JP3650469B2 - Game device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game apparatus in which blocks that appear sequentially are moved together with other blocks so as to form a specific pattern, and blocks are erased to compete for scores.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, using a display device such as a CRT, the blocks that appear on the screen sequentially are moved together with other blocks to form a specific pattern, the blocks that form the specific pattern are erased, and more blocks are moved. Puzzle-type game devices that compete to be made popular. In such a game device, for example, a block appears above a box-shaped arrangement area, the block falls into the arrangement area, and the player operates the operation button during the fall to move the block in the horizontal direction. There are some which are moved and arranged in the area. In this apparatus, when one horizontal row in the arrangement area is closed, the row disappears, and the row arranged above moves down. Then, the blocks are moved so as to erase the blocks one after another, and the game ends when all the arrangement areas are closed. In addition to this, there is a game device in which blocks of different colors moving from the bottom to the top are moved in the horizontal direction and the blocks disappear when five or more of the same color are arranged. In such a puzzle-type game device, it is a real pleasure of the game to erase the blocks in a chain.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The movement direction of the block in the conventional puzzle type game apparatus is two directions, that is, movement in the horizontal direction and movement in the vertical direction from top to bottom or from bottom to top. However, when a moving block appears on the screen, the block starts moving from top to bottom or from bottom to top even if the player does not operate the operation button. It was only in the horizontal direction. As described above, in the conventional puzzle-type game device, since the moving direction of the blocks is simple, there is a possibility that if the player plays the game several times, the game is not interesting and the game itself gets bored.
[0004]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a game device that can move blocks in a plurality of directions and erases blocks that are interesting in the game.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the game device of the present invention is a game device in which blocks are moved and stacked, and when a block forms a predetermined pattern with another block, the block forming the predetermined pattern is erased. ,
The block is composed of a double circle, and is sandwiched between an inner region of an inner circle in the double circle having a color, and an outer circle and the inner circle in the double circle having a color. Has an outer area
The predetermined pattern is a pattern in which the color of the outer region in the block and the color of the outer region in the other block are continuously the same color,
A control unit for controlling the entire game device;
An operating device for operating the moving direction of the block from the outside;
A circular first region having a block arrangement region radially and diametrically divided, and formed in the center of the first region, and is movable in a plurality of directions radially within the first region. A display device for displaying in a display area a second area in which blocks appear;
A block moving means for moving the block in any one of a plurality of directions from the second area based on an operation from the operation device, and arranging the block in the block arrangement area;
Pattern determining means for determining whether the block and another block form the predetermined pattern when the block is arranged in any one of the block arrangement areas;
A block erasing unit for erasing a block forming the predetermined pattern when the pattern determining unit determines that the predetermined pattern is formed ;
The controller is
By the operation from the operation device, the block is controlled to move radially within the block arrangement region,
Control is performed so that the color of the outer area and the color of the inner area of the block are exchanged by an operation from the operation device .
[0006]
Here, when the block is arranged in any one of the block arrangement areas, the block may be enlarged to the size of the arrangement area. The block preferably has two or more regions each having a color, and the predetermined pattern can be a pattern in which the color of the block and the color of another block are the same color continuously. For example, the block can be a double circle. The color of each area of the block can be exchanged by the operating device, and the moving direction of the block can be changed by the operating device while the block is moving. The display area of the display device may be provided with a third area in which a block that appears next in the second area is displayed.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description, the same reference numerals are used for the same elements, and redundant descriptions are omitted.
[0008]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the game apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is configured so that it can be played by one or two players, two CRTs (Cathode Ray Tubes) 2 are installed side by side, and two operation panels 3 are provided. Set installed. The operation panel 3 is provided with operation buttons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and Z, and the player operates the operation buttons to move a block displayed on the CRT 2. .
[0009]
FIG. 2 shows a CRT screen immediately after the coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 4 and the game is started, and FIGS. 3 to 9 show CRT screens during the game. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which one of the game devices shown in FIG. 1 is used to play a game alone. As shown in FIG. 2, the screen of CRT 2 shows a hexagonal circle in which the center of the circle is at the center of the screen to form a block arrangement area 5, and this arrangement area 5 is radially 8 etc. It is divided into minutes. Then, a block 8 composed of a double circle to be moved is displayed in the center region 6 of the six-fold circle in FIG. The block 8 has different colors for the inner circle and the outer circle. In this embodiment, the block 8 has one of six colors of red, blue, light blue, yellow, green, and purple. . That is, one of the 30 types of blocks appears in the area 6 at the center of the screen. In this game apparatus 1, the blocks 8 are movable in a radial direction from the area 6, and are stacked from the outside to the inside of the hexagonal circle that is the arrangement area 5.
[0010]
Then, the block 8 appearing in the area 6 is moved by operating the operation buttons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H shown in FIG. The operation buttons A to H are buttons for moving the block 8 displayed in the area 6 in a predetermined direction, and the movement directions are directions indicated by respective symbols in FIG. That is, when the button A is pressed, the block moves in the diagonally upward left direction of the screen. In the case of the button B, the horizontal direction of the screen is left. In the case of the button C, the diagonally downward direction of the screen is left. In the case of E, the screen moves diagonally downward to the right, in the case of the button F, moves to the right of the screen, in the direction of the button G, moves upward in the diagonally right direction of the screen. Thus, by operating the operation buttons A to H, the block 8 can be moved radially in eight directions from the center of the circle to the outside. For example, when the button E is pressed, the block 8 starts moving in the diagonally right direction of the screen as indicated by an arrow in FIG. While the block is moving, the moving direction of the block can be changed any number of times by pressing the operation buttons A to H.
[0011]
The operation button Z provided on the operation panel 3 is used when the color of the inner circle and the outer circle of the block is exchanged, and the color of the inner circle and the outer circle is exchanged by pressing before moving the block. can do.
[0012]
In the “NEXT” display column 7 at the lower right of the screen, the next block appearing in the area 6, that is, the next moving block is displayed (see FIG. 2). In FIG. 2, the next block shows that the outer circle is a blue block and the inner circle is a yellow block. By this display, the player can determine the moving direction of the block that is about to move while considering the color of the next block.
[0013]
When the block 8 displayed in the area 6 moves in one direction by the operation of the operation buttons A to Z and arrives in any area of the arrangement area 5, it expands to the size of the arrived area. For example, when the block 8 moving in the lower right direction of the screen arrives at the area E1 as shown in FIG. 3A, the block 8 is enlarged to the same size as the area E1 as shown in FIG. 3B. The When the block 8 is arranged in the arrangement area 5 in the circle, the block displayed in the NEXT display field 7 appears in the area 6, and the next block to be moved is displayed in the display field 7.
[0014]
In this way, the block 8 is moved to the areas A to H of the arrangement area 5 one after another. Then, as shown in FIG. 4A, if the same color is arranged three or more consecutively, the same color portion of the block 8 disappears and a score is obtained. In FIG. 4 (a), the outside color of the block 8 that has moved to E1, E2, and E3 is the same color in red, so that the outer part is as shown in FIG. 4 (b). It disappears and the inner color expands to the size of the corresponding region, and the colors of the respective regions E1, E2, and E3 are blue, yellow, and purple.
[0015]
In addition to this, FIG. 5 shows an example of an arrangement in which blocks can be erased. As shown in FIG. 5 (a), when three or more blocks 8 of the same color are arranged in a region adjacent in the horizontal direction, or in a region adjacent in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 5 (b). There are cases where three or more blocks 8 of the same color are arranged. In this way, the block can be erased from the screen when three or more portions in contact with each other have the same color continuously.
[0016]
FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen during the game. FIG. 6 (a) moves from the block arrangement state of FIG. 4 (b) to the area D1 where the outside is blue and the inside is yellow and the outside is blue and the inside is light blue. A state in which a block whose outside is yellow and inside is green is moved to the region F1, and a block whose outside is yellow and inside is red is moved to the region G1 is shown. In FIG. 6A, the outer color of the area E1 block and the area D1 and D2 blocks are the same in blue, so the blocks in the area E1 disappear, and the blocks in the areas E2 and E3 are changed. Move to areas E1 and E2, respectively. Then, the outer colors in the regions D1 and D2 disappear, and the inner color expands to the size of the corresponding region. As shown in FIG. 6B, the screen after the completion of these processes changes the area D1 block to yellow, the area D2 block to light blue, the area E1 block to yellow, and the area E2 block to purple. Has been.
[0017]
In this case, the color of the blocks in the areas D1 and E1, the color outside the block in the area F1 and the color outside the block in the area G1 are the same in succession, so the blocks in the areas D1 and E1 disappear. The outer colors of the blocks in the regions F1 and G1 disappear, and the inner color expands to the size of each region. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the block in the area D2 moves to the area D1, and the block in the area E2 moves to the area E1.
[0018]
As described above, the blocks appearing in the central area 6 are sequentially moved in any direction of A to H, and the blocks are stacked from the outside to the inside of the circle so that the colors of the blocks are continuous. The score is added when the block is arranged in any one region, and the score is also added when three or more same colors are arranged and the block is deleted. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the game ends when all the areas are closed without disappearing the blocks.
[0019]
The configuration of the control unit of the game apparatus 1 that performs such game processing will be described. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit. As shown in FIG. 9, the control board 10 includes a CPU 13 that controls the entire game device 1, an input / output control device 14 that transmits and receives signals to and from external devices such as the coin-related device 11 and the operation device 12, and a player A backup memory 15 for storing setting values such as the number of programs, a ROM 16 for storing a program for controlling the entire game, a RAM 17 as a work area for the CPU 13, and an image processing device 18 for generating an image to be displayed on the CRT 2. Yes. Each device is connected to each other via a bus 20. As described above, in this embodiment, the display device is configured by the CRT 2 and the block moving unit, the pattern determining unit, and the block erasing unit are configured by the CPU 13. The control unit having such a configuration performs the following processing.
[0020]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the game processing process of this embodiment. First, when a coin is inserted into the game device, a signal indicating that a coin has been inserted is sent from the coin-related device 11 to the input / output control device 14 to start the game. Then, the CPU 13 outputs an instruction signal for causing the image processing device 18 to display an initial screen on the CRT 2. Next, the CPU 13 inputs information about the number of players input by the player and the difficulty level of the game along the initial screen from the operation device 12 to the input / output control device 14 and stores them in the backup memory 15. Next, a game start screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the CRT 2. In this way, the first game process is performed (step 101).
[0021]
Next, the CPU 13 displays the block moved by the image processing device 18 in the area 6 at the center of the screen (step 102). Then, it is confirmed whether or not a signal indicating that the operation button Z has been pressed is issued from the input / output control device 14, and when the operation button Z is pressed, the colors of the inner circle and outer circle of the block are reversed. (Step 103). Subsequently, based on the input from the operation device 12, the input / output control device 14 specifies which operation button of the operation buttons A to H is pressed and outputs a signal. The CPU 13 determines the moving direction of the block based on the signal (step 104) and moves the block in that direction (step 105).
[0022]
Next, it is determined whether or not the block is in contact with another block or a circle wall (step 106). If the block is not in contact, the block moving process is continued until it comes into contact with another block or circle wall. During the block movement process, a signal from the input / output control device 14 is checked to see if any other operation button is pressed, and when the operation buttons A to H are pressed, the block movement direction is changed. . If the block touches another block or wall, a process for stopping the movement of the block is performed (step 107), and the block is enlarged to the size of the arrived area (step 108). Next, the CPU 13 determines whether or not the stopped block and the other blocks have a specific pattern, that is, a pattern in which three or more same colors are arranged (step 109). Then, the block corresponding to the specific pattern is erased (step 110). On the other hand, when it does not correspond to the specific pattern, it is determined whether or not the arrangement area is free (step 111), and when all the areas are closed, the game is ended. If there is an empty area, the process returns to step 102 and the next block is moved.
[0023]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the game process when performed by one person has been described, but the game is performed in the same manner when performed by two persons. In the case of two players, the battle method using both CRTs 2 (see FIG. 1) is used, and when one person erases the block, the block appears on the opponent's screen and is placed in a predetermined area. Play against the game. Then, the player whose entire area is closed first loses and the game ends.
[0024]
As described above, the game apparatus according to the present embodiment can move the blocks radially in eight directions, so that the movement directions of the blocks become various and the game is more attractive. In addition, since the blocks are double circles, the probability that the blocks are chained is increased, which increases the fun of the game.
[0025]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, although a CRT is used as the display device, other display devices such as a liquid crystal display device may be used. In the above-described embodiment, the circle is radially divided and each region is divided by lines. However, the player can visually determine the moving direction, the horizontal width of the block, and the like without dividing by a line. Since it is possible, only the outer circle may be shown without using a line. In the above-described embodiment, the moving block is a double circle, and six types of colors are added to the outside and the inside. However, the shape and color of the block need not be limited to this. For example, the block may be a triple circle or an ellipse, or the block may be a single circle and the right and left colors of the circle may be changed.
[0026]
Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the block color could not be reversed unless the block was moved. However, the block color can be reversed any number of times while the block is moving. You may comprise so that it can do.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the game device of the present invention, since the block arrangement area is circular and the block is moved in a radial pattern, there are a plurality of movement directions of the block, and the conventional movement is in two directions. Compared to the game, the game will be more interesting. In addition, by providing two or more regions each having a color in the block, the probability that the blocks can be deleted in a chain increases, so that the fun of the game increases.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a CRT display screen of the game apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a movement state of a block of the game apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of how the blocks disappear in the game device according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of how a block disappears;
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a CRT display screen in the middle of a game.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a CRT display screen in the middle of a game.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a CRT display screen at the end of the game.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit of the game device according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a game processing process of the game device according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... Game device 2 ... CRT
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Operation button 4 ... Coin slot 5 ... Block arrangement | positioning area | region 6 ... Display area 7 ... Display area 8 ... Block 11 ... Coin related apparatus 12 ... Operation apparatus 13 ... CPU
14 ... Input / output control device 15 ... Backup memory 16 ... ROM
17 ... RAM
18. Image processing apparatus

Claims (5)

In a game device that moves and stacks blocks, and erases the blocks that form the predetermined pattern when the blocks form a predetermined pattern with other blocks,
The block is composed of a double circle, and is sandwiched between an inner region of an inner circle in the double circle having a color, and an outer circle and the inner circle in the double circle having a color. Has an outer area
Wherein the predetermined pattern and color of the outer region of the block, a pattern in which the color of the outer region in the other blocks is the same color continuously,
A control unit for controlling the entire game device;
An operating device for operating the moving direction of the block from the outside;
A circular first region having a block arrangement region radially and diametrically divided, and formed in the center of the first region, and is movable in a plurality of directions radially within the first region. A display device for displaying in a display area a second area in which blocks appear ;
A block moving means for moving the block in any one of a plurality of directions from the second area based on an operation from the operation device, and arranging the block in the block arrangement area;
Pattern determining means for determining whether the block and another block form the predetermined pattern when the block is arranged in any one of the block arrangement areas;
A block erasing unit for erasing a block forming the predetermined pattern when the pattern determining unit determines that the predetermined pattern is formed;
The controller is
By the operation from the operation device, the block is controlled to move radially within the block arrangement region ,
A game device that controls to exchange a color of the outer region and a color of the inner region of the block by an operation from the operation device. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein when the block is arranged in any one of the block arrangement areas, the control unit expands to a size of the arranged area. The block erasing means
If it is determined that the predetermined pattern has been formed, erase the area outside the block for the block forming the predetermined pattern,
When there is an inner region of the block, leaving the block inside the region of the block as an area of the new outer side of the block,
Wherein when there is no region inside the block, the game apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that erasing the block. Wherein the control unit, the moving direction of the block, the game according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that control to change the operation from the operating device during the movement of said block apparatus. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the region block appears next to the second region is displayed is provided in the display area of the display device.

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