JP2860097B1 - Medium recording game program and game device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a program for digitizing an analog audio signal into a numerical value for each frequency band and using the obtained data as game data. A game program used for a game machine capable of playing a game by playing a game program recorded on a medium such as a ROM cassette, and converts an analog audio signal input from a microphone or the like into an arbitrary frequency. A process of converting the digitized data for each band into a sequence of time series data, a character data calculation process of calculating data for a game character attribute based on the converted sequence data, and an attribute of the obtained character There is a determination process that uses the application data as a parameter of the attribute of the character in the game program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medium such as a ROM cassette storing a game program used in a game machine for executing a game by reading a game program recorded on a medium such as a ROM cassette, and a game apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a technique for converting an analog audio signal into a digital signal and using the digital signal, music is converted into digital data.
A music CD or the like stored in a medium such as a D-ROM can be used. This is a technique for reproducing an audio signal without deteriorating it. In a graphic equalizer or the like that has already been commercialized, a signal digitized for each frequency band is used for visual display. This is to visually represent the input audio signal and not suggest its contents. However, all of these are limited to use within a range that does not exceed the meaning of the input audio material, and cannot find new applications therefrom. On the other hand, in the game program, in order to further increase the interest of the user, it is preferable to complicate the determination of the character attribute data, but within the limited storage capacity of a ROM cassette or other portable memory medium. It is difficult to store a large amount of data. Therefore,
A structure is known in which a game CD-ROM is reproduced and game data is created from the obtained TOC.
M playback device is required, and CD-ROM for music
Had to be prepared separately.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made as a result of earnest research in view of the above circumstances, and its main problem is in a game machine for playing a game by reproducing a medium such as a ROM cassette. Another object of the present invention is to provide a program which converts an analog audio signal input through a microphone or the like into a digital signal, selects and determines character attribute data based on the digital signal, and uses the data as character attribute data in a game program. Another object of the present invention is to convert the primary use analog audio signal into a digital signal, thereby enabling the secondary use of data, and by loading the system into individual game programs. Another object of the present invention is to provide a program that makes data widely available. Still another object of the present invention is to convert an analog audio signal input through a microphone or the like into a digital signal, select and determine character attribute data based on the digital signal, and use the data as character attribute data in a game program. It is to provide a game device.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medium capable of executing a game by reproducing a game program recorded on a medium such as a ROM cassette. In a medium such as a ROM cassette in which a game program used for a game machine is recorded, a conversion process of converting an analog audio signal input for a certain period of time from a microphone or the like into a digital signal, and an arbitrary sequence based on the obtained digital signal Sequence data generation processing for generating data, character data calculation processing for calculating game character attribute data based on the sequence data, and character attribute data obtained in the game program as character attribute parameters. And a parameter determination process.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the sequence data generation processing is based on a digital signal obtained by converting an analog audio signal input from a microphone or the like. In addition, a technical means is adopted in which a numerical value for each frequency band is converted into numerical sequence data shown in a time series.

Further, in the medium according to the third aspect, the character data calculating process includes the step of converting the obtained data into a predetermined data based on a numerical value of a predetermined arbitrary portion in the sequence data. A judgment process for judging whether or not the character is the predetermined data is provided if the data is predetermined data, and if the data is other than the predetermined data, the main data of the character and the sub data of the character are used. Technical means of calculating data and obtaining predetermined character attribute data based on the obtained combination of the main data of the character and the subordinate data of the character. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a technical means in which the main data of the character is purebred data and the sub data is subordinate data.

Further, in the invention of the game device according to claim 5,
In a game device using a medium such as a ROM cassette in which a game program used in a game machine capable of playing a game by reproducing a game program recorded in a medium such as a ROM cassette, a voice input device such as a microphone; Conversion processing means for converting an analog audio signal for a fixed period of time input from the audio input device into a digital signal; sequence data generation processing means for generating arbitrary sequence data based on the obtained digital signal; Character data calculation processing means for calculating character attribute data of the game based on the character data, and parameter determination processing means for using the obtained character attribute data as a parameter of the character attribute in the game program. , Taking the technical measures of.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a medium on which a game program of the present invention is recorded will be described below with reference to the drawings. That is, a case will be described in which the present invention is applied to a ROM cassette in which a training simulation game program is recorded as a recording medium. Further, in this embodiment, a game ROM cassette can be used as a game machine, and a general purpose T which can perform analog voice input by using an extension (peripheral) device or the like in addition to a main body or the like.
A case will be described in which a V game machine (for example, a game boy (trade name)) is used, and it is assumed that this game machine has a built-in liquid crystal display.

In this case, as shown in FIG.
Is an extension device 3 including a microphone 2 as an audio input device, an A / D converter that converts an analog audio signal obtained from the microphone 2 into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal, and a general-purpose TV connected to the extension device 3. And a game machine 4. Here, the microphone 2 is an extension device 3
May be integrally incorporated in the casing of the above. Then, the ROM cassette 5 storing the training simulation game program is mounted on the TV game machine 4 for use.

The present system is used to determine the parameters of characters (creatures such as monsters) in the game program. Character parameters are broadly divided into two categories: pedigree parameters and ability parameters. This character type is made up of a combination of a predetermined number, for example, 12 types of purebred characters.

The lineage of one character is composed of two combinations of a main lineage and a subordinate lineage. Therefore, the character has a total of 1 pedigree because it is composed of a combination of 12 types of main lineages and 12 types of subordinates.
There are 44 combinations. A line obtained by replacing the lineage of this character with a number is used as a lineage parameter. In addition, parameters related to the character's abilities, such as the character's life, power, robustness, hits, avoidance, balance, and recovery speed, are used as the ability parameters.

In the present embodiment, a description will be given of a portion for acquiring a parameter of a character from an analog audio signal input through the microphone 2 during a game.
Otherwise, an appropriate simulation game program is used. First, the game program is executed by inserting the ROM cassette 5 storing the present game program into the TV game machine 4. And when it comes to the stage of determining the character, the microphone 2 attached to the extension device 3
An instruction is issued from the display processing means 11 to the display 6 of the TV game machine 4 so as to input a voice through (step 101).

The player inputs a sound for a predetermined time in accordance with a signal displayed on the display 6. The analog audio signal obtained here is A
It is converted into a digital signal through a / D converter. This digital signal is input via a terminal of the TV game machine 4.

The digital signal obtained here is
Based on this, the numerical data for each frequency band is converted into numerical data in a time series by the numerical data generation processing means 12. Then, the character data calculation processing means 13 detects numerical values at any three predetermined positions (determined data 1, determined data 2, and determined data 3) in the above sequence. (Step 102)

The obtained judgment target data 1, judgment target data 2, and judgment target data 3 are the judgment reference data 1 and the judgment reference data 2 for a specific voice stored in the game ROM cassette in advance. Then, it is determined whether or not it matches the combination of the criterion data 3 to make a determination. (Step 103) Here, the predetermined reference data of the specific voice stored in advance may be one or plural. This is done by examining, in advance, judgment data of a specific voice, creating fixed game data corresponding to the data, and storing the data in a game ROM.
Although the game data is recorded in a cassette, it is not necessary to set all of the game data to a fixed value, and only a part of the game data may be set to a fixed value.

If the data match, the parameter determination processing means 14 responds to the
From the game data recorded in the M-cassette, the character's pedigree parameters (main lineage, subordinate lineage), model subordinate lineage, and ability parameters (life, power, robustness, hit, avoidance, Initial parameters of the character used in the game, such as balance recovery speed, are determined (step 104).

If the data do not match, the character data calculation processing means 13 and the parameter determination processing means 14 obtain the initial parameters of the character by calculation as follows. First, based on the numerical value of the determination target data 1 obtained in step 102,
One of the twelve main pedigree numbers (0 to 11) is acquired from the main pedigree number data table. Next, based on the numerical value of the determination target data 2 obtained in step 102, one of the 12 types of blood lineage numbers (0 to 11) is obtained from the blood lineage number data table (step 105).

Next, a model blood lineage number for the character may be calculated from the main blood lineage number and the blood lineage number (step 106). The calculation method can be appropriately performed and is used as a parameter such as the form of the character. However, the model bloodline may not be provided. A pedigree parameter is determined from the combination of the main pedigree number and the sub pedigree number specified in this way.

Next, based on the numerical value of the judgment target data 3 obtained in step 102, the parameter table number (0
To 59) are obtained and set as initial values of the character's ability parameters (step 107). The pedigree parameters and ability parameters thus obtained are determined as initial parameters of the characters of the game program, and the game program is executed based on the parameters.

Since the present embodiment is a training simulation game, a simulation game is executed based on each parameter. And in the above embodiment,
When using the criterion data corresponding to a specific voice,
Since the information is unique to input audio data to some extent, it can be used to determine a specific audio. In addition, when using arbitrary voice data, all voices that can be input to the game machine through the microphone can be used. In the above embodiment, the frequency (H) of the sound input from the microphone or the like is used.
Although the sequence is generated based on z), the present invention generates sequence data from the volume (dB) of voice and time,
In addition, any processing that uses any processing as long as a plurality of combinations are generated using audio as a material is also included.

Although the training simulation game is used as the game program in the above embodiment, the present invention can be used for various other game programs and game devices. Further, as described above, the recording medium is exemplified by the ROM cassette. However, if the recording medium is a portable type of a magnetic memory or an optical memory, a floppy disk, an MO disk, a DVD, etc.
-It can be applied to ROM, CD-R, MD and other various media.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to use an analog audio signal to generate data having no relation to the meaning of the audio. This allows
Since the game player does not know what parameters are generated from the speech input, it can stimulate the curiosity and exploration of the player. In addition, by preparing game data generated only from specific sounds, it is possible to add a rare value to the data. Since a general material called voice is used, it is useful as a general-purpose program and a game device having high utility value.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a game device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the program processing of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game device 2 Microphone 3 Expansion device 4 TV game machine 5 ROM cassette 6 Display 11 Display processing means 12 Sequence data generation processing means 13 Character data calculation processing means 14 Parameter determination processing means

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A medium such as a ROM cassette storing a game program used in a game machine capable of playing a game by reproducing a game program recorded on a medium such as a ROM cassette. A conversion process of converting an analog audio signal of time into a digital signal, a sequence data generation process of generating an arbitrary sequence data based on the obtained digital signal, and an attribute data of a game character based on the sequence data. A medium storing a game program, comprising: a character data calculation process to be calculated; and a parameter determination process using the obtained character attribute data as a parameter of a character attribute in the game program. 2. A numerical sequence data generating process converts numerical values for each frequency band into numerical sequence data in a time series based on a digital signal obtained by converting an analog audio signal input from a microphone or the like. A medium on which the game program according to claim 1 is recorded. 3. A character data calculation process includes reading a numerical value at a predetermined location in the sequence data and determining whether the numerical value is the same as predetermined data. If the data is predetermined data, corresponding attribute data of the predetermined character is selected correspondingly. If the data is other than the predetermined data, the main data of the character and the sub data of the character are selected. 2. The medium according to claim 1, wherein predetermined data for attribute of the character is obtained based on the calculated and obtained combination of the main data of the character and the subordinate data of the character. . 4. The medium according to claim 3, wherein the main data of the character is purebred data and the subordinate data is subordinate pedigree data. 5. A game device using a medium such as a ROM cassette storing a game program used in a game machine capable of playing a game by reproducing a game program recorded on a medium such as a ROM cassette. An audio input device, a conversion processing unit for converting an analog audio signal for a predetermined time inputted from the audio input device into a digital signal, and a sequence data generation processing unit for generating arbitrary sequence data based on the obtained digital signal Character data calculation processing means for calculating attribute data of a game character based on the sequence data; and parameter determination processing means for using the obtained character attribute data as a parameter of a character attribute in a game program. A game device comprising: