JP2758345B2 - Arcade video game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an arcade video game apparatus for displaying a game screen on a display and playing a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an arcade game video device in which a player plays a game while watching a game screen displayed on a display is well known. Such video game devices include, for example, a racing game type in which a player competes for a time and a ranking while driving a racing car displayed on a display, and a so-called shooting type in which a target displayed on a display is shot down. And others.

Some of such professional video devices determine the player's performance at the end of the game, input the name of the player with the highest performance, and display the list on a display. Taking a drive game as an example, there is one that displays a list of the names of the top five players of the game results along with their lap types.

[0004] By displaying the player's performance, a player with excellent performance can be satisfied with his or her self-esteem, and a third party can be given a chance to challenge the game so that his or her name is included in the list of high-performance players.

[0005]

However, in such a list display, since the name is merely listed, it is not always enough to satisfy the self-esteem of the excellent performer. Also, it was not possible for a third party to know how to achieve a good result, which was insufficient as a motivation to give a chance to challenge the game.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and has as its object to give more excellent results to a more satisfactory person and to provide a third party with a stronger ability to try a game. An object of the present invention is to provide an arcade video game device configured to provide motivation.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a professional video game device in which a player plays a game while watching a game screen displayed on a display. A name input unit for inputting, a play status storage unit for storing a history of the player's play status during the game as play status history data, and an excellent player for storing the name of the past excellent player, play status history data and its excellent results A data storage unit, and a score determination unit that determines whether or not the player's score is higher than the past excellent score at the end of the game. A means for updating the name of the best performer, play status history data and the excellent result, An excellent play reproducing unit for reproducing and displaying the name of the excellent play and the excellent performer on the display based on the play situation history data of the excellent performer after the end of the game or in the attract mode. .

[0008] Further, the present invention provides a three-way player by operating a player.
In a professional video game device, a game screen formed by perspectively transforming a three-dimensional object moving in a three-dimensional game space onto a projection plane is displayed on a display, and a player plays a game while watching the game screen. A name input unit for the player to input his / her own name, a play status storage unit for storing the history of the play status of the three-dimensional object in the three-dimensional game space during the game as play status history data, An excellent player data storage unit that stores a player's name, play status history data, and its excellent results, and a results judgment unit that determines whether or not the player's results have exceeded the past excellent results at the end of the game, and judges that the results have exceeded. In this case, the data of the excellent player data storage unit is replaced with the name of the new excellent player, A performance updating means for updating to the ray status history data and its excellent results, and after the game or in the attract mode, the names of the excellent plays and the excellent results are reproduced on the display based on the play status history data of the excellent results. An excellent play reproduction unit for displaying, wherein the excellent play reproduction unit displays the three-dimensional object of the excellent performer moving in the three-dimensional game space as a reproduction screen viewed from a plurality of different angle viewpoint positions. It is characterized by the following.

[0009]

[0010]

In the professional video game apparatus of the present invention, the player plays a game while watching the game screen displayed on the display. The play situation of the player during the game is sequentially stored in the play situation storage unit as play situation history data. In particular, in the game device according to the second aspect, the play state of the three-dimensional object in the three-dimensional game space during the game is sequentially stored in the play state storage unit as play state history data.

[0011] When the game is over, the score judging section judges whether or not the player's score has exceeded the excellent score of the past excellent scorer. If it is determined that the result has exceeded the score, the result updating means updates the data in the excellent player data storage unit to the new excellent player name, play status history data, and the excellent result.

Further, the excellent play reproducing section displays the excellent play and the name of the excellent performer on the display after the game is finished or in the attract mode.

As described above, according to the present invention, the name of the excellent performer is displayed on the display together with the excellent play, so that the self-esteem of the excellent performer can be sufficiently satisfied. In addition, since a third party can view the excellent play as a playback image, it is possible to gain a clue to progress from this playback screen, furthermore, motivation to challenge the top performer is raised, and to challenge the game Will be given sufficient motivation.

In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the excellent play is displayed as a game image viewed from different angle viewpoint positions, for example, a game image of a racing car of a high performer who bends a hairpin curve is displayed in the sky. Can be displayed as a bird's-eye view from above, and further, an image of a racing car entering a hairpin curve viewed from the front. Therefore, for example, by displaying an image of the actual model play of such a high performer as an attract game screen in a waiting state for a customer, a third-party can be compared with a case where a racing car operated by a computer is displayed as an attract mode screen. Of the game device can be further increased, and the operating rate of the game device can be increased.

[0015]

[0016]

Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the appearance of the arcade video game apparatus 10 of the embodiment.

The arcade video game device 10 of the embodiment
A player drives a racing car running on a circuit course and competes with a computer car operated by a computer or a racing car driven by another player for ranking and time.

For this reason, the arcade game device 10
It is formed similarly to the driver's seat of an actual racing car. Then, when a certain game fee is paid, the game is started, and the player sitting on the seat 12 has the steering wheel 14,
While operating the shift lever 16 and other pedals,
The user drives a racing car displayed on the display 18 to play a game.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the arcade video game device.

The arcade video game device 10 of the embodiment
An operation unit 20, a game calculation unit 22, a display circuit 24,
And the display 18.

The operation unit 20 includes a handle 14 shown in FIG.
A member operated by the player, such as the shift lever 16 and other pedals.

The game operation unit 22 includes a player operation unit 20
Performs various game calculations on the basis of an input signal from the CPU and a predetermined game program.
4 is used to display a game screen for the driving game on the display 18. Here, the game calculation unit 22 is formed such that the racing car moves in a predetermined three-dimensional game space by maneuvering by a player, and thus the racing car moving in the three-dimensional game space is moved to a predetermined position. The game screen is formed by performing perspective projection conversion on the projection plane, and the game screen is displayed on the display 18.

FIG. 3 shows a principle diagram of such an image synthesizing method.

In the game device of the embodiment, information on the three-dimensional game space 100 and the three-dimensional object 110 appearing in the three-dimensional game space 100 is stored in advance. Image information on the three-dimensional object 110 includes a plurality of polygons 112-1, 112-2,
.., And is stored in the memory in advance.

Taking a driving game as an example, the three-dimensional object 110 is a racing car that appears in the three-dimensional game space 100. In the three-dimensional game space 100, a background such as a road and a house is also displayed. Various three-dimensional objects are arranged.

When the player 200 performs an operation such as rotation and translation by operating a handle or the like of the operation unit 20, the game calculation unit 22 outputs a three-dimensional object 110, which is a racing car, based on the operation signal and the game program. Performs calculations such as rotation and translation in real time. Then, the three-dimensional object 110 and the other three-dimensional objects are perspectively projected and transformed on a perspective projection plane 120 in the viewpoint coordinate system, and are displayed as a pseudo three-dimensional image 122 on the display 1.
8 is displayed.

Therefore, the player 200 operates the operation unit 2
By manipulating 0 and driving a racing car, 3
It is possible to virtually simulate a state of participating in a race while driving a racing car on a circuit course set in the three-dimensional game space 100.

When the computer graphics method is used, the shape model of the three-dimensional object 110 is created using an independent body coordinate system. That is, each polygon constituting the three-dimensional object 110 is arranged on the body coordinate system, and its shape model is specified.

Further, the three-dimensional game space 100 is configured using a world coordinate system, and the three-dimensional object 110 represented using the body coordinate system is arranged in the world coordinate system according to the motion model.

Then, using the position of the viewpoint 210 as the origin,
The data is converted into a viewpoint coordinate system in which the direction of the line of sight is taken in the positive direction of the Z axis, and the respective coordinates are perspectively projected and transformed into a screen coordinate system as the projection plane 120. Thus, 3
3D game space 1 seen from the 3D object 110
An image in the field of view of 00 can be displayed on the display 18.

In particular, the game operation section 22 of the embodiment is formed so that the position of the viewpoint 210 can be arbitrarily changed in the three-dimensional game space 100 constituted by the world coordinate system. For example, in FIG.
By setting behind the three-dimensional object 110 as shown in A, an image of the three-dimensional game space 100 viewed from behind the racing car can be displayed as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the viewpoint position is set to 210-B
By setting the three-dimensional object 110 in the sky above as shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to display a game screen in which the running racing car is viewed from the sky, as shown in FIG. 5B.

The arcade video game device 10 of the embodiment
During the game, the viewpoint position is set as the driver's seat position of the racing car. As a result, the scene when the player looks at the front of the racing car controlled by the player is displayed on the display 18 as a game screen, and the player 200 actually drives the racing car. You can drive it as if you were there.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the arcade video game device 10 of the embodiment has a player data storage unit 30.
Excellent player data storage section 40 and score determination section 50
And an excellent play reproduction section 60 and a result update section 62.

The player data storage unit 30 includes a score storage unit 32 and a play situation storage unit 34.

In the play status storage section 34, a three-dimensional game space 100 of a racing car operated by the player and other racing cars 110 during the game is stored.
Are sequentially stored as play status history data. More specifically, data such as the position, orientation, and inclination of the racing car controlled by the player, accompanying data such as the speed and the shift position of the shift lever 16 and other data are displayed every screen (1/60 second). Are sequentially stored. The information such as the position, the direction, and the inclination are represented using X, Y, and Z coordinates in the world coordinate system.

The performance storage section 32 stores the performance of the player at the end of the game (lap time in the case of the embodiment).

The excellent player data storage section 40 includes a score storage section 42, an excellent play storage section 44, and a name storage section 4.
6 inclusive.

The excellent performance storage section 42 stores past game results (lap time in the case of the embodiment) of the excellent player.

In the excellent play storage section 44, the history of the play status of the past excellent player is written as play status history data.

In the name storage section 46, the names of the past excellent performers are written. This writing of the name is performed using the operation unit 20. Specifically, the user inputs his / her name such as “TOM” while selecting each letter of the alphabet displayed on the display 18 using the handle 14 and the shift lever 16 that constitute the operation unit 20. .

The score judging unit 50 compares the current player's game score stored in the score storage units 32 and 42 at the end of the game with the excellent score of the past excellent player, and determines the score of the player. It is determined whether or not the result is higher than the past excellent result, and the result of the determination is determined by the game calculation unit 22.
And output it.

The excellent play reproduction section 60 and the result update section 6
2 is configured as a part of the game calculation unit 22.

When the result determination unit 50 determines that the player's performance has exceeded the past excellent results, the result updating unit 62 determines whether or not the results of the player have exceeded the past excellent results.
The data in the name storage unit 46 is updated. That is, the data stored in the performance storage unit 42 and the excellent play storage unit 44 is updated to the data stored in the performance storage unit 32 and the play status storage unit 34. Further, on the display 18,
A screen for inputting a name is displayed together with a message screen for inputting a name as a top performer.
Then, the data in the name storage unit 46 is updated with the data of the name input by the player using the operation unit 20.

In this way, data of a new player who has achieved an excellent result is written into the excellent player data storage section 42.

The excellent play reproducing section 60 reproduces and displays the excellent play together with the name of the excellent performer on the display 18 based on the play status history data of the excellent performer after the end of the game or in the attract mode. In particular, the excellent play reproduction unit 60 of the present embodiment moves the high-performance racing car 110 moving in the three-dimensional game space 100 to the viewpoint positions 210 of a plurality of different angles,
As a game screen viewed from 210-A, 210-B..., The game screen is displayed as shown in FIG. Here, FIG.
5B is a game screen viewed from the viewpoint 210-A, FIG. 5B is a game screen viewed from the viewpoint 210-B, and FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the game device according to the embodiment.

First, when a predetermined game fee is paid and a game start button is operated, the game starts (S
1).

When the game starts, the display 1
The game screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the screen 8, and the player runs toward the goal while driving the racing car appearing in the game screen (S2). At this time, play status history data indicating the play status is sequentially written into the play status storage unit 34 every 1/60 second (S3).

When the game is over after a predetermined time has elapsed (S4), it is determined whether or not the racing car controlled by the player has scored a goal (S5). Then, all data is deleted from the play status storage unit 34 (S6), and a game over display is performed (S7).

When it is determined that the goal-in has been achieved (S5), the lap time of the goal-in stored in the grade storage section 32 is displayed on the display (S8), and this lap time is stored in the grade storage section 42. A determination is made as to whether or not the result exceeds the lap time of the past excellent player (S9). If the result of this determination is that the past excellent results could not be exceeded, all data is deleted from the player data storage unit 30 and a game over display is performed (S6, S7).

When it is determined that the player's performance is higher than the past excellent performance as a result of the performance determination (S9), a message screen for inputting a name is displayed on the display 18, and the player displays this message. The user operates the operation unit 20 while looking at the screen to input his / her name, and the input name is temporarily stored in the buffer (S10, S1).
1).

When the input of the name is completed in this way, the data in the excellent play storage section 44 and the result storage section 42 are rewritten with new excellent performance data, and the data in the name storage section 46 are also updated. The name is rewritten with the name of the new excellent performer (S12, S13), and then a game over display is performed (S7).

After the end of the game over display, the reproduction play update section 60 displays the excellent play reproduction screen of the excellent performer with a visual effect and a staging effect based on the play situation history data stored in the excellent play storage section 44. The image is displayed on the display 18 while switching the viewpoint so as to increase the height (S14). At this time, as shown in FIG.
Display as 0. It should be noted that the data 300 may be displayed at all times during excellent play reproduction, or may be displayed as needed.

The reproduced play screen of the excellent performer displayed in this manner serves as a winning run immediately after the goal-in for a player who has newly achieved excellent performance, and the player's self-esteem can be sufficiently obtained. Can be satisfied.

Further, the professional video game apparatus 10 of the embodiment does not display a racing car operated by a computer as an attract screen displayed in a waiting state for a customer, but instead displays a racing car operated by an actual high-performance player. Since the car is displayed as an image, a third party who views the attract mode screen can be given more motivation to challenge the game, and the operating rate of the game device can be improved.

That is, a third party who watches this reproduction play shows what kind of game the actual player has played and has obtained excellent results as shown in FIGS. 5 (A), (B) and (C). Since it can be viewed from a plurality of angles, it is possible to obtain a clue for improving the game result from the reproduction screen, and thereby to give a third party motivation to challenge the game.

Further, while watching this game screen, a stronger motivation can be given to a third party who thinks that he / she is better, to challenge a person with excellent results.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the name of one player having the best performance is stored in the excellent player data storage section 40. However, the present invention is not limited to this. May be stored, and the excellent play screen created from the data of each player may be sequentially displayed as the attract mode screen.

Further, according to the present invention, based on the playing situation history data of the excellent performer, a three-dimensional object operated by the excellent performer is made to appear in the three-dimensional game space during the game, and the three-dimensional object of the performer is presented to the player. The game operation unit may be formed so as to compete with an object.

By doing so, the game can be played while actually watching the distance between the racing car controlled by the excellent performer and the racing car controlled by the player on the display, and the excitement of the game and the challenge of the player Motivation can be further increased, and as a result, the operating rate of the game device can be further increased.

In the above-described embodiment, the drive game has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a game device that performs various other games.

[0064]

As described above, according to the present invention, a player with excellent performance can be given sufficient satisfaction.
In addition, there is an effect that a third party can be provided with a stronger motivation to try a game, and a business-use video game apparatus capable of improving an operation rate can be obtained.

In particular, according to the invention of claim 2, the three-dimensional object operated by the excellent performer can be displayed while appropriately switching the viewpoint position in the three-dimensional game space. Since the game situation can be reproduced and displayed as a more varied screen, by displaying this as an attract screen waiting for customers, it is possible to give a third party even greater motivation to challenge the game.

[0066]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an arcade video game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective explanatory view of the arcade game device of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an image combining principle of the arcade game device of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a game screen displayed during a game.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a playback game screen displaying excellent plays of excellent performers along with their scores and names.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the arcade video game device of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 arcade video game device 18 display 20 operation unit 22 game operation unit 24 display circuit 30 player data storage unit 32 performance storage unit 34 play status storage unit 40 excellent player data storage unit 42 performance data storage unit 44 excellent play data storage unit 46 Name storage unit 50 Result judgment unit 60 Excellent play reproduction unit 62 Result update unit 100 3D game space 110 3D object 112 Polygon 120 Projection plane 122 Pseudo 3D image 200 Player 210 View point

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Kenji Wakabayashi 2-8-5 Tamagawa, Ota-ku, Tokyo Stock Company Namco Corporation (72) Inventor Fumihiro Tanaka 2-8-5 Tamagawa Company, Ota-ku Tokyo (56) References International Publication 92/2916 (WO, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A63F 9/22

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A professional video game device in which a player plays a game while watching a game screen displayed on a display, a name input unit for the player to input his / her own name, and a play status of the player during the game. A play status storage unit that stores the history as play status history data, an excellent player data storage unit that stores the names of past excellent players, play status history data, and their excellent results. A result judging unit for judging whether or not the result is excellent, and if it is judged that the result is excellent, the data in the excellent player data storage unit is updated to a new excellent person name, play status history data and the excellent result. Means to update the grades, and An excellent video playing unit for reproducing the name of the excellent play and the excellent performer on the display based on the play situation history data of the excellent player. Wherein the game screen formed by converting projected shadow to display on the display a three-dimensional object moving three-dimensional game space by the operation of the player on the projection surface,
In a professional video game device in which a player plays a game while watching the game screen, a name input unit in which the player inputs his / her name, and a play status of the three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional game space during the game. A play status storage unit that stores the history as play status history data, an excellent player data storage unit that stores the names of past excellent players, play status history data, and their excellent results. A result judging unit for judging whether or not the result is excellent, and if it is judged that the result is excellent, the data in the excellent player data storage unit is updated to a new excellent person name, play status history data and the excellent result. Means to update grades, and grades after the game ends or in attract mode An excellent play reproducing unit that reproduces the name of the excellent play and the excellent performer on the display based on the play situation history data of the excellent player, and the excellent play reproducer includes: An arcade video game device wherein a three-dimensional object of a moving excellent performer is displayed as a playback screen viewed from a plurality of different viewpoint positions.