JP2577296B2 - Game device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device for playing a game by reproducing information recorded on a recording medium such as a compact disk (CD).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various game books for playing games have been proposed. For example, in a conventional adventure game book, the number of the next sentence to be read is displayed each time one sentence is read, and the game proceeds by searching for the sentence with that number.

[0003]

However, when playing a game using such an adventure game book, it is necessary to find out the text to be read next by referring to the text number, which is troublesome. There was a problem that it required.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a game device capable of playing the adventure game and the like by a simple operation.

[0005]

A first means provided by the present invention for achieving the above object is to reproduce the corresponding contents with a reproducing apparatus by referring to identification information recorded on a CD. A game device that progresses the game by outputting the output is configured to have the following requirements. (B) A plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to the respective game contents are recorded on the CD. (B) having a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device; (C) The remote control device has storage means for storing programs related to the plurality of types of games. (D) The remote control device includes a plurality of operation units, a reading unit that reads a program of a game corresponding to the operation of the operation unit from the storage unit, and the playback device in accordance with the program read by the reading unit. Transmission means for transmitting a control signal to the device. (E) input means for inputting a response to a game content played by the playback device;
A determination means for determining a response input by the input means is provided. In order to achieve the above object, a second means provided by the present invention is to play the game by reproducing the corresponding content with a reproducing device with reference to the identification information recorded on the CD and outputting the sound. A game device having the following requirements. (B) A plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to the respective game contents are recorded on the CD. (B) having a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device; (C) The remote control device has storage means for storing programs related to the plurality of types of games. (D) The remote control device includes a plurality of operation units, a reading unit that reads a program of a game corresponding to the operation of the operation unit from the storage unit, and the playback device in accordance with the program read by the reading unit. Transmission means for transmitting a control signal to the device. (E) input means for inputting a response to a game content played by the playback device;
A determination means for determining a response input by the input means is provided. (F) having an enlarged operation unit detachably provided to the remote control device; In order to achieve the above object, a third means provided by the present invention is to play the game by reproducing the corresponding contents with a reproducing device with reference to the identification information recorded on the CD and outputting the sound. A game device having the following requirements. (B) A plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to the respective game contents are recorded on the CD. (B) having a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device; (C) The remote control device has storage means for storing programs related to the plurality of types of games. (D) The remote control device includes a plurality of operation units, a reading unit that reads a program of a game corresponding to the operation of the operation unit from the storage unit, and the playback device in accordance with the program read by the reading unit. Transmission means for transmitting a control signal to the device. (E) input means for inputting a response to a game content played by the playback device;
A determination means for determining a response input by the input means is provided. (F) having an enlarged operation unit detachably provided to the remote control device; (G) The storage means is provided detachably with respect to the remote control device.

[0006]

The first means according to the present invention has a CD on which a plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to each game content are recorded, and refers to the identification information recorded on the recording medium. The game is advanced by reproducing the corresponding game content on the reproducing device and outputting the voice. Also, there is provided a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device. The remote control device has a storage unit that stores programs related to a plurality of types of games, and when a corresponding game program is read in accordance with an operation of the operation unit, a control signal is transmitted to the playback device according to the program. Thereby, the corresponding game content is reproduced. When the remote control device inputs a response to the reproduced game content, the remote control device determines the content of the input response. As described above, the remote control device transmits the control signal to the playback device in accordance with the program of the corresponding game, whereby the content of the corresponding game is automatically played and the correctness of the response to the played game content is determined. Therefore, an adventure game or the like can be advanced by a simple operation.
The second means according to the present invention has a CD on which a plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to each game content are recorded, and refers to the identification information recorded on this recording medium. The game is advanced by playing back the corresponding game content on the playback device and outputting sound. Also, there is provided a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device. The remote control device has a storage unit that stores programs related to a plurality of types of games, and when a corresponding game program is read in accordance with an operation of the operation unit, a control signal is transmitted to the playback device according to the program. Thereby, the corresponding game content is reproduced. When the remote control device inputs a response to the reproduced game content, the remote control device determines the content of the input response. As described above, the remote control device transmits the control signal to the playback device in accordance with the program of the corresponding game, whereby the content of the corresponding game is automatically played, and whether the response to the played game content is correct or not is determined. Therefore, an adventure game or the like can be advanced by a simple operation. And since it has the expansion operation part detachably provided with respect to the remote control device, operability is improved and infants and children can operate easily, and it can be used as a game and educational material for infants. . The third means according to the present invention has a CD on which a plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to each game content are recorded, and refers to the identification information recorded on the recording medium. The game is advanced by playing back the corresponding game content on the playback device and outputting sound. Also, there is provided a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device. The remote control device has a storage unit that stores programs related to a plurality of types of games, and when a corresponding game program is read in accordance with an operation of the operation unit, a control signal is transmitted to the playback device according to the program. Thereby, the corresponding game content is reproduced.
When the remote control device inputs a response to the reproduced game content, the remote control device determines the content of the input response. In this way, the remote control device transmits a control signal to the playback device according to the program of the corresponding game, whereby the content of the corresponding game is automatically played back,
Since the correctness of the response to the reproduced game content is determined, the adventure game or the like can be advanced by a simple operation. And since it has the expansion operation part detachably provided with respect to the remote control device, operability is improved and infants and children can operate easily,
It can be used as a game or educational material for infants. Further, since the storage means for storing the game program is provided detachably to the remote control device, the game can be easily extended by replacing the storage means.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a circuit diagram of a remote control device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the remote control device, and FIG. 3 is an external view of a recording medium and a reproducing device for reproducing the recording medium. First, the configuration of the game device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the recording medium 1 shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to each of the game contents are recorded according to a predetermined format. This recording medium 1 is, for example, a CD.
An appropriate recording medium such as a (compact disc) is used. The reproducing device 3 is a device that reproduces the corresponding game content by referring to the identification information recorded on the recording medium 1. Used as is. FIG.
Is a remote control device that transmits a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device 3. On the upper part of the remote control device 5, there is provided a liquid crystal display 7 for displaying the time and the score of the game result, and on the lower part of the liquid crystal display 7, a plurality of round key switches 9 and a plurality of squares are provided. Various operation units including the key switches 11 are provided. Further, the remote control device 5 has a preset function that can support various playback devices 3. In other words, by controlling a specific operation unit in advance and presetting it in accordance with the type of each playback device 3 and the format of each maker, such as the above-mentioned “CD radio cassette player” and “mini-component”, control in a predetermined format is performed. The signal is transmitted by infrared rays, and the reproducing device 3 can be driven. Therefore, it is possible to cope with a reproducing apparatus of another manufacturer. Further, the remote control device 5 not only drives the playback device 3 based on the game program, but also
It is also used when reproducing a normal recording medium on which music information is recorded.

A template 6 as shown in FIG. 4 is mounted on the upper surface of the remote control device 5. The template 6 has a round hole 8 corresponding to the round key switch 9 and a square hole 10 corresponding to the square key switch 11. In the vicinity of a specific round hole 8, a symbol 12 indicating up, down, left and right directions is formed, and near a plurality of square holes 10, a description 14 of a description indicating a function is formed. When such a template 6 is mounted on the upper surface of the remote control device 5, the round key switch 9 projects from the round hole 8, and the square key switch 11 projects from the square hole 10. Accordingly, the function or the like of the corresponding key switch is indicated by the symbol 12 or the display 14.

Next, the circuit configuration of the remote control device 5 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The one-chip microcomputer 13 includes a CPU 15 and the CPU
Input circuit 17, output circuit 19, clock circuit 21, RAM 23, ROM 25, driver circuit 2
7, an output circuit 29 and a carrier generation circuit 31. The input circuit 17 and the output circuit 19 are connected to a key matrix circuit 33. The key matrix circuit 33 has various operation units including the above-described plurality of round key switches 9 and the plurality of square key switches 11. Clock circuit 2
Reference numeral 1 includes an oscillation circuit, a clock circuit, and the like, and outputs timer information and time information to the microcomputer 13. RAM2
3 temporarily stores the score of the game result and the like. ROM2
Reference numeral 5 denotes storage means for storing programs relating to a plurality of types of games. If this ROM 25 is configured to be detachable,
The game content can be easily extended. The driver circuit 27 drives the liquid crystal display 7 based on a command from the CPU 15. Further, the CPU 15 includes a reading unit that reads a program of a game corresponding to the operation of the operation unit from the ROM 25, and executes a control process according to the program read by the reading unit. The output circuit 29 is connected to the base of the transistor Q via the resistor R1. The collector of the transistor Q is connected to the power supply via the infrared diode D, and the emitter of the transistor Q is connected to the ground via the resistor R3. These resistors R1, R3, transistor Q, infrared diode D, output circuit 29, carrier generation circuit 31
And a transmission means, and transmits a control signal to the playback device 3 based on a command from the CPU 15. This transmission means adopts, for example, a pulse position modulation method (PPM),
When the transistor Q is turned on / off in response to a control signal composed of digital data, a control signal including identification information and a reproduction command is transmitted from the infrared diode D. The key matrix circuit 33 is input means for inputting a response to the game content played by the playback device 3. Then, the CPU 15 has a determination unit that determines a response input by the key matrix circuit 33 that is the input unit.

Next, the operation of the embodiment according to the present invention will be described. In step S1 shown in FIG. 5, it is determined whether or not a switch operation for designating a game type has been performed.
When the user operates the round key switch 9 or the square key switch 11 to perform, for example, an operation for setting a quiz mode, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, it is determined that the designated game type is a quiz, and the game mode is set.

Next, the operation when the quiz mode is set will be described with reference to FIG. In step S5, it is determined whether or not a start switch operation has been performed.
If there is a start switch operation, step S7
Proceed to. Thereby, the CPU 15 reads the program of the quiz game from the ROM 25 and executes a control process according to the read program. Then, a control signal including the quiz identification information and the reproduction command is transmitted from the infrared diode D. As a result, the reproducing device 3 reproduces the contents of the corresponding quiz game with reference to the identification information recorded on the recording medium 1. In step S7, the value of x indicating the number of quiz questions is set to one.
Subsequently, in step S9, the first quiz question Q1 is reproduced and output. As a result, after listening to the question Q1 output by voice, the player answers the question by operating a specific operation unit of the round key switch 9 or the square key switch 11. In step S11, it is determined whether or not an answer switch operation has been performed, and the process waits until a switch operation is performed. If the answer switch is operated in step S11, the process proceeds to step S13, and it is determined whether or not the input answer is correct. Step S
If it is determined in step 13 that the input answer is correct, the process proceeds to step S15, where the score is added, and the process proceeds to step S19. If it is determined in step S13 that the input answer is incorrect, the process proceeds to step S17, and the score is subtracted.
Go to 9. The value of the score at this time is sequentially stored in the RAM 23.

Here, if it is determined in step S13 that the input answer is incorrect, the process proceeds directly from step S13 to step S13 without subtracting the score.
It may be configured to proceed to 19. In step S19, it is determined whether or not the value of x indicating the number of quiz questions is 50. In step S19, the value of the number of questions x of the quiz is 50.
If it is determined that the number is less than 1, the process proceeds to step S21, and the value of the number of questions x is added by +1. The process proceeds from step S21 to step S9 again to reproduce and output the next quiz question Q2. Similarly, from step S9 to steps S11, S13, S15 (or S17) S19, S2
The routine that returns to step S9 through step 1 is repeated. That is, until the number of quiz questions reaches 50, the question Qx
Are sequentially reproduced and output, and when there is an answer to this, it is determined whether or not the input answer is correct.
If it is determined in step S19 that the value of x indicating the number of quiz questions has reached 50, the process proceeds to step S23, and the score is displayed on the liquid crystal display 7. Subsequently, in step 25, a comment on the score is output.

Next, another embodiment of the remote control device will be described with reference to FIG. The present embodiment is characterized in that the enlarged operation unit is configured to be connectable to improve operability. That is, a connector receiver is provided on a side surface of the remote control device 35, and a cable 37 having a connector 37a attached to the connector receiver is provided.
The operation unit 39 and the remote control device 35 are connected via the. The operation switch 39 has an enlarged operation switch 39.
a, 39b, 39c, 39d, 39e, 39f are arranged, and the operation switches 39a, 39b, 39c, 39
The operation switches 9a, 9b, 9 on the remote control device 35 side are connected via cables 37, 39e and 39f.
c, 9d, 9e, 9f. As described above, since the enlarged operation unit is configured to be connectable to the remote control device 35, the operability is improved, and infants and children can easily operate the remote control device 35. it can.

Although the quiz game has been described as an example in the above embodiment, the present invention can be applied to other types of games. When playing an adventure game, each time one sentence is played, the number of the next sentence to be played is displayed on the display, and the sentence with the corresponding number is played automatically, so search for the appropriate sentence The trouble is not required, and the game can be easily advanced with a simple operation. Also,
Even if a plurality of forked roads are set in the course of the game, selection can be easily made by operating the key switch.

When playing a role playing game, an experience value and a physical strength change by playing against an opponent, and the experience value and the physical strength value are automatically calculated. Then, at the time of the battle, the values of both sides are compared and instantaneously determined and the next sentence is reproduced, so that the game can be advanced in real time.

When an action game is played, for example, when fighting between submarines, the position of the enemy is determined only by sound reproduced by stereo sound or the like, and an attack is made.

When performing a psychological test, a personality judgment test, or the like, one of three prepared answers is selected for a reproduced question by voice, and the test result is finally obtained. Is output as audio.

When performing fortune-telling, fortune-telling such as biorhythm can be performed by inputting a date of birth or blood type, and results such as love luck, study luck, and lucky color are output by voice.

[0019]

As described above, the first means according to the present invention has a CD in which a plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to the respective game contents are recorded. The game is advanced by reproducing the corresponding game content by the reproducing device with reference to the recorded identification information and outputting sound. Also, there is provided a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device. This remote control device has storage means for storing programs related to a plurality of types of games,
When a corresponding game program is read in accordance with the operation of the operation unit, a control signal is transmitted to the playback device according to the program. Thereby, the corresponding game content is reproduced. When the remote control device inputs a response to the reproduced game content, the remote control device determines the content of the input response. As described above, the remote control device transmits the control signal to the playback device in accordance with the program of the corresponding game, whereby the content of the corresponding game is automatically played, and whether the response to the played game content is correct or not is determined. Therefore, there is an effect that an adventure game or the like can be advanced by a simple operation. The second means according to the present invention has a CD on which a plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to each game content are recorded, and refers to the identification information recorded on this recording medium. The game is advanced by playing back the corresponding game content on the playback device and outputting sound. Also, there is provided a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device. The remote control device has a storage unit that stores programs related to a plurality of types of games, and when a corresponding game program is read in accordance with an operation of the operation unit, a control signal is transmitted to the playback device according to the program. Thereby, the corresponding game content is reproduced. When the remote control device inputs a response to the reproduced game content, the remote control device determines the content of the input response. As described above, the remote control device transmits the control signal to the playback device in accordance with the program of the corresponding game, whereby the content of the corresponding game is automatically played, and whether the response to the played game content is correct or not is determined. Therefore, there is an effect that an adventure game or the like can be advanced by a simple operation. And since it has the expansion operation part detachably provided with respect to the remote control device, operability is improved and infants and children can operate easily, and it can be used as a game and educational material for infants. It has the effect of. The third means according to the present invention has a CD on which a plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to each game content are recorded, and refers to the identification information recorded on the recording medium. The game is advanced by playing back the corresponding game content on the playback device and outputting sound. Also, there is provided a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device.
The remote control device has a storage unit that stores programs related to a plurality of types of games, and when a corresponding game program is read in accordance with an operation of the operation unit, a control signal is transmitted to the playback device according to the program. Thereby, the corresponding game content is reproduced. When the remote control device inputs a response to the reproduced game content, the remote control device determines the content of the input response. As described above, the remote control device transmits the control signal to the playback device in accordance with the program of the corresponding game, whereby the content of the corresponding game is automatically played, and whether the response to the played game content is correct or not is determined. Therefore, there is an effect that an adventure game or the like can be advanced by a simple operation. And, since it has an enlarged operation unit detachably provided to the remote control device,
The operability is improved, so that infants and children can easily operate the game, and the game can be used as a game or educational material for infants. Further, since the storage means for storing the game program is provided detachably to the remote control device, there is an effect that the game can be easily extended by replacing the storage means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of a remote control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a remote control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a recording medium and a reproducing apparatus that reproduces the recording medium.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a template mounted on the upper surface of the remote control device.

FIG. 5 is a main flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation in the quiz mode of the embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 recording medium 3 playback device 5 remote control device 7 display 9 key switch 11 key switch 13 microcomputer 15 CPU 25 ROM 33 key matrix circuit 35 remote control device

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game device which advances a game by reproducing corresponding content with a reproducing device and outputting sound by referring to identification information recorded on a CD, wherein the game device has the following requirements. Game equipment. (B) A plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to the respective game contents are recorded on the CD. (B) having a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device; (C) The remote control device has storage means for storing programs related to the plurality of types of games. (D) The remote control device includes a plurality of operation units, a reading unit that reads a program of a game corresponding to the operation of the operation unit from the storage unit, and the playback device in accordance with the program read by the reading unit. Transmission means for transmitting a control signal to the device. (E) input means for inputting a response to a game content played by the playback device;
A determination means for determining a response input by the input means is provided. 2. A game device which advances a game by reproducing corresponding content with a reproducing device and outputting sound with reference to identification information recorded on a CD, wherein the game device has the following requirements. Game equipment. (B) A plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to the respective game contents are recorded on the CD. (B) having a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device; (C) The remote control device has storage means for storing programs related to the plurality of types of games. (D) The remote control device includes a plurality of operation units, a reading unit that reads a program of a game corresponding to the operation of the operation unit from the storage unit, and the playback device in accordance with the program read by the reading unit. Transmission means for transmitting a control signal to the device. (E) input means for inputting a response to a game content played by the playback device;
A determination means for determining a response input by the input means is provided. And (f) having an enlarged operation section detachably provided to the remote control device. 3. A game device which progresses a game by reproducing the corresponding content with a reproducing device by referring to the identification information recorded on a CD and outputting a sound, wherein the game device has the following requirements. Game equipment. (B) A plurality of types of game contents and identification information corresponding to the respective game contents are recorded on the CD. (B) having a remote control device for transmitting a control signal including the identification information and the reproduction command to remotely control the reproduction device; (C) The remote control device has storage means for storing programs related to the plurality of types of games. (D) The remote control device includes a plurality of operation units, a reading unit that reads a program of a game corresponding to the operation of the operation unit from the storage unit, and the playback device in accordance with the program read by the reading unit. Transmission means for transmitting a control signal to the device. (E) input means for inputting a response to a game content played by the playback device;
A determination means for determining a response input by the input means is provided. And (f) having an enlarged operation section detachably provided to the remote control device. (G) The storage means is provided detachably with respect to the remote control device.