JP2991664B2 - Video game console - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video game machine of a horse racing game in which a game player selects at least one or more virtual horses and executes a virtual horse racing, and a computer for executing the horse racing game. The present invention relates to a medium recording a computer program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game player selects one horse from a plurality of virtual horses kept on a virtual ranch,
There is a video game machine of a horse racing game in which a selected horse participates in a virtual horse racing. In this type of game machine, a horse selection screen in which images of a plurality of horses are displayed in the display area of the display device is displayed, and the game player appropriately selects one horse from the displayed horses. Has become.

FIG. 10 shows a display device 51 of a video game machine.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a horse selection screen 53 displayed in a display area 52 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, a two-dimensional image indicating a ranch is normally displayed on the horse selection screen 53, and two-dimensional images of a plurality of horses are displayed in this image. Furthermore, by changing the two-dimensional image showing each horse with the passage of time, an animation display showing a state in which the horse is moving is performed. Then, when the game player selects an arbitrary horse displayed on the horse selection screen 53, the screen of the display area 52 is switched from the horse selection screen 53 to an individual information display screen showing individual information of the selected horse.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an individual information display screen 54. As shown in FIG. 11, the individual information display screen 5
4 includes a horse display area 55 for displaying the selected horse and a data display area 56 for displaying various individual information of the horse. In the horse display area 55, a horse selection screen 53 is displayed.
In general, a still image showing the selected horse in an enlarged scale is displayed.

[0005]

However, in recent years,
There has been a request from a game player for a more realistic representation of a horse image displayed in the horse display area 55 of the individual information display screen 54. As one method for responding to this demand, a horse animation image to be exclusively displayed in the horse display area 55 is prepared separately from the horse animation image displayed on the horse selection screen 53, and individual information display is performed. When the screen is switched to the screen 54, there is a method of displaying a realistic horse image by animating the horse in the horse display area 55.

However, according to the above-described method, since an animation image of a horse to be exclusively displayed in the horse display area 55 is prepared, the amount of data to be held by the video game machine increases. Further, since a program for processing to display an animation image of a horse in the horse display area 55 is required, the number of program steps executed by the video game machine is smaller than when displaying a still image in the horse display area 55. , More than double.

Therefore, the hardware resources (CPU, RAM, drawing processor, etc.) of the video game machine are greatly burdened, and the execution of the program is delayed, and in some cases, the progress of the game may be hindered. Was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an image of a horse displayed in a horse display area of a horse individual information display screen is provided in a realistic expression form without greatly increasing the number of program steps. An object of the present invention is to provide a video game machine of a horse racing game that can be displayed and a medium recording a computer program.

[0009]

The present invention employs the following configuration to solve the above-mentioned problems. That is, the invention of claim 1 is a video game machine of a horse racing game in which a game player selects an arbitrary horse from one or more virtual horses and executes a virtual horse racing, Moving image generating means for generating moving image data, first display means for outputting a horse selection screen for displaying a horse to be selected on the basis of the moving image data, and the first display means in response to an operation from the game player. Specifying means for specifying any of the horses that are animated on the horse selection screen output by the display means, a moving image display area for displaying an animation of only the specified horse based on the moving image data, and And a second display means for outputting an individual information display screen including an information display area for displaying other information relating to the specified horse. To.

According to the present invention, based on the moving image data of the horse to be selected generated by the moving image generating means, the first display means outputs a horse selection screen for displaying an animation of the horse to be selected. At this time, when any of the horses displayed on the horse selection screen is specified by the specifying means, the second display means outputs an individual information display screen including a moving image display area and an information display area. . Then, on the individual information display screen, the horse specified by the specifying unit is displayed as an animation based on the moving image data generated by the moving image data generating unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the moving image generating means according to the first aspect, the moving image data of the horse displayed on the horse selection screen and the moving image of the horse displayed on the moving image display area of the individual information display screen are displayed. The data is specified by generating the data using common horse data. This is preferable in that the amount of data held in the video game machine can be reduced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the moving image generating means according to the first or second aspect, the moving image data of the horse displayed on the horse selection screen and the horse displayed on the moving image display area of the individual information display area. Is generated by making the viewpoint position and the line of sight of the horse different from each other.

[0013]

[0014]

[0015]

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the video game machine according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the video game machine. In FIG. 1, the video game machine includes an apparatus main body and a controller 21.
The apparatus main body has a CD-ROM 23 as a medium on which a game program (computer program) is recorded.
And a television monitor 22 (corresponding to a display means) is connected.

The apparatus main body includes a CPU 1, a graphics data generation processor 3 directly connected to the CPU 1,
An interface circuit 4, a main memory 5, a ROM 6, a decompression circuit 7, a parallel port 8, a serial port 9, and a drawing processor 10, which are mutually connected to the CPU 1 via a bus (address bus, data bus and control bus) 2. , Audio processor 12, decoder 1
4, an interface circuit 19, a buffer 11 connected to the rendering processor 10, and a buffer 13 and an amplifier 17 connected to the audio processor 12.
, A speaker 18 connected to the amplifier circuit 17, a buffer 15 and a CD-ROM connected to the decoder 14.
It comprises a driver 16 and a memory 20 connected to an interface circuit 19. Controller 2 described above
1 is connected to the interface circuit 19. The above-described television monitor 22 is connected to the drawing processor 10.

Here, the graphics data generation processor 3 plays a role as a so-called coprocessor of the CPU 1. That is, the graphics data generation processor 3 performs coordinate transformation and light source calculation, for example, calculation of a matrix or vector in a fixed-point format by parallel processing.
The main processing executed by the graphics data generation processor 3 is a processing target based on coordinate data, movement amount data and rotation amount data of each vertex in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional plane of image data supplied from the CPU 1. The processing includes obtaining an address on the display area of the image and returning the address data to the CPU 1 again, and calculating the luminance of the image in accordance with the distance and angle from the virtually set light source.

The interface circuit 4 is an interface circuit for a peripheral device such as a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball. ROM
Reference numeral 6 stores program data as an operation system of the apparatus main body. The main memory 5 is a CD
-A memory in which the game program from the ROM 23 is loaded. Programs and data are appropriately paged from the main memory 5 to the CPU 1 and processed by the CPU 1.

In the expansion circuit 7, MPEG (Moving Pictur)
e Engineering Group) and JPEG (Joint Pincture Engi)
A decompression process is performed on a compressed image that has been compressed by intra-coding conforming to the NNering Group. Decompression processing includes decoding processing (decoding of data encoded by VLC: Valid Length Code), inverse quantization processing, ID
These include CT (Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform) processing, intra-image restoration processing, and the like.

The drawing processor 10 performs a drawing process on the buffer 11 based on a drawing command issued by the CPU 1, and outputs an image drawn in the buffer 11 to the television monitor 22 (first display). means,
(Corresponds to second display means).

The buffer 11 has a display area and a non-display area. The display area is an area for developing data displayed on the display surface of the television monitor 22. The non-display area is an area for storing texture data, color pallet data, and the like. Here, the texture data is two-dimensional image data. The color pallet data is data for specifying a color such as texture data. The drawing command issued by the CPU 1 includes, for example, a drawing command for displaying a line, a drawing command for drawing a three-dimensional image using polygons, a drawing command for drawing a normal two-dimensional image, and the like. It is.

The audio processor 12 is a CD-ROM
PCM audio data read from
Convert to data. The ADPCM data processed by the audio processor 12 is output from the speaker 18 as audio.

The CD-ROM driver 16 is a CD-RO driver.
The data such as program data and map information and audio data are read from M23, and the read data is supplied to the decoder 14.

The decoder 14 is a CD-ROM driver 1
ECC (Error Correction)
(n Code), and supplies the error-corrected data to the main memory 5 or the audio processor 12.

The memory 20 is a card type memory,
In order to maintain the state at the time of the game interruption, various parameters at the time of the game interruption are stored. Controller 21
Is a cross key 21g integrating a left key, a right key, an up key, and a down key, a left button 21L and a right button 21R.
, Start button 21a, select button 21b
And first to fourth buttons 21c to 21f. The cross key 21g is a key for the game player to give commands indicating up, down, left, and right to the CPU 1. The start button 21a indicates that the game player
-A key for instructing the CPU 1 to start a game program loaded from the ROM 23. The select button 21 b allows the game player to make various selections regarding the game program loaded on the main memory 5.
These are keys for instructing the CPU 1.

In the above-mentioned CD-ROM 23, the game player becomes the owner of the racehorse in the game, and a virtual ranch displayed on the television monitor 22 in a pseudo three-dimensional manner is displayed.
A game program of a horse racing game in which a virtual horse having more than the head is bred, and one of the bred horses is selected to participate in a virtual horse race is recorded.

In a horse racing game of a video game machine performed by executing this game program, a time period in the game is set, and a game player is provided with a plurality of instructions on a weekly basis.
(Command) is input, and an event (horse production, sales, training, etc.) generated by execution of the command is performed, so that time on the game elapses and the game proceeds.

Also, this horse racing game is roughly divided into
It has three stages: a ranch stage, a stables stage, and a racetrack stage. The ranch stage is a stage in which a game player produces and breeds racehorses, and breeds one or more racehorses in this stage. Then, an arbitrary racehorse is determined from the trained racehorses, and the racehorse is advanced to the stable stage. The stables stage consists of the training of racehorses trained on the ranch stage by game players,
This is a stage for registering in a horse race, etc. The racehorse raised on the ranch stage and trained on the stable stage is registered in the horse race to participate in the horse race.
The racetrack stage is a stage for watching a horse race. At this time, if a racehorse possessed by the game player is registered in the stable stage, it is possible to watch a horse race in which this racehorse runs.

At the ranch stage, one of a horse selection screen and an individual information display screen showing individual information of the selected horse is displayed on the television monitor 22 by operating the controller 21 by the game player. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the horse selection screen 25, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the individual information display screen.

As shown in FIG. 2, the horse selection screen 25 includes a ranch (field) formed in a pseudo three-dimensional space.
Is displayed over substantially the entire display area 22a of the television monitor 22, and a pseudo three-dimensional image of a plurality of horses H that can be raised (selected) by a game player is animated in a fence S on the ranch. (However, FIG.
Only the head is shown). As a result, the horses that freely move in the fence S are displayed on the horse selection screen 25. The month and week, the money held by the game player, and the ranch name are displayed on the upper left of the horse selection screen 25, and the direction of the viewpoint is displayed on the upper right.

On the horse selection screen 25, a cursor K which can be moved up, down, left and right on the screen by operating the cross key 21g of the controller 21 is displayed. When the cursor K is overlaid on the image of the horse H and the fourth button 21f, which is the determination button, is pressed, a selection display 27 indicating the name of the horse and that the horse has been selected is displayed on the horse H. (Corresponding to the specifying means). When the cursor K is placed on another horse and the fourth button 21f is pressed while the selection display 27 of a certain horse is displayed, the selection display 27 of the certain horse disappears from the screen and the other horses are displayed. Is displayed on the screen.

When the second button 21d of the controller 21 is pressed while the horse selection screen 25 is displayed, the height of the viewpoint with respect to the horse H is alternately switched to "low" or "high". However, when the selection display 27 is displayed, the viewpoint is switched to the one for tracking and displaying the selected horse H.

When the horse selection screen 25 is displayed, if either the left or right of the cross key 21g is pressed while the first button 21c of the controller 21 is pressed,
The direction of the line of sight with respect to the ranch (field) displayed on the horse selection screen 25 rotates rightward or leftward, and accordingly, the ranch displayed on the horse selection screen 25 is in the opposite direction to the moving direction of the line of sight. The animation of the movement relative to is displayed.

When the third button 21 e of the controller 21 is pressed while the horse selection screen 25 is displayed, a command window 28 is displayed on the right side of the horse selection screen 25. At this time, if the selection display 27 is displayed on the horse selection screen 25, the selection display 27 is displayed.
Disappears.

The command window 28 is composed of nine areas, "stay horse", "next week", "stable move", "stallion", "yard trade", "change viewpoint", "office", and "office". "Save" and "Watch Horse Racing" are displayed
(However, FIG. 2 shows only the areas of “stable movement” and “watching horse racing”). Here, "stay horse" is a command for displaying a list of horses existing on the current ranch. "Next week"
Is a command to advance the game time to the next week. “Move stable” is a command to move to the stable stage described above. The “stallion” is a command for displaying a list of stallion on the current ranch. In addition, "yard business"
This is a command to move to the garden transaction stage (stage for purchasing breeding mares, age-old horses, and 2-year-old horses). “Change viewpoint” is a command to change the viewpoint of the horse H. “Office” is a command to move to an office stage (a stage in which a game player performs business as an owner). “Save” is a command for saving a game state. The “watching horse race” is a command to move to the horse racetrack stage described above.

When the command window 28 is displayed, any one of the nine areas is displayed bright, and the other areas are displayed dark. This brightly displayed area is the area where the cursor exists. At this time, if the up button of the cross key 21g is pressed, the area displayed brightly becomes dark, and the area above it is displayed brightly. On the other hand, when the down button of the cross key 21g is pressed, the area displayed brightly becomes dark, and the area below it is displayed brightly. This indicates that the cursor has moved. Further, the command window 28 is displayed, and “next week”,
When the fourth button 21f is pressed in a state where an area other than “watching a horse race” is displayed brightly, a command of the area displayed brightly is registered. And "next week"
In the state where the area of is brightly displayed, the fourth button 2
When 1f is pressed, the registered command is executed and the game time advances to the next week. In a state where the area of “watching horse racing” is displayed brightly, the fourth button 21
Even when f is pressed, the registered command is executed. At this time, if a horse race is scheduled to be performed on the weekend in the game, the ranch stage shifts to the horse race stage after all the registered commands are executed, and the state of the horse race is displayed on the television. John Monitor 2
2 (see FIG. 9).

When the fourth button 21f is pressed while the selection display 27 of the horse H is being displayed, the display area 22 is displayed.
The screen displayed in a is switched from the horse selection screen 25 to the individual information display screen 26 of the selected horse H (the horse H on which the selection display 27 is displayed).

As shown in FIG. 3, the individual information display screen 26 has a horse display area 2 formed at the upper left of the screen.
9 (corresponding to a moving image display area) and data display areas 30a and 30b formed on the upper right and lower sides of the screen, respectively.
(Corresponding to an information display area). Horse display area 2
9 displays an image of the horse H selected on the horse selection screen 25. Further, the name, age and type of the selected horse H are displayed in the data display area 30a, and the pedigree of the selected horse H is displayed in the data display area 30b.

When the third button 21e is pressed while the individual information display screen 26 is displayed, a command window 28a is displayed on the right side of the screen. The command window 28a includes a plurality of areas.
(Only one is shown in FIG. 3), and one of them is displayed with a character of “in stable”. The cursor related to the command window 28a and the method of moving the cursor are the same as the settings of the command window 28 on the horse selection screen 25. Then, in a state where the area in which the character “in stable” is displayed is brightly displayed, the fourth button 21 is displayed.
When f is pressed, the horse H displayed on the individual information display screen 26 moves to the stable in setting of the game.
Then, the time advances to the next week on the game, and the horse selection screen 2
If the command window 28 is displayed and the command of “move stable” is executed when 5 is displayed, the game shifts from the ranch stage to the stable stage (not shown). In the stable stage, the horse H that has been moved to the stable in the last week of the game is designated, and the horse H is trained by determining the training for the horse H. The training of the horse H on the stable stage is based on the horse H moved to the stable on the individual information display screen 26 on the ranch stage.
It is set so that it can be performed only for.

The individual information display screen 26 shown in FIG.
All the horses H displayed on the horse selection screen 25 are respectively created. When the horse selection screen 25 is switched to the individual information display screen 26, the individual information display screen of the selected horse H is displayed. 26 is displayed, and thereafter, when a switch button (for example, set to the first button 21c) is pressed, the individual information display screen 26 of the selected horse H is switched to the individual information display screen 26 of another horse H. Can be When the third button 21e is pressed while the individual information display screen 26 is being displayed, the display area 2
The display screen 2a is switched from the individual information display screen 26 to the horse selection screen 25.

In the horse display area 29 of the individual information display screen 26, the size of the horse H displayed on the horse selection screen 25 is larger than that displayed on the horse selection screen 25. The animation is displayed from such a viewpoint. Next, this principle will be described. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the virtual space displayed on the horse selection screen 25 shown in FIG. 2 when viewed from above. As shown in FIG. 4, on the horse selection screen 25, a ranch and a horse H photographed by the virtual camera C1 shown in FIG. 4 (within the field of view of the camera C1) are displayed. The position and direction of the camera C1 are the viewpoint position and line of sight with respect to the horse H. Then, the display area 22a
Is switched from the horse selection screen 25 to the individual information display screen 26, the camera C1 is switched to the virtual camera C2, and the ranch and the image taken by the camera C2 (entering the field of view of the camera C2) and The horse H is displayed in the horse display area 29. The position and direction of the camera C2 are the viewpoint position and the direction of the line of sight for the horse H displayed in the horse display area 29. The position of the camera C2 is such that the size of the horse displayed in the horse display area 29 is larger than the relative size of the horse H display area 22a displayed on the horse selection screen 25 with respect to the screen and the horse display area 29 Is set to have a size corresponding to the size of the frame.

Next, processing performed by the video game machine on the ranch stage will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the video game machine. As a premise, when the power of the video game machine is turned on in a state where the CD-ROM 23 is loaded in the main body of the video game machine, the CPU 1 (see FIG. 1)
The game program and various data are sequentially read out from the main memory 5 from M23 and executed as appropriate.

Thus, a start screen of a horse racing game (not shown) is displayed on the display area 22a of the television monitor 22. When the start button 21a of the controller 21 is pressed while the start screen (not shown) is displayed, the CPU 1 starts the processing on the ranch stage.

In FIG. 5, in S01, the CPU 1 executes
An operation instruction is given to each of the graphics data generation processor 3 and the drawing processor 10, and the horse selection screen 25 (FIG.
Display).

In S02, whether or not there is a screen switching input
(Whether or not the fourth button 21f has been pressed) is determined. At this time, if it is determined that there is a screen switching input, the process proceeds to S03. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no screen switching input, the process proceeds to S06.

When the process has proceeded to S03, it is determined whether the horse H has been selected on the horse selection screen 25 (the selection display 27 is displayed on any of the horses H displayed on the horse selection screen 25). Is determined). At this time, horse H
If it is determined that is selected, the process proceeds to S04.
Proceed to. On the other hand, when it is determined that the horse H has not been selected, the process proceeds to S06.

In S04, the current mode is the horse selection screen display mode (the horse selection screen 25 is displayed on the television monitor 22).
Is changed to the individual information display mode (mode in which the individual information display screen 26 is displayed on the television monitor 22). Then, the process proceeds to S05.

In S05, the display position (coordinates) of the selected horse H (displaying the selection display 27) on the horse selection screen 25 is obtained, and based on this, the individual information display screen 26 is displayed.
Of the horse H to be displayed in the horse display area 29 (the position and direction of the virtual camera C2 for displaying the horse H in the horse display area 29). At this time,
The position and the direction of the camera C2 such that the relative size of the horse H displayed on the horse selection screen 25 with respect to the display area 22a is increased. Then, the process proceeds to S07.

When the process has proceeded to S06, it is determined whether or not there has been a viewpoint change input (whether or not the second button 21d has been pressed while the horse selection screen 25 is being displayed). At this time, if it is determined that there is a viewpoint change input, the process proceeds to S07. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no viewpoint change input, the process proceeds to S08.

When the process proceeds to S07, the viewpoint data for the horse H is changed. That is, when the process of S07 is performed via S06, the viewpoint data for the horse H is changed from, for example, “low” viewpoint data to “high” viewpoint data. However, when the selection display 27 is displayed, it is changed to viewpoint data for tracking and displaying the horse H. On the other hand, when the process of S07 is performed via S05, the viewpoint data is changed from the one used on the horse selection screen 25 to the viewpoint data calculated in S05.

In S08, the new viewpoint data changed in S07 is stored in the main memory 5. Where S
When the determination of NO is made in step 06 and the process of S08 is performed, the viewpoint data used at the time of S06 is stored.

In S09, horse movement data for moving each horse H in the virtual space (for example, running the horse H or walking the horse H) is calculated. This horse movement amount data is stored in the main memory 5.

At S10, a subroutine for creating data (moving image data) for animation display of the horse H is executed (corresponding to moving image data generating means). FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the horse moving image data creation subroutine.

In S201 of this subroutine,
The CPU 1 calculates the position coordinates of each horse H specified by the viewpoint position (the position of the camera C1 or the camera C2) and the direction thereof, as coordinates used as a reference for the pseudo three-dimensional display (polygon display by a video game machine). A conversion matrix for calculating conversion data for converting a horse into an animation by converting the
Set to.

In step S202, the CPU 1 determines whether or not S0 of the vertex coordinate data addresses of the polygon corresponding to the animation pattern of each horse stored in the main memory 5
A horse (horse reflected on the virtual camera C1 or the camera C2) specified from the viewpoint data stored in 8 is acquired.

In S203, the CPU 1 reads the vertex coordinate data of the polygon of each horse from the main memory 5 based on the vertex coordinate data address of the polygon obtained in S202.
The normal data, the texture data address, the movement amount data obtained in S09, the rotation amount, the light source data, and the data such as the viewpoint data stored in S08 are read out and supplied to the graphics data generation processor 3. As a result, the graphics data generation processor 3
Using the transformation matrix set in 201, horse H
Calculate the conversion data for displaying an animation. Then, the converted data is transferred to the CPU 1.

In S204, the CPU 1 which has received the converted data from the graphics data generating processor 3,
The conversion data is supplied to the drawing processor 10.
In S205, the CPU 1 determines whether all the conversion data to be supplied to the drawing processor 10 has been supplied. At this time, if it is determined that not all of the converted data has been supplied, the process returns to S202, and S205
The processing of S202 to S205 is repeatedly performed until the determination of YES is made. On the other hand, if it is determined that all the converted data has been supplied, the horse moving image data creation subroutine ends, and the process returns to the main routine shown in FIG.

When the process returns to the main routine, the process proceeds to S
Proceed to 11. In S11, a subroutine for creating field image data is executed. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the field moving image data creation subroutine. In S301 in this subroutine, the CPU 1
Sets the graphics data generation processor 3 with a conversion matrix for calculating the conversion data for converting the coordinates of the ranch (field) into the absolute coordinates and displaying the field in animation.

In step S302, the CPU 1 reads from the main memory 5 the vertex coordinate data of the polygon of the field, the normal line data, the texture data address, the movement amount, the rotation amount,
Data such as light source data and viewpoint data are read out and supplied to the graphics data generation processor 3. Thus, the graphics data generation processor 3 calculates conversion data for displaying the field as an animation using the conversion matrix set in S301. Then, the converted data is transferred to the CPU 1.

In S303, the CPU 1 receiving the converted data from the graphics data generation processor 3
The conversion data is supplied to the drawing processor 10.
In S304, the CPU 1 determines whether or not all the conversion data to be supplied to the drawing processor 10 has been supplied. At this time, if it is determined that all of the converted data has not been supplied, the process returns to S302, and S304
The processing of S302 to S304 is repeatedly performed until the determination of YES is made. On the other hand, if it is determined that all of the converted data has been supplied, the field moving image data creating subroutine ends, and the process returns to the main routine shown in FIG.

When the process returns to the main routine, the process proceeds to S
Proceed to 12. In S13, it is determined whether or not the current mode is the above-described individual information display mode. At this time,
If it is determined that the mode is the individual information display mode, the process proceeds to S13. On the other hand, if it is determined that the mode is not the individual information display mode, the process proceeds to S14.

When the process proceeds to S13, the target horse
A subroutine for displaying individual information of (the selected horse and the other horse displayed on the horse selection screen 25 and within the field of view of the camera C2) is executed. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the individual information display subroutine.

At S401 in this subroutine,
The CPU 1 reads, from the main memory 5, data to be displayed in the data display areas 30a and 30b corresponding to the variable x indicating the target horse (name, type, pedigree, etc. of the horse).

In step S402, the CPU 1 sets the individual information in which the data obtained in step S401 is embedded in the data display areas 30a and 30b, and the image data obtained in steps S10 and S11 is embedded in the frame of the horse display area 29. A display command for the display screen 26 is given to the drawing processor 10.
Thereby, the display area 22 of the television monitor 22
The display content is switched from the horse selection screen 25 to the individual information display screen 26 as shown in FIG. At this time, a field corresponding to the size of the frame is displayed in the horse display area 29, and the horse H corresponding to the size of the frame is displayed.
An animation of the appearance of walking or running is displayed (corresponding to a change display means). In the horse display area 29, an image is displayed in which the ground of the field, the horse H, and the fence S on the near side are superimposed in this order. When the process of S402 ends, the individual information display subroutine ends, and the process returns to the main routine shown in FIG. Then, in the main routine, the process proceeds to S15.

When the process has proceeded to S14, a display command for displaying the horse H and the field on the horse selection screen 25 is sent to the drawing processor 10 based on the image data obtained in S10 and S11. Given. As a result, the horse selection screen 25 displays an animation of the horse H walking or running. At this time, the horse selection screen 25 displays an image in which the ground of the field, the horse H, and the fence S on the near side are superimposed in this order. Then, the process returns to S01.

In S15, it is determined whether or not the target horse change input has been made (whether or not the switch button has been pressed). At this time, if it is determined that there is no target horse change input,
The process proceeds to S17. On the other hand, if it is determined that the target horse change input has been made, the process proceeds to S16.

When the process proceeds to S16, the currently displayed individual information display screen 26 is changed to the individual information display screen 26 of another horse H. Then, the process proceeds to S17.

If the process has proceeded to S17, it is determined whether or not a screen switching input has been made to the horse selection screen 25 (third button 2
1e is pressed). At this time, if it is determined that there is no screen switching input, the process proceeds to S0.
Return to 6. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a screen switching input, the process returns to S01, and the horse selection screen 25 is displayed on the television monitor 22.

As described above, when the horse selection screen 25 is displayed, the command window 28 is displayed, and when the command of “watching horse racing” is executed, the stage is set to the ranch stage. The process for shifting to the racetrack stage from the first stage is performed, and then the process at the racetrack stage is performed. And it is selected on the stables stage,
As shown in FIG. 9, the state of the race in which the selected horse H participates is displayed on the television monitor 22 on condition that the horse H determined to be trained is registered in the race at the stable stage. . At this time, the speaker 18 (FIG. 1)
) Outputs a live commentary according to the development of the race. According to the present embodiment, when the screen is switched from the horse selection screen 25 to the individual information display screen 26, the horse H displayed on the horse selection screen 25 is displayed in the horse display area 29 of the individual information display screen 26. The horse H viewed from a viewpoint position (camera position) having a size corresponding to the size of the frame is displayed as an animation. That is, the horse H to be displayed on the horse selection screen 25 and the horse H to be displayed on the individual information display screen 26 are changed in the viewpoint position (camera position) and the line of sight with respect to the horse H using common polygon model data or the like. And display on each screen. Therefore, the horse H displayed on the horse selection screen 25 and the horse display area 2 on the individual information display screen 26 are displayed.
The horse H displayed in 9 can be displayed as an animation using a common program step. Therefore, the horse H displayed in the horse display area 29 can be displayed in a realistic expression form without significantly increasing the number of program steps. That is, it is possible to meet the demands of the game player without causing a burden on the hardware resources of the video game machine and without affecting the game progress.

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According to the video game machine of the present invention and the medium on which the computer program is recorded, the image of the horse displayed in the horse display area of the horse individual information display screen is greatly increased in the number of program steps. And can be displayed in a realistic expression form.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a video game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a horse selection screen.

FIG. 3 shows a display example of an individual information display screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a viewpoint for a horse on a horse selection screen and an individual information display screen.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing of the video game machine.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing of the video game machine.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing of the video game machine.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing of the video game machine.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a horse race screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a horse selection screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of an individual information display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 3 Graphics generation processor 5 Main memory 10 Drawing processor 22 Television monitor 25 Horse selection screen 26 Individual information display screen 29 Horse display area

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A video game machine of a horse racing game in which a game player selects an arbitrary horse from one or more virtual horses and executes a virtual horse racing, generates moving image data of a horse to be selected. Moving image generating means, a first display means for outputting a horse selection screen for displaying an animation of a horse to be selected based on the moving image data, and a first display means in response to an operation from the game player Specifying means for specifying any of the horses displayed as an animation in the output horse selection screen; a moving image display area for displaying an animation of only the specified horse based on the moving image data; A second display means for outputting an individual information display screen including an information display area for displaying other information about the horse. game machine. 2. The moving picture generating means according to claim 1, wherein the moving picture data of the horse displayed on the horse selection screen and the moving picture data of the horse displayed on the moving picture display area of the individual information display screen are converted into common horse data. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the image is generated by using
The video game machine described. 3. The moving picture generating means converts the moving picture data of a horse displayed on the horse selection screen and the moving picture data of a horse displayed in the moving picture display area of the individual information display area into a viewpoint position with respect to the horse. 3. The video game machine according to claim 2, wherein the video game machine is generated by changing the direction of the line of sight.