JP2774966B2 - Game console using music - 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 machine of a type for giving a quiz using music.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a game machine using this kind of music, for example, a music machine in which music is assigned to the keys of an electronic musical instrument and the correct music is played by the electronic musical instrument at random (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-146682). Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-226388), and a type in which a tune is selected and presented to a player in accordance with an instruction from a subject (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-226388).

[0003]

However, all of the above-mentioned game machines are of a type in which (a part of) a music piece is played and the name of the music piece is applied, and the player enjoys the interest of competing for the application of the music name. Although it is possible to do so, only the song name is presented as an option, and the range of options is narrow, and it has not been possible to provide a more entertaining game to players.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a player with a more interesting game by presenting various options. It is to provide a game machine using music.

[0005]

The invention of claim 1 of the present invention is applied to a game machine for giving a question using music. According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage unit in which music data including at least sound source data corresponding to at least a head portion of a specific song and question data related to the specific song are stored for a plurality of songs, Selecting means for selecting question answer data respectively corresponding to the correct song and the incorrect answer song from the song data stored in the display section, and a display means for displaying a plurality of question answer data selected by the selecting means, A reproducing means for reproducing sound source data corresponding to a song which is a correct answer; an input means for allowing a player to select and input one of the plurality of question data displayed by the display means; Determining means for determining whether or not the set question data is question data related to a song that is a correct answer. And St solve the problems described above by. Therefore, the question display data related to the music is displayed on the player, and not only the music title but also various questions are performed. The invention according to claim 1 further includes a determination storage unit and a counting unit, and the selection unit sequentially selects question data corresponding to the correct song and the incorrect song within a predetermined time, The determination result storage means stores the determination result of the determination means, and after the question data is selected by the selection means for a predetermined time, the counting means reads the determination result for the selected question data from the determination result storage means. It is like summing up. In this way, the number of correct answers is counted by the counting means after the question is given within the predetermined time.

[0006] The question data includes data relating to the name of an advertisement using a specific song (claim 2).
It contains data on the number of artists of a particular song (Claim 3), and also contains data on the gender of the artist of the particular song (Claim 4), and the program name of a broadcast program using the particular song (Claim 5), and also includes data on the title of a movie in which a particular song is used (Claim 6), and also includes data on the artist name of the particular song (Claim 7).

[0007]

[0008]

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

-First Embodiment- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a game machine using music according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration thereof. In this figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a control circuit, which controls the entire game machine using the music of the present embodiment. The control circuit 10 includes, for example, a CPU (central processing circuit),
Alternatively, it is configured by a microcomputer or the like including a peripheral circuit in a CPU. The control circuit 10 includes a timer (not shown) configured as hardware or software.
Is built-in.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a hard disk as an external storage device, which stores sound source data of a plurality of music pieces.
In the present embodiment, one musical piece of sound source data is stored in one cylinder of the hard disk 11, and accordingly, each sound source data is classified by the cylinder number. Each sound source data is digital data of the same standard as a CD (compact disk), that is, a sampling rate of 44.1k.
The data is stored in the hard disk 11 as digital data having a dynamic range of 8 bits and a dynamic range of 8 bits. The intro part, that is, the beginning of the music, is about 7 seconds, and the climax part, that is, the part where the characteristics of the music are well expressed, is about 7 seconds. Has a data amount that allows music to be reproduced for only about 14 seconds. The sound source data in the hard disk 11 is input to the control circuit 10 via the hard disk interface unit 12 in response to a request from the control circuit 10.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a control procedure which will be described later.
Is a program memory in which a program to be executed is stored, and is constituted by a ROM or the like. 14 is stored corresponding to the sound source data in the hard disk 11,
This is a music data memory in which classification data including a music name and division data of each music is stored, and is similarly configured from a ROM or the like (details of the division data will be described later). Reference numeral 15 denotes a work memory used when the control procedure is executed, and is composed of a RAM or the like.

Reference numeral 16 denotes an input device. In this embodiment,
ON / OFF linked with the push button operated by the player of the game machine
It includes a switch for turning off, a coin passage sensor for detecting that a coin has been inserted from a coin insertion slot (not shown), and the like. A signal from the input device 16 is input to the control circuit 10 via the input interface unit 17. Reference numeral 18 denotes an output device, which in the present embodiment includes a lamp attached to the above-described push button, a coin counter for counting the number of inserted coins, and the like. The control circuit 10 includes an output interface unit 19
And outputs a signal to the output device 18 via the.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an image processing circuit.
Performs various kinds of image creation, image processing, and video signal output processing based on the instruction from. Reference numeral 21 denotes a monitor, which displays an image based on a video output from the image processing circuit 20. 2
Reference numeral 2 denotes an audio processing circuit, which performs processing for reproducing the above-described sound source data and the like (including D / A conversion processing because it is digital data) based on a command from the control circuit 10.
Reference numeral 23 denotes a speaker that reproduces sound source data and the like based on an output from the audio processing circuit 22.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of an operation unit of the game machine using the music of the present embodiment. In the game machine using music according to the present embodiment, two players compete for hitting music, and two sets of push buttons having the same configuration are provided. One player has one quick-press button 30 (or 31) and four answer buttons 32a to 32d, respectively.
(Or 33a to 33d). Each button 30, 31, 32a-32d, 33a-33d
Buttons 30, 31, 32a-32 depending on the player
A switch (not shown) that is turned on when any one of d, 33a to 33d is operated is provided. In the following description, reference numerals 30 and 3 are used unless it is necessary to particularly distinguish them.
Each of the quick-press buttons and answer buttons will be described as representatives of 2a to 32d.

Next, details of the classification data stored in the music data memory 14 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, in the music data memory 14 of this embodiment, as many classification data areas as the number of music pieces of the sound source data stored in the hard disk 11 (reference numerals 40, 4 in the figure).
1 are shown). In the following description, each classification data area will be represented by reference numeral 40 unless otherwise required.

Each classification data area 40 has 1
Classification data of two songs are stored. More specifically, each classification data area 40 has a large number of areas, that is, music name data area 40a, first division data area 40b, and second division data area 40 in ascending order of address.
c, third section data area 40d, first similar music name data area 40e, second similar music name data area 40
f, first question data area 40g, second question data area 40h, third question data area 40i, and fourth question data area 40i.
It is divided into a question data area 40j.

The song title data area 40a stores song title data (song title data). The first division data area 40b stores the first division data of the music corresponding to the classification data area 40. FIG. 4 shows details of the first sorting data in the present embodiment. The first classification data of the present embodiment is classified according to the tune of the music and the singer (sex) singing the music.

The second division data area 40c stores the second division data of the music corresponding to the classification data area 40. FIG. 5 shows the details of the second section data in the present embodiment. The data for the second division of the present embodiment is classified according to the date of publication of the music.

The third division data area 40d stores the third division data of the music corresponding to the classification data area 40. FIG. 6 shows details of the third section data in the present embodiment. The third classification data of the present embodiment is classified according to the way of assigning the song name (title) of the song, in other words, the shape of the title.

Each of the first similar music name data area 40e and the second similar music name data area 40f has a non-existent music name similar to the music name stored in the music name data area 40a of the classification data area 40. (Similar music name data) is stored.

In the first question data area 40g, music corresponding to the classification data area 40 includes various advertisements (mainly advertisements on broadcasting media such as radio and television).
Is used, the data (first question data) of the product name to be advertised is stored. As an example, when the music has been used for advertisement of a car, a code number indicating “car” is stored. If the music has never been used for advertising, the code number “0” is stored.

If the artist of the music corresponding to the classification data area 40 is a group, data (second question data) indicating the number of members of the group is stored in the second question data area 40h. As an example, if the artist of the music is a group of two, the code number “2” is stored. If the artist of the music is not a group, the code number “0” is stored.

The third question data area 40i stores data (third question data) indicating the gender of the artist of the song corresponding to the classification data area 40.
In the present embodiment, the code number “1” is stored if the artist of the music is male, and the code number “2” is stored if the artist is female. If the artist of the music is a group, the code number “0” is stored.

In the fourth question data area 40j, music corresponding to the classification data area 40 includes various broadcast programs,
Alternatively, when the content has been used for a movie, the title of the broadcast program or movie is stored. If the music has not been used for a broadcast program or movie, the code number “0” is stored.

The classification data and the sound source data are stored so that a certain relation is established between the storage order of the classification data in the music data memory 14 and the storage order of the sound source data in the hard disk 11. . In the present embodiment, the order of the music names of the sound source data when the hard disk 11 is arranged in ascending order of the cylinder numbers and the order of the music names arranged in the order of the classification data area of the music data memory 14 match.

Next, the operation of the game machine using the music of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 7 and 8 and FIGS.

The program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 is started when a power switch (not shown) is turned on. First, in step S1, the player waits for a coin to be inserted by a player from a coin insertion slot (not shown), and proceeds to step S2 when the coin is inserted. The coin insertion can be determined by a detection signal from a coin passing sensor constituting the input device 16.

In step S2, a category selection screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the monitor 21 to urge the player to select a category. The category is a pattern of the proportion of the tunes to be presented by age, and in the present embodiment, four categories A to D can be selected as shown in FIG. As an example, category A is 1980
50% of the songs published before 1980, 30% of the songs published from 1980 to 1984, 19%
The question rate of songs published between 1985 and 1989 was 10
%, 10% of songs published since 1990
This is the question pattern. When the player selects a category, many songs of the player's own specialty (the song is well remembered) are presented in a large number of times, so that an interesting game can be played.

Each category corresponds to the symbols A to D of the answer buttons 32a to 32d, and the category is selected by operating the answer buttons 32a to 32d. Therefore,
In step S3, the process waits for a switch linked to the answer buttons 32a to 32d to be turned on. When the switch is turned on, the process proceeds to step S4, and any of the answer buttons 32a to 32d is executed.
It is determined whether or not d is operated, and the selected category is temporarily stored in the work memory 15.

In step S5, the music to be set is determined based on the category selected in step S3. That is, since the song data memory 14 stores the year-of-announcement data (= second division data) for each song, first, the song to which the question song belongs is determined based on the question rate for each age of the selected category. After determining the two-section data and then extracting a song having the determined second section data, one song is randomly selected and determined from the extracted songs.

In step S6, a song name and an option pattern of an item that are incorrectly answered to the song determined as the song to be presented are determined. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10 to FIG. 12, in addition to the song titles of the tunes to be asked, three alternative song titles are presented, giving a total of four options. The range indicated by reference numeral 50 in FIGS. 10 to 12, that is, the music titles and items assigned to the answer buttons 32 a to 32 d are displayed on the player. In step S7, based on the option pattern of the song name and the item that is the wrong answer determined in step S6, the option of the song name and the item that is the wrong answer is determined.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of selection criteria (eight types in the present embodiment) for selecting an option pattern are prepared, and the selection criteria are selected in a predetermined order or randomly to determine the option pattern. The eight criteria are described below.

(1) Selection criteria based on the characteristics of music (FIG. 1
0) With this selection criterion, an option that gives an incorrect answer is selected based on the characteristics of the music such as the first division data and the first and second similar music name data. As an example, when category B is selected in step S3, the second section data (b) to which the tune to be assigned belongs is determined based on the queuing rate for each age in this category B. Then, after some songs having the second section data (b) are extracted, a song with a title of “1/2 legend” (= song name data) is selected from the extracted songs, and the selected song is selected as the title song. It is determined.

The following are criteria for selecting an option giving an incorrect answer. That is, a. A song having the same first segment data as the song to be queried, in other words, a song having a common tune and singer's gender b. Songs that have the same second segment data as the song to be questioned, in other words, songs that have the same presentation time c. The first or second similar music data of the tune to be presented, in other words, three tunes which are similar to the title of the tune to be presented but do not actually exist.

The control circuit 10 randomly determines a combination pattern of these three criteria (and the criteria described later). Simply, as shown in FIG. 10, there is a pattern using one reference a to c each. However, a pattern using one reference a plurality of times may be used. In this case, a reference not used appears. come.

If the reference pattern is included in the option pattern, the same first division data as the tune to be set is searched from the music data memory 14, and the searched first division data is used as the reference a in the pattern. The number is randomly extracted.
Similarly, if the reference pattern b is included in the option pattern, the same second section data as the question music is stored in the music data memory 14.
, And the searched second section data is randomly extracted by the number of the reference b in the pattern. Furthermore, if the reference pattern c is included in the option pattern, similar song name data is searched from the first and second similar song name data areas 40b and 40c of the song in question in the song data memory 14, and the search is performed. First and second similar music title data are randomly extracted by the number of reference c in the pattern.

As an example, in the example shown in FIG. 10, an option pattern of an incorrectly-answered tune name including one criterion a, b, and c is selected in step S6, and in step S7, an erroneous answer based on this pattern is selected. Is determined.

For the criterion a, the correct answer song is an idol song (female) according to the tune and singer's classification.
are categorized. Accordingly, referring to FIG. 4, the first section data of the tune to be set is (l). The control circuit 10 stores the music whose first division data is (l) in the music data memory
A search is performed based on the section data, and one music is randomly extracted from the searched music. In the example shown in FIG.
A song having a song name "AND" is extracted.

Next, as for the reference b, the date of presentation of the correct answer song is between 1980 and 1984. Therefore, referring to FIG. 5, the second segment data of the answer song is
(b). The control circuit 10 searches for the music whose second division data is (b) based on the second division data in the music data memory 14, and randomly extracts one music from the searched music. In the example illustrated in FIG. 9, a song having a song name of “Nagisa no cottage” is extracted.

Further, with respect to the reference c, the control circuit 10 stores the first and second similar song name data of the tune to be asked in the first and second similar song name data areas 40b, 4b and 4 in the song data memory 14.
0c, and data for one tune is randomly extracted from the searched tune name data. In the example shown in FIG.
A song having a song name "1/3 Myth" is extracted.

(2) Selection Criteria Based on Title Assignment (FIG. 11) With this selection criterion, an option that gives an incorrect answer, such as the third division data, is selected based on the title assignment. As an example, when category A is selected in step S3, the second section data (a) to which the tune to be assigned belongs is determined based on the queuing rate for each age in this category A. Then, after some songs having the second division data (a) are extracted, a song with a title (= song name data) of “Dream memorial service” is randomly selected from the extracted songs and determined as a song to be presented. Is done.

The selection criterion for an option that gives an incorrect answer is d. It is a song that has the same title as the song on the subject.

The control circuit 10 uses this reference (and the above-mentioned 3
Are randomly determined. Simply, as shown in FIG. 11, there is a pattern that uses all the references d, but a pattern that is combined with another reference may be used.

If the reference pattern is included in the option pattern, the same third section data as the tune to be set is searched from the music data memory 14, and the searched third section data is used as the reference d of the pattern. The number is randomly extracted.
As an example, in the example shown in FIG. 11, an option pattern of an incorrectly-answered song name in which all three incorrect answer options are selected based on the reference d is selected in step S6, and an incorrect answer is made based on this pattern in step S7. The choice of the song name is determined.

With respect to the reference d, the tune to be answered is classified into a title composed of only Chinese characters according to the classification according to the title. Therefore, referring to FIG.
The third section data of the tune to be asked is (d). Control circuit 10
Searches for music whose third division data is (d) based on the third division data in the music data memory 14, and randomly extracts three music pieces from the searched music pieces. In the example shown in FIG. 11, three songs having song names of “dream tree”, “uncultivated” and “great forest” are extracted.

(3) Selection Criteria Based on Items Related to Music (FIG. 12) In this selection criterion, data such as first to fourth data for questions are used.
An option that gives an incorrect answer is selected based on the item related to the song instead of the song name. In this case, the option for the correct song name is not the song name itself, but the correct item itself for the correct song name is displayed. Therefore, the question is not given at the same time as the above selection criteria a to d.

As an example, when the category C is selected in step S3, first, in step S5, which of the first to fourth question data is used to select an option is determined in a predetermined order or in a random order. Is determined. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the option is selected using the second question data. Then, after the second category data (c) to which the tune to be assigned belongs is determined based on the question rate for each age in the category C, the second category data (c)
, And some songs for which the second question data is valid (that is, not “0”) are extracted, and a song with the title “Request” (= song name data) is selected from the extracted songs. Determined as the song to be asked.

The selection criterion for the option that gives a wrong answer is e. An item name different from the item name of the advertisement that used the song in question f. The number of artists differs from the number of artists of the song to be asked g. Gender different from the gender of the artist of the song being asked h. The program name is different from the program etc. in which the song was used.

The control circuit 10 randomly determines one of the selection criteria e to h. In the case of the above-mentioned selection criteria e to h, it is difficult to determine a pattern of options by combining a plurality of criteria, and a selection criteria unified for all options is usually used. As an example, in the example shown in FIG. 12, the selection criterion e is used for all three options.

If the option pattern is composed of only the reference e, first question data (except for “0”) different from the question music is searched from the music data memory 14 and the searched first data is searched. The question data is the standard e in the pattern
Are extracted at random. Similarly, if the option pattern is composed of only the reference f, the second question data (excluding “0”) different from the question music is searched from the music data memory 14, and the searched second question is searched. Data is randomly extracted by the number of reference f in the pattern. Further, if the option pattern is composed only of the reference g, third question data different from the tune to be queried is retrieved from the tune data memory 14, and the retrieved third quest data is extracted. However, the third question data is data relating to gender, and in effect, two choices (“male” and “female”) are extracted and the process ends. Alternatively, if the option pattern is composed only of the reference h, the fourth question data (except for “0”) different from the question music is retrieved from the song data memory 14 and the retrieved fourth question data is retrieved. Are randomly extracted by the number of reference h in the pattern.

As an example, in the example shown in FIG. 12, an option pattern of an incorrectly-answered song name in which all three incorrectly-chosen options are selected based on the reference f is selected in step S6, and in step S7, an erroneous song name is selected based on this pattern. The choice of the answering song name is determined.

With respect to the reference f, there are two artists who have a correct answer to the question, so the second question data of the question is "2". The control circuit 10 searches the music data in which the second question data is valid (not “0”) and other than “2” based on the second question data in the music data memory 14, and searches the searched music. Are randomly extracted from the second question data. In the example shown in FIG. 12, "3", "5", and "7" are extracted as the second question data.

Returning to FIG. 7, in step S8, the display order of the options of the tune which gives the incorrect answer determined in step S7, in other words, the association between the answer buttons 32a to 32d and the options is determined. As an example, in the example shown in FIG. 10, the answering button 32a has the title song “1/2 legend”
However, the answer button 32b has an incorrect answer option “DEMAND” based on the criterion a, the answer button 32c has an incorrect answer option “Nagisa no cottage” based on the criterion b, and the answer button 32d has a criterion c. Is assigned to a wrong answer option "Legend of 1/3". In step S9, the options are displayed on the monitor 2 based on the display order determined in step S8.
It is indicated by 1.

Subsequently, in step S10, after the sound source data of the question music stored in the hard disk 11 is searched, the intro part of the searched sound source data is reproduced by the audio processing circuit 22 and the speaker 23. In addition, the time measurement by the timer in the control circuit 10 starts simultaneously with the reproduction of the sound source data.

In step S11, it is determined whether or not any of the players has operated the switches 30 and 31 for quick pressing and the switches have been turned on. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S12, and the determination is negative. And step S17
Proceed to. In step S12, if the intro part performance is being performed, the performance is stopped, and then the answer button 3 assigned to the player on which the quick-press buttons 30, 31 are operated.
2a to 32d, 33a to 33d (that is, the button 30
Is operated in step S11, the answer buttons 32a to 32d are operated, and when the quick-press button 31 is operated, only the answer buttons 33a to 33d are allowed to be input. It is determined whether or not the answer buttons 32a to 32d have been operated and the switches have been turned ON. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S13, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S20.

In step S13, it is determined whether or not the option input by the answer buttons 32a to 32d operated in step S12 is correct (in the example shown in FIG.
2a) is determined, and if the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S14, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S21.

In step S14, the hard disk 11
After the sound source data of the tune to be stored stored in the speaker is searched, the chorus part of the searched sound source data is reproduced by the audio processing circuit 22 and the speaker 23. At the same time, a screen is displayed on the monitor 21 indicating that the player who operated the quick-press button 30 and the answer buttons 32a to 32d made a correct answer.

In step S15, it is determined whether or not the questions have been asked a predetermined number of times (for example, 10 times). If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S16. If the determination is negative, the process returns to step S5 to return to step S5. Is repeated. In step S16, a screen showing the result of the game, that is, the score and the win / loss of each player is displayed on the monitor 21.
There are various methods for calculating the score of the player. For example, a counter that counts down from a full score (for example, 100 points) is operated in conjunction with a timer that starts timing in the intro performance, and the counter is operated by operating the quick-press button 30. Is stopped, and the value of the counter at that time is added to the score counter for each player formed in the work memory 15 as a score. Alternatively, the value of a counter that counts down in units of 10 points in conjunction with the timer may be scored, or a fixed number of points may be simply added to the score counter of the correct answer for one correct answer. good. The win or loss may be determined based on the number of acquired points, or may be determined based on the number of correct answers. Thereafter, the program returns to step S1, and repeats the above-described processing.

On the other hand, in step S17, step S1
It is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed by a timer that has started measuring time at 0, and if the determination is affirmative, step S is performed.
Proceeding to 18, and if the determination is negative, the process returns to step S11 and the above-described processing is repeated. This predetermined time is preferably set to be longer than the performance time (7 seconds in the present embodiment) of the intro part of the tune to be set.

In step S18, it is determined whether or not the intro part has already been performed once for the tune in question. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S19. If the determination is negative, the process returns to step S10. The above processing is repeated. That is, in the present embodiment, the intro part of the tune to be set is played twice in step S10, and if there is no response from the player at the second time, the setting of the tune to be set is passed.

In step S19, a screen indicating that none of the players could correctly answer is displayed on the monitor 21.

On the other hand, in step S20, step S1
It is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed by a timer that has started measuring time at 0, and if the determination is affirmative, step S is performed.
Proceeding to step S21, if the determination is negative, the process returns to step S12, and the above processing is repeated. This predetermined time is determined in step S
17 may be set to be approximately the same time. Alternatively, in step S11, the timer starts counting time again, and in step S1
7 may be set separately from the predetermined time.

In step S21, the player who has not operated the quick-press button 30 is already in an incorrect state.
In other words, it is determined whether or not the answer buttons 32a to 32d of the option that gives an incorrect answer have been operated while the quick-press button 30 has already been operated once. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S19, and the determination proceeds to step S19. Is negative, the process proceeds to step S22. In step S22, a screen indicating that the player who operated the fast-push button 30 is incorrect is displayed on the monitor 2.
1 is displayed, and the timer is reset after resetting the timer.
Thereafter, the program returns to step S11 and repeats the above processing.

The above operation will be described again from the viewpoint of the player. When one of the two players inserts a coin from the coin insertion slot, first, a category selection screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the monitor 21 (steps S1 and S2). One of the players is the answer button 32a
The category is selected by manipulating .about.32d (steps S3 and S4), and based on this category, the choice of the tune to be presented and the tune or item that gives an incorrect answer is determined (steps S5-S8). After the determined option is displayed on the monitor 21 as a screen indicated by reference numeral 50 in FIG. 10 (step S9), the intro part of the tune to be set is reproduced from the speaker 23 (step S10).

The player presses the quick-push button 30 for a predetermined time after the intro section is played, and secures the right to answer (step S11). The player who has secured the right to answer operates the answering buttons 32a to 32d corresponding to the option that seems to be the correct answer (step S12). If the answer is correct (YES in step S13), the chorus portion of the tune to be played is played to confirm that the answer is correct, and further the correct answer is displayed on the monitor 21. On the other hand, if the answer is incorrect (NO in step S13), the answerer who has not pressed the quick-push button 30 has already incorrectly answered (step S13).
(YES at 21) Both monitors are displayed on the monitor 21 as incorrect (step S19). on the other hand,
If the respondent who has not pressed the quick-press button 30 has not yet answered (NO in step S21), it indicates that the player who pressed the quick-press button 30 has made an incorrect answer (step S22), and again presses the quick-press button again. 30 becomes operable (step S11). However, the input from the player is not accepted until the question for the question song ends (step S15).

On the other hand, if no player operates the quick-push button 30 even if a predetermined time has elapsed after the introduction of the intro unit (YES in step S17), the player has already performed the question once for the question music. Is (Step S18
YES), the monitor 21 displays that both players are incorrect (step S19). On the other hand, if it is the first question, the intro section is played again, and an answer is possible (NO in step S18).

Further, when one of the players presses the
0, but the answer buttons 32a to 32d are not operated after a predetermined time has elapsed (YE in step S20).
In the case of S), if the respondent who has not pressed the quick-push button 30 has already answered incorrectly (YES in step S21), the fact that both players are incorrect is displayed on the monitor 21 (step S19). . On the other hand, if the respondent who has not pressed the quick-push button 30 has not yet answered (NO in step S21), it is displayed that the player who pressed the quick-push button 30 made an incorrect answer (step S22), and The push button 30 becomes operable (step S1).
1). However, the input from the player is not accepted until the question for the question song ends (step S15).

Thereafter, after a predetermined number of questions have been given (YES in step S15), the scores of each player are totaled, and a win or loss is determined, and a screen indicating this is displayed on the monitor 21 (step S16). Thereafter, when the player inserts a coin again, the game is performed again.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the conventional title format in which the song name is presented as an option, in addition to the song name, items related to the song (advertising product name, program /
(Title of movie, etc.) as an option, so the range of options is wider and more interesting than a conventional game console that uses only the question format that presents the song name as an option. Games can be offered to players.

-Modification of First Embodiment- In the first embodiment described above, a game in which two players compete for a score is performed, but the two players cooperate to aim for a high score. A format game may be implemented.

Specifically, after the categories are displayed in step S2 in FIG. 7, a game in which two players compete for a score (hereinafter, referred to as "match play") or the two players A selection screen is displayed for selecting whether to make a game of the type aiming for a high score in cooperation (hereinafter referred to as "cooperative play"), and prompts the player to select a play.

At this time, each play selection may be made by operating the answer buttons 32a to 32d in the same manner as in the category selection described above. The selected play is temporarily stored in the work memory 15.

The subsequent operation is the same as in the above-described first embodiment, and will not be described. Note that step S1 in FIG.
If the competitive play is selected in 6, the win / loss judgment is made, but in the case of the cooperative play, instead of competing for the win / loss,
What is necessary is just to judge whether the predetermined score and the number of correct answer questions are cleared.

Second Embodiment In the above-described first embodiment, the game does not end until a certain number of questions are given. However, the game is ended after a predetermined time has elapsed regardless of the correct answer or incorrect answer. It may be.

FIGS. 13 and 14 are flow charts for explaining the operation of the game machine using music according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The configuration of the game machine of the present embodiment is substantially the same as the game machine of the above-described first embodiment, and differs from the first embodiment in that the game is ended after a predetermined time has elapsed, as described later. Therefore, the operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 13 and 14, and other components will be denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the first embodiment.
The description is omitted.

The program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13 is started when a power switch (not shown) is turned on. First, in step S31, the player waits for a coin to be inserted by a player from a coin insertion slot (not shown). When the coin is inserted, the process proceeds to step S32.

In step S32, the time measurement by the timer 1 in the control circuit 10 starts. This timer 1 is a timer for judging the end of the game, for example, 40 seconds,
A time interval such as 60 seconds is counted. In step S33, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has been measured by the timer 1. If the determination is affirmative, the game ends as the game proceeds to step S43, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, the tune to be set is determined, and in step S35, a choice of the tune name and the item that gives an incorrect answer to the tune determined as the set tune is determined. In the present embodiment, only the criteria e to g shown in the above-described first embodiment are used as selection criteria for the option pattern. Then, based on the option pattern of the song name and the item that gives the wrong answer, the choice of the song name and the item that gives the wrong answer is determined.

In step S36, the display order of the options of the tune which gives the wrong answer determined in step S35, in other words, the relation between the answer buttons 32a to 32d and the options is determined. In step S37, options are displayed on the monitor 21 based on the display order determined in step S36.

Subsequently, in step S38, after the sound source data of the tune to be asked stored in the hard disk 11 is searched, the intro part of the searched sound source data is reproduced by the audio processing circuit 22 and the speaker 23. In addition, the time measurement by the timer 2 in the control circuit 10 starts simultaneously with the reproduction of the sound source data. The timer 2 is a timer for determining the end of the question for one question (option), and measures a time interval such as 2 seconds as an example.

In step S39, it is determined whether or not one of the players has operated the quick-press buttons 30 and 31 to turn on the switch. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S40, and the determination is negative. And step S44
Proceed to. In step S40, if the intro part performance is being performed, the performance is stopped, and then the answer button 3 assigned to the player on which the quick-press buttons 30, 31 are operated.
2a to 32d, 33a to 33d (that is, the button 30
Is operated in step S39, and only the answer buttons 33a to 33d are allowed to be input when the quick-press button 31 is operated. It is determined whether or not the answer buttons 32a to 32d have been operated and the switches have been turned on. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S41, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S46.

In step S41, it is determined whether or not the option input by the answer buttons 32a to 32d operated in step S12 is correct. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S42, and the determination is negative. Then step S
Go to 47.

In step S42, after a screen indicating that the player who operated the quick-press button 30 and the answer buttons 32a to 32d has made a correct answer is displayed on the monitor 21, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has been measured by the timer 1. Is determined, and if the determination is affirmed, the game is terminated and the process proceeds to step S43, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S43, a screen showing the result of the game, ie, the score and the win / loss of each player, is displayed on the monitor 21. In the case of the present embodiment, the number of correct answers is competed within a predetermined time (time measured by the timer 1), and the winning or losing judgment is made based on the number of correct answers (or a score proportional to the number of correct answers).

On the other hand, in step S44, it is determined whether or not the predetermined time is measured by the timer 1. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S43. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S45. In step S45, it is determined whether or not the predetermined time has been measured by the timer 2. If the determination is affirmative, the process returns to step S34. If the determination is negative, the process returns to step S39 to repeat the above processing.

On the other hand, in step S46, it is determined whether or not the predetermined time has been measured by the timer 1. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S43. If the determination is negative, the process returns to step S40, and the above-described processing is performed. repeat.

In step S47, the quick-press button 30
Is displayed on the monitor 21 indicating that the player who operated is incorrect. Thereafter, the program returns to step S34 and repeats the above processing.

The above operation will be described again from the viewpoint of the player. When one of the two players inserts a coin through the coin insertion slot, timer 1 starts counting and the game starts (steps S31 and S32). Choices of the tune to be queried and the tune or matter that will be the wrong answer are determined (steps S34 to S36), and the determined options are displayed on the monitor 21 (step S37), and then the intro part of the tune to be queried is reproduced from the speaker 23. (Step S
38).

When the player plays the intro part, the player presses the quick-push button 30 during the time until the next question is set (YES in step S45) and secures the right to answer (step S39). If the answer right is secured, the next question will not be asked (no return to step S34) unless the answer button is pressed (NO in step S40), but after a predetermined time has elapsed (YES in step S46), the game ends. (Step S43). The answer button 32a corresponding to the option that the player who has secured the answer right thinks is correct
To 32d (step S40). If the answer is correct (YES in step S41), the climax part of the tune to be played is played to confirm that the answer is correct, and further the correct answer is displayed on the monitor 21. On the other hand, when the answer is incorrect (NO in step S41), the fact that the answer is incorrect is displayed on the monitor 21 (step S47).

On the other hand, if no player operates the quick-push button 30 even if a predetermined time has elapsed since the introduction of the intro unit (YES in step S45), the following problem is raised (step S34). Also, even if the input is in the state of waiting for the input of the quick-press button 30, the game is ended after the predetermined time has elapsed (YES in step S44) (step S4
3).

Thereafter, after the questions have been set for a predetermined time (YES in step S42), the scores of each player are totaled, and a win or loss is determined, and a screen indicating this is displayed on the monitor 21 (step S43). Thereafter, when the player inserts a coin again, the game is performed again.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the first
In addition to obtaining the same effects as in the embodiment, the player can enjoy a new interest in how many correct answers are made within a predetermined time, which is not present in the conventional game machine.

-Modification of Second Embodiment- In the second embodiment described above, a game in which two players compete for a score is performed, but the two players cooperate to aim for a high score. A format game may be implemented.

The game machine using the music of the present invention
The details are not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications as described below are possible.

(1) In each embodiment, the quick-press button and the answer button are used. However, the answer right may be secured by using only the answer button and pressing the answer button quickly.

(2) In each of the embodiments, a game in which two players compete for points or aim for a point equal to or more than a predetermined point is performed. However, a form in which one player aims for a point equal to or higher than a predetermined point. May be implemented.

(3) The questions of a predetermined number of times may be divided into a plurality of stages, and at each stage, the question format of the above-described first and second embodiments may be arbitrarily selected.

(4) Points may be checked every predetermined number of times, and players who cannot obtain more than a predetermined number of points may be prohibited from participating in the game thereafter.

(5) In each of the above embodiments, the speaker 23
Although the sound source data is reproduced by the above, sound source data may be reproduced by the headphones provided for each player. Particularly, when the game machine is installed in a noisy atmosphere, it is preferable that the player can clearly hear the musical sound.

(6) In the above embodiments, only the sound source data is reproduced, but sound effects and the like accompanying the progress of the game may be reproduced as appropriate.

(7) In each of the above embodiments, the hard disk 11 storing the sound source data is installed for each game machine main body. However, when a plurality of game machines of the same type are installed, the hard disk is shared, The sound source data may be transferred from the hard disk to each game machine via a communication line. In this case, it takes time to transfer digital data in a format similar to that of a CD.
Sound source data stored in the hard disk is called M
If the data is converted to IDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) format and a MIDI sound source is provided on each game machine side, the amount of data to be transferred can be reduced. Similarly, a plurality of game machines may be connected via a communication line, and two or more players may compete. Alternatively, two or more players may play a game on one game machine.

(8) The question data is not limited to the above embodiments, but may be, for example, data relating to the artist name of the music.

[0103]

As described above in detail, according to the game machine of the first aspect, a question format in which items related to music (such as a product name of an advertisement, a title of a program or a movie, etc.) are presented as options is adopted. As a result, the range of options is wider than that of a conventional game machine that employs only a question format in which music titles are presented as options, and a more interesting game can be provided to players.

[0104]

In addition, according to the game machine of the first aspect, since the number of correct answers is counted after the questions are made within a predetermined time, a type of how many correct answers can be made within a predetermined time is provided. Can be realized, and the player can be provided with a completely different interest from a game machine using conventional music.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a music-playing game machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and is a block diagram showing a schematic circuit configuration thereof.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view showing only an operation unit of the music guessing game machine of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a memory map of a music data memory of the music hit game machine of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a classification of first division data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a classification of second division data.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a classification of third division data.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the music guessing game machine of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart following FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a category selection screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a question screen and an example of an option pattern.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example of a question screen and another example of an option pattern.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of the question screen and another example of the option pattern.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the music guessing game machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart following FIG. 13;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Control circuit 11 Hard disk 14 Music data memory 20 Image processing circuit 21 Monitor 22 Audio processing circuit 23 Speaker 30, 31 Quick-press button 32a-32d, 33a-33d Answer button

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-7-98783 (JP, A) JP-A-7-146690 (JP, A) JP-A-7-146688 (JP, A)

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sound source data corresponding to at least the top portion of a particular song, and the storage means music data with a question for data associated with a particular piece of music is stored plurality musical piece sample and; wherein within a predetermined time period Selecting means for sequentially selecting, from the music data stored in the storage means, the question data respectively corresponding to the correct music and the incorrect answer music; and selecting a plurality of the question data selected by the selecting means. Display means for displaying; and reproducing means for reproducing the sound source data corresponding to the tune to be the correct answer; and selecting and inputting one piece of question data by the player among the plurality of question data displayed by the display means. Accepting input means; and determining whether or not the question data input by the input means is question data related to a correct song. Determination result storing means for storing a determination result of said determination means; constant means and
And the question by the selection means during the predetermined time.
After the data for the question is selected,
The judgment result to be read out from the judgment result storage means is collected.
And a counting means for counting . 2. A game machine using a music, wherein the question data includes data relating to a product name of an advertisement using the specific music. Machine. 3. The game machine using music according to claim 1, wherein the question data includes data on the number of artists of the specific music. Machine. 4. A game machine using the music according to claim 1, wherein the question data includes data on the gender of an artist of the specific music. Game console. 5. A game machine using the music according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the question data includes data relating to a program name of a broadcast program using the specific music. A game machine using a song. 6. A game machine using the music according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the question data includes data relating to a title of a movie in which the specific music is used. Game machine using music. 7. A game machine using the music according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the question data includes data relating to an artist name of the specific music. game machine.