unit)
MG1, MG2 Mark image R11, R21 Center circle R12, R22 Ring SZ Strike zone image (throwing position designation area, hitting position designation area)

Claims (13)

The game player is communicably connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player, and the pitching position designation area and the striking position designation area having the same shape at a predetermined position on the screen of the display unit by the image display control means, and a pitcher confronting each other And both characters simulating the batter are displayed, and the game progresses by simulating the baseball game according to the result of the confrontation by the pitching action by the pitcher character and the batting action by the batter character at each position designated by the player and the opponent player In a game device for controlling
A pitching history creating means for creating a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each at-bat;
A pitching position designating unit for designating a pitching position at an appropriate position in the pitching position designating area during display of the pitching history displayed on the display by the image display control unit;
A striking position designation means for designating a striking position at an appropriate position in the striking position designation area during display of the pitching history displayed on the display by the image display control means;
As the specified pitching position is closer to an area with a lot of pitching experience, the pitching mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of difficulty in hitting, is determined, and the pitching mark of the determined size is displayed around the specified position. A pitch width size setting means,
The closer the specified hitting position is to an area with more experience in pitching, the hitting mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of ease of hitting, is determined, and the hitting mark of the determined size is displayed around the specified position. Striking width size setting means,
Designation result display control means for displaying both the pitch mark and the hitting mark set by the opponent player via the own player and the other game device after the position designation of both marks on the display unit;
A game apparatus comprising: a battle result determining means for obtaining a pitching result according to a degree of overlap between the pitching mark and the hitting mark.   The pitch width size setting means determines a pitch mark that is larger in size as the designated pitching position is closer to the pitching position in the rearward pitching order in the pitching history. The game device according to claim 1.   The hitting width size setting means determines a hitting mark having a larger size as the specified hitting position is closer to the later pitching position in the virtual pitching order in the pitching history. The game device according to claim 1, wherein   4. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pitching history creating means creates a pitching history up to at least two strikes.   The pitching history creation means includes pitching history storage means for storing a plurality of types of pitching histories, and selects one pitching history for each at-bat. A game device according to any one of the above.   6. The game apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the pitching history storage means includes a pitching history advantageous to the pitcher side and an unfavorable pitching history.   A pitcher evaluation value calculating unit that calculates a pitcher evaluation value that increases or decreases according to the game situation with respect to the pitcher character is provided, and the pitching history creation unit is more advantageous to the pitcher as the current pitcher evaluation value of the pitcher character is higher. 7. The game apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the game player selects a pitching history.   The pitching position designation area is divided into a plurality of squares, and the image display control means displays the squares in the pitching position designation area in an advantageous manner on the pitcher side and with different display forms depending on disadvantages. The game device according to claim 1, wherein:   The striking position designation area is divided into a plurality of squares, and the image display control means displays the squares in the striking position designation area in an advantageous manner on the batter side, with different display forms depending on disadvantages. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.   10. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designation result display control means displays the pitching position designation area and the hitting position designation area in an overlapping manner. It is communicably connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player, and simulates a pitching position designation area and a hitting position designation area having the same shape on the display by the image display control means, and a pitcher and a batter that play against each other. In a game control program for controlling a game apparatus that simulates a baseball game by displaying both characters and controlling a superiority or inferiority result against a battle by one pitching motion and a striking motion at each position designated by the player and the opponent player , The computer
A pitching history creating means for creating a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each at-bat;
A pitching position designating unit for designating a pitching position at an appropriate position in the pitching position designating area during display of the pitching history displayed on the display by the image display control unit;
A striking position designation means for designating a striking position at an appropriate position in the striking position designation area during display of the pitching history displayed on the display by the image display control means;
As the specified pitching position is closer to an area with a lot of pitching experience, the pitching mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of difficulty in hitting, is determined, and the pitching mark of the determined size is displayed around the specified position. A pitch width size setting means,
The closer the specified hitting position is to an area with more experience in pitching, the hitting mark that increases the mark size, which is an index of ease of hitting, is determined, and the hitting mark of the determined size is displayed around the specified position. Striking width size setting means,
Designation result display control means for displaying both the pitch mark and the hitting mark set by the opponent player via the own player and the other game device after the position designation of both marks on the display unit;
A game control program for a game device, which functions as a battle result determination means for obtaining a pitching result according to a degree of overlap between the pitching mark and the hitting mark. It is communicably connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player, and simulates a pitching position designation area and a hitting position designation area having the same shape on the display by the image display control means, and a pitcher and a batter that play against each other. In a game control method for controlling a game apparatus that simulates a baseball game in which both characters are displayed and a result of superiority or inferiority in a battle is obtained by one pitching operation and batting operation at each position designated by the player and the opponent player,
The pitching history creation means creates a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each at-bat,
The pitching position designation means designates the pitching position at an appropriate place in the pitching position designation area while displaying the pitching history displayed on the display by the image display control means,
The pitch width size setting means determines a pitch mark that increases a mark size as an index of difficulty of being hit, as the designated pitch position is closer to an area having a lot of pitching experience, and the pitch mark of the determined size is Displays the specified position as the center,
The hitting width size setting means determines the hitting mark that increases the mark size that is an index of ease of hitting as the hitting position specified via another game device is closer to an area with a lot of pitching experience. The size hit mark is displayed around the specified position,
The designation result display control means displays at least the hitting mark set by both players in the match on the indicator after designation of the pitching position,
A game control method for controlling a game apparatus, characterized in that a battle result determination means obtains a result of a pitch according to a degree of overlapping of the pitch mark and the hit mark. It is communicably connected to another game apparatus that can be operated by the opponent player, and simulates a pitching position designation area and a hitting position designation area having the same shape on the display by the image display control means, and a pitcher and a batter that play against each other. In a game control method for controlling a game apparatus that simulates a baseball game in which both characters are displayed and a result of superiority or inferiority in a battle is obtained by one pitching operation and batting operation at each position designated by the player and the opponent player,
The pitching history creation means creates a virtual pitching history of at least a plurality of balls for each at-bat,
The striking position designation means designates the striking position at an appropriate position in the striking position designation area during display of the pitching history displayed on the display by the image display control means,
The hitting width size setting means determines the hitting mark that increases the mark size as an index of ease of hitting as the specified hitting position is closer to the area where the pitching experience is more frequent, and the hitting mark of the determined size is specified. Centered on the selected position,
The pitch width size setting means determines and determines the pitch mark that increases the mark size as an index of difficulty of being hit, as the pitch position specified via another game device is closer to the area where the pitch is more experienced. The pitch mark of the selected size is displayed around the specified position,
The designation result display control means displays the pitch mark set by the player to play on the display after at least the designation of the hitting position,
A game control method for controlling a game apparatus, characterized in that a battle result determination means obtains a result of a pitch according to a degree of overlapping of the hit mark and the pitch mark.

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