JP3437999B2 - Video game apparatus and recording medium storing program - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique effective when applied to a field setting of a video game, particularly an action game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of action game, there is a game in which a player operates a character to move from a start point to a goal point while defeating an enemy character that overcomes or appears a topographical obstacle.

For example, topographical obstacles include valleys and cliffs,
The player presses a specific push button to jump the character to jump over a valley, or press a plurality of buttons at the same time to climb a cliff.

[0004]

However, in such an action game, the route from the start point to the goal point is often limited to a single road, and the game tends to be monotonous.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of changing a field setting in an action game.

[0006]

The first means of the present invention is to:
In a video game device for displaying a character on a display means and moving from a start point to a goal point, a first route connecting the start point and the goal point and a second route having a longer distance than the first route. Route display means for displaying, and the first route or the second route.
Character display means for moving and displaying the character on the route; position recognizing means for recognizing whether the character is on the first route or the second route; Timer means for starting time counting when it is recognized that the character is on one route, when the time counted by the timer means reaches a threshold value. The video game device is characterized in that it is moved and displayed.

According to the means of the present invention, it is possible to change the game by setting a plurality of routes having different distances connecting the start point and the goal point and setting a time limit for the route having a short distance.

Here, the character means a player character operated and operated by the player. The display means means a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display.

A second means of the present invention is a video game device for displaying a character on a display means and moving the character from a start point to a goal point, wherein the start point and the goal point which is substantially vertical to the start point. Route display means for displaying a first route connecting to and a second route having a longer distance than the first route;
A character display means for moving and displaying a character on the route or the second route;
Position recognizing means for recognizing whether the character is on the route or the second route, and timer means for starting time counting when the position recognizing means recognizes the character on the first route. The video game device is characterized in that the character display means displays the character by dropping from the first route when the time counted by the timer means reaches a threshold value.

According to the means of the present invention, a plurality of routes having different distances connecting the start point and the goal point in the vertical direction are set, and a route having a short distance is provided with a time limit to change the game. be able to.

A third means of the present invention is, in the first means or the second means, recognizing by the position recognizing means whether the character is on the first route or on the second route. Thus, the moving speed setting means for setting the moving display speed of the character display means is provided.

According to the means of the present invention, the moving speed varies depending on the route and the game can be changed.

A fourth means of the present invention is, in the first means or the second means, a second timer which starts counting time when the position recognizing means recognizes that the character is at a start point. And means for initializing the game to be over when the time measured by the second timer means reaches a threshold value before the character moves to the goal point.

According to the means of the present invention, it is necessary to move to the goal within the time limit, and it is possible to enhance the realism of the game.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the second means, the route display means rotationally displays the first route and the second route at a constant speed with the first route as an axis. is there.

According to the means of the present invention, since the route is rotated and displayed, it is possible to give a visual change.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the second means, the position recognition means compares the altitudes of the start point and the goal point, and the start point is higher than the goal point. The character display means displays the character in an elevated manner from the first route when the time measured by the timer means reaches a threshold value.

According to the means of the present invention, when the start point is above the goal point, the character is returned toward the goal point and the playability of the game can be enhanced.

A seventh means of the present invention is a recording medium storing a program for displaying a character on a display means and moving the character from a start point to a goal point, and a first route connecting the start point and the goal point, A route displaying step of displaying a second route having a longer distance than that of the first route; and the first route or the second route.
A character displaying step of moving and displaying the character on the route; a position recognizing step of recognizing whether the character is on the first route or the second route; and a step of recognizing the character by the position recognizing step. A counting step for starting counting time when it is recognized that the character is on one route, and the character displaying step directs the character toward the start point when the time counted in the counting step reaches a threshold value. It is a recording medium storing a program characterized by moving and displaying.

Here, the recording medium is a CD-RO.
Any recording medium such as M, game cartridge, memory card, floppy disk, magnetic disk, magneto-optical disk can be used. Among them, the CD-ROM and the game cartridge are particularly suitable for games.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the video camera apparatus of the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 5 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display 5").

The game machine main body 1 has a CD-ROM (Comp. Not shown) under the cover 2a of the CD-ROM drive.
(act Disc-ROM) 2 is installed and provides a game program and game data. Further, a controller 3 as an external input device and a memory card 4 as an external storage device are connected.

The display 5 is for providing the player with the display symbols output from the game machine body 1 as a display image, and the speaker 6 is for providing the player with the voice symbols as a sound, and a general home television receiver is used. You can

The controller 3 has various operation buttons. On the left side of the controller 3 when viewed from the plane direction, the up, down, left, and right direction keys 7 are provided, and by pressing the keys in the corresponding directions, the character can be moved in a desired direction, or the cursor can be moved on the selection screen. Used.
On the other hand, on the right side of the controller 3, there is a ◯ button 8 which is used for decision input, and a X button 9 which is used for cancel input. Besides, the □ button 10 and the Δ button 11 are used for inputting a specific command. A start button 12 is provided in the center of the controller 3 and is used for temporarily stopping or restarting the game, and the select button 13 is used for switching screens or the like.

FIG. 2 shows a hardware block diagram of the video game device. The video game device is a CP
U (Central Processing Uni)
t) A control system including the 21 and its peripheral devices, and a GPU (Graphic) for drawing in the frame buffer 28.
Processing Unit) 27 etc. graphic system and SP that generates music, sound effects, etc.
U (Sound Processing Unit) 3
1, a sound system including 1 and the like, a CD-ROM control unit for controlling the CD-ROM 2, a communication control unit for controlling instruction input from the controller 3 by the player and input / output with the memory card 4, and the like.

The above-mentioned control system includes a CPU 21, interrupt control, and DMA (Dynamic Memory Access).
s) A peripheral device control unit 22 that controls transfer and a RAM (Random Access Me) as a main storage device.
ROM) in which programs such as an operating system for managing the main memory, graphic system, sound system, etc. are stored.
Only Memory) 24. The CPU 21 also includes an oscillator circuit that generates a clock signal and a frequency divider circuit that divides the clock signal to generate a clock signal.

The graphic system is a CD-RO.
An image decoder 25 for decoding the compressed and encoded image data read from M2, and an image decoder 25.
GTE (Geometry Tray) that performs processing such as coordinate calculation and rendering on the image data decoded by
A GPU 27 that performs drawing such as shading, texture mapping, and raster processing based on data coordinate-calculated by the GTE 26.
A frame buffer 28 for storing the image drawn by the GPU 27, a decompression device 29 for decompressing the image data and converting the image data into an analog signal, and
An NTSC encoder 30 for converting into a C format video signal and outputting it to the display 5 is provided.

The sound system described above includes an SPU 3 for generating music, sound effects, etc. based on an instruction from the CPU 21.
1, a sound buffer 32 in which waveform data and the like are stored by the SPU 31, and a DAC (Digital) for decoding the audio data reproduced by the CD-ROM device 34.
The analog converter 33 and a speaker 6 for outputting the decoded data are provided.

The CD-ROM controller is a CD-ROM
CD for playing back programs and data stored in 2
ROM device 34 and CD for filtering noise
-DSP (CD-Digital Signal Pr
processor 35, a decoder 36 for decoding a program, data, etc. stored with an error correction code added, and reproduction data from the CD-ROM device 34 by temporarily storing the reproduction data from the CD-ROM 2. And a buffer 37 that speeds up reading.
The image data and audio data reproduced and decoded by these devices are sent to the graphic system and the sound system via the bus 20, respectively.

The communication control section controls communication with the CPU 21 bidirectionally via the bus 20, the communication control 38, the controller 3 for inputting an instruction from the player, and the external recording for storing game setting data and the like. A memory card 4 is provided as a device.

The video game stored in the CD-ROM 2 is an action game in which the character is moved from the start point to the goal point within the time limit.

FIG. 3 shows a route screen displayed on the display 5 of the above video game. In this embodiment, the character 43 is moved from the start point at the bottom of the screen to the goal point at the top of the screen. Routes connecting the start point and the goal point include a substantially vertical first route 41 and a gentle second route 42. Although the first route has a short distance, it will be fatigued if it is attached and will fall if it exceeds a certain time. On the other hand, the second route has a long distance but does not cause fatigue. In order for the player to move the character 43 to the goal point within the time limit, the character 43 is mainly
It is necessary to move the route and change the route to the second route when tired to recover from fatigue.

FIG. 4 shows a functional block diagram of this embodiment. The route display unit 61 of the processing unit 60 is the recording unit 50.
The route data is read from the route data recording unit 51 and displayed on the display 5. Character display section 62
Displays the character data from the character data recording unit 52 and displays it at the start point. When the direction key 7 of the controller 3 is pressed here, the character display unit 62
Displays the character 43 in the direction in which the direction key 7 is pressed. When the position recognition unit 63 recognizes that the character 43 is at the start point, the initial restoration unit 68 activates the second timer unit 69, and the second timer unit 69 counts the game over time. The position recognition unit 63 displays the character 4
When recognizing that 3 is in the rotation display area, the route display unit 61 rotates the route. In addition, the position recognition unit 63
When recognizing that the character 43 is on the first route 41, the moving speed setting unit 67 sets the moving speed to normal,
The fatigue degree determination unit 64 activates the timer unit 65, and the timer unit 6
5 accumulates fatigue time. The fatigue determination unit 65 determines whether the fatigue time exceeds the threshold value, and when the fatigue time exceeds the threshold value, the fall / rise determination unit 66 compares the height of the start point with the height of the goal point to determine whether the fall display is displayed. Determine if it is a rising display.
The character display unit 62 displays the character 43 by dropping or rising for a certain distance. By the time the game over time counted by the second timer unit 69 reaches the threshold value, the position recognition unit 63
When the character 43 does not recognize the character 43 at the goal point, the initial return unit 68 displays the game over.

A flow chart of this is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. That is, the route display unit 61 reads the route data from the route data recording unit 51 and displays it on the display 5 (101). Character display section 62
Displays the character data from the character data recording unit 52 and displays it (102). Controller 3 here
When the direction key 7 is pressed (103), the character display unit 62 moves and displays the character 43 in the direction of the pressed direction key (104). If the second timer is not activated (107), the position recognition unit 63 causes the character 4
Recognizing that 3 is at the starting point (108),
The initial recovery unit 68 activates the second timer unit 69 (10
9). When the position recognition unit 63 recognizes that the character 43 is in the rotation area (110), the route display unit 61 rotates and displays the route (111). When the position recognition unit 63 recognizes that the character 43 is on the first route (1
12), the moving speed setting unit 67 sets the moving speed of the character 43 to the normal speed (113). Further, the fatigue degree determination unit 64 activates the timer unit 65 (114) and integrates the counted time (115). On the other hand, if the position recognition unit 63 recognizes that the character 43 is not on the first route (1
12), the moving speed setting unit 67 sets the moving speed of the character to a slow speed (116). Also, the fatigue degree determination unit 6
4 starts the timer unit 65 (117) and subtracts the counted time from the integrated time (118). Fatigue determination section 6
4 determines whether the integrated time has reached the threshold value, and if it has reached (119), the fall / rise determination unit 66 compares the heights of the start point and the goal point, and the start point is lower than the goal point. (120), the character display unit 62 displays
A drop display is performed (121). On the other hand, if the start point is not lower than the goal point (120), the character display unit 62 performs a rising display (122). Position recognition unit 63
When it is recognized that the character 43 is at the start point and has been returned to this point (123), the initial return section 68 displays game over (126). On the other hand, when it is not the start point (123), the position recognition unit 63 determines that the character 43
The position is recognized, and if it is the goal point, the process is ended (124). On the other hand, if it is not the goal point, the initial return section 68 reads the time of the second timer section 69, and if the time is over, the game over is displayed (126). On the other hand, if the time is not over, the process from step 103 is repeated (125).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is felt that the train character moving on the first route having a short distance falls or rises when tired and the fatigue recovers on the second route having a long distance. It is possible to change the action game in which the character is moved to the goal in time.

The enemy character may appear on the route so as to obstruct the movement of the character. In this case, the number of appearances of enemy characters may be changed for each route.

[0037]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique capable of changing the setting of fields in an action game.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centering on a game console main body.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a route screen.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram for explaining an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an example.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining an example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Game console body 2a CD-ROM drive cover 3 controller 5 display 6 speakers 7 direction keys 8 ○ button 9 x button 41 Route 1 42 Route 2 43 characters

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A player makes a first route while displaying a character on a display means and moving from a start point to a goal point.
Alternatively, in a video game device for appropriately selecting and moving the second route, a route displaying a first route connecting the start point and the goal point and a second route having a longer distance than the first route. Display means, character display means for moving and displaying a character on the first route or the second route, and position recognition for recognizing whether the character is on the first route or the second route. Means and the position recognition means, when the character is recognized to be on the first route, the time is integrated,
When the character recognizes that it is on the second route
The timer starts the subtraction between the characters and the position recognition means to start the character.
The second to start counting time when it recognizes that it is at a point
The timer means and the character before the character moves to the goal point
When the time measured by the second timer means reaches the threshold value
A video game, comprising: initial return means for game over, wherein the character display means moves and displays the character toward the start point when the time counted by the timer means reaches a threshold value. apparatus. 2. The character when the character is on the second route by the recognition by the position recognition means whether the character is on the first route or the second route.
Character when it is on the first route more than the moving speed of
2. The video game device according to claim 1, further comprising a moving speed setting means for setting a moving speed of the moving object. 3. The player makes the first route while displaying the character on the display means and moving from the start point to the goal point.
Alternatively, you can select a second route and move it to a video game.
On the route display means for displaying a first route connecting the start point and the goal point and a second route having a longer distance than the first route , the first route or the second route. Character display means for moving and displaying the character , position recognition means for recognizing whether the character is on the first route or the second route, and the character is displayed on the first route by the position recognition means. When it recognizes that there is a time , it adds the time and
When the character recognizes that it is on the second route
The character starts the start by the timer means for subtracting the interval and the position recognition means.
The second to start counting time when it recognizes that it is at a point
Timer means, by the time the character moves to the goal point
When the time measured by the second timer means reaches the threshold value
The character display means is made to function as initial return means for game over, and the character display means stores a program for moving and displaying the character toward the start point when the time counted by the timer means reaches a threshold value.
A computer-readable recording medium.