JP5270244B2 - GAME TERMINAL DEVICE, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game monitoring technique for suppressing illegal acts during a game.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, game results of players executed on a game terminal device are collected by a host via a network, and rankings of players on a nationwide scale are calculated based on the accumulation of game results of each player. The ranking is updated at the end of the game, and immediately distributed to the game device and displayed on the monitor. The higher the ranking, the higher the ranking. Since the player wants to be ranked as high as possible, he tries to leave a good game score. However, if such a feeling is too strong, in the case where the game result is not expected, the player's psychology that tries to prevent the game result from being transmitted to the server and lowering its own ranking works. As a result, the player forcibly stops the game by turning off the power switch of the game terminal device before the game that is likely to end with an unexpected result ends, and the game invalidation and game results are transmitted to the host. Try to prevent it. As a result, the ranking of the player who performed this action does not decrease, and the ranking is unfair with other players.

In Patent Document 1, game information and a player ID are written in a nonvolatile storage area of a game device during execution of a network battle game, and when the game ends normally, the game information is deleted. If the game ends abnormally, the game information and the player ID remain in the hard disk, and the player who abnormally ends the game by searching the non-volatile storage area when the game apparatus is activated upon recovery from the abnormality. Is transmitted from the game device to the host, and a fraud prevention method has been proposed in which the abnormal number of the player is incremented. Thereby, the number of abnormal terminations where the game did not end normally is counted for each player, and illegal actions can be suppressed by taking countermeasures based on the number of abnormal terminations.
Japanese Patent No. 3912222

  In the fraud prevention method described in Patent Document 1, after the player who has reached the predetermined threshold number of times of abnormal termination leaves the game and then sits on the same or another game terminal device, a new one is newly created. When the reception operation is performed, it is only possible to take counter measures such as non-permission. By the way, in a recent arcade game, when the game is finished once, there is a difference in the number of coins required depending on the result of the game, but the next game can be executed in response to a player's continuation request. Many game terminal devices having a continuous function are installed. Therefore, using the continue function, while the player repeats the continuation request and executes the game many times, even if the abnormal termination occurs in the middle and the number of abnormal termination exceeds the threshold for taking countermeasures, it continues. The inside cannot take countermeasures. Therefore, there was a certain limit to deter fraud.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and while the game is continuously performed using the continue function, it is possible to monitor whether or not the number of abnormal termination exceeds a threshold value and to quickly take a counter measure. Thus, it is an object to provide a game terminal device, a game system, and a game management program that suppress fraud.

First aspect of the present invention, a receiving means for receiving a participation request from the player, after the reception, and a game progress control means for advancing game according to the operation content from the operation unit, a game score of the accepted player network send order to be stored in the server via the up participation of the player is finished, the game terminal apparatus repeatedly executes a game in response to a request of the player, after one end of the game, a new subsequent to the completion of the game When a game continuation request, which is a request to start a new game, is received from the player, a continue control means for determining whether or not to execute the next game, which is a new game to be continuously executed, and whether there is an abnormal end of the game for each game And a first threshold value corresponding to the number of abnormal terminations. There a set threshold storage unit, said continue control means when said abnormal termination of which has been counted by the monitoring unit after the reception of participation request at the reception means is reached in the first threshold value Is determined to prohibit the execution of the next game.

The invention described in claim 5 includes an operation unit that receives an operation from the player, and a threshold value storage unit in which a first threshold value corresponding to the number of abnormal terminations is set. A game management program for controlling a game terminal device that transmits a result of a executed game to be stored in a server via a network, a reception unit that receives a participation request from a player from the operation unit , and is received after reception It was to join the player is finished, repeatedly in response to a request of the player, and the game progress control means for advancing the game according to the operation content from the operation unit, after one end of the game, continuing to the completion of games from the player Te is a request to start a new game game continue request is accepted from the operation unit, a new game to be executed in succession There are a continuum control means for determining whether to permit the execution of the next game, to detect the presence or absence of a game abnormal end for each game, and a monitoring means to count the number of abnormal termination to function the game terminal device, the The continuation control means determines that the execution of the next game is prohibited when the number of abnormal terminations counted by the monitoring means after receiving the participation request by the reception means has reached the first threshold value. It is characterized by.

  According to each of these inventions, a participation request from the player is received by the receiving means, and after the reception, the game progress is performed by the game progress control means according to the operation content from the operation unit. The game result of the player obtained by playing the game is transmitted to be stored in the server via the network. The server calculates the ranking according to the game results as necessary and distributes it to the game terminal device. When the game ends, the continuation control means determines whether or not a game continuation request is accepted from the player. When there is a game continuation request, it is determined whether or not the next game is allowed to be executed.

  On the other hand, the presence or absence of abnormal termination of the game is detected for each game by the monitoring means, and when abnormal termination is detected, the number of abnormal termination is counted by one. Then, the continue control means compares the first threshold value corresponding to the number of abnormal terminations with the counted number of abnormal terminations, and the counted number of abnormal terminations reaches the first threshold value. The execution of the next game is prohibited. Here, the prohibition includes not permitting the start of the next game, but also prohibiting (accepting) the continuation request reception itself.

  Therefore, while continuing the game using the continue (continuous execution of the next game) function, it was monitored whether the number of abnormal terminations exceeded the threshold value, so that it was possible to take immediate measures. Fraud is deterred.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the game terminal device according to the first aspect, the game terminal device is communicably connected to another game terminal device via the network, and the game progress control means is connected to the other game terminal device. The game is progressed by transmitting / receiving game data to / from the game. According to this configuration, when a network battle is performed, fraud is easily performed particularly because the opponent is not in view, but even in such a case, it is possible to effectively prevent fraud.

The invention according to claim 3 comprises the game terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, and the server, wherein the accepting means acquires the unique information of the player, and when the player's participation request is accepted, The information is transmitted to the server , and the monitoring means transmits the number of abnormal terminations until the last game repeatedly executed after the reception is completed in association with the unique information of the player to the server. In addition, the number of abnormal terminations for each player accumulated on the server side is received at the time of the participation request, and the counting of the number of abnormal terminations is started from the received cumulative value . the second threshold value obtained from the server is stored, the server includes a cumulative threshold value storage unit for storing a second threshold value corresponding to the cumulative number of abnormal termination, it is transmitted from the monitoring unit The number of abnormal termination, accumulating for each specific information of the player that is transmitted in association with the number of times the cumulative storage unit for storing the number of abnormal termination in association with unique information, unique information transmitted from the receiving unit the association being sends said cumulative storage unit number of terminated abnormally stored in said second threshold value to the game terminal apparatus for which the said join request, and abnormal termination received from said monitoring means in times, the game being characterized in that an information managing means for updating the number of abnormal termination stored before Symbol accumulation storage unit in association with the unique information of the player who sent in association with the number of System. According to the present invention, the cumulative threshold value (second threshold value) managed by the server is compared with the cumulative number of abnormal terminations, so it is possible to determine whether to continue without using the first threshold value. Is possible.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game system according to the third aspect, the reception unit receives the number of abnormal terminations and the cumulative number stored in the cumulative storage unit received from the information management unit of the server at the time of the reception. When the cumulative number of abnormal terminations reaches the second threshold from the second threshold stored in the threshold storage unit , the acceptance is rejected. According to this configuration, in the acceptance request, new participation in the game itself is rejected for a player whose cumulative number of abnormal terminations has reached the second threshold value.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, whether or not the number of abnormal terminations exceeds the threshold value is monitored while the game is continuously performed by utilizing the continue (continuous execution of the next game) function, and prompt measures are taken. It is possible to deter fraudulent acts.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, when a network battle is performed, fraud is likely to be performed because the opponent is not in the field of view. Even in such a case, it is possible to effectively prevent fraud. .

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the cumulative threshold value (second threshold value) managed by the server is compared with the cumulative number of abnormal terminations, it is possible to continue without using the first threshold value. Can be accepted.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the new participation in the game itself can be rejected for the player whose cumulative number of abnormal terminations has reached the second threshold value when the acceptance request is made.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a game system according to the present invention. The game system is communicably connected to a game terminal device 1 with which identification information is associated with each other and a plurality of (in this case, eight) game terminal devices 1. And a router 2 that is a communication device for connecting to a game terminal device of another store via a network (for example, the Internet), and a plurality of players connected to the game terminal via the respective routers 2. And a server device 3 that manages information relating to player authentication, selection of player combinations, game results of each player, and rankings of all players. Each game terminal device 1 and the router 2 are connected by a LAN (Local Area Network) cable.

  The game terminal device 1 includes a power switch (not shown) (for example, on the back side of the housing) at an appropriate location of the housing, and is activated upon power-on. The game terminal device 1 allows a player to select a game in a desired mode, accepts a play operation from the player based on a game screen displayed on a monitor, and advances the game. The identification information associated with the game terminal device 1 includes the identification information for each router 2 to which the game terminal device 1 is connected (or the identification information of the store where the game terminal device 1 is installed) and the game terminal device. 1 for each game terminal device 1 in the store where 1 is installed. For example, when the identification information of the store A is A and the identification information of the game terminal device 1 in the store A is 4, the identification information of the game terminal device 1 is A4.

  The router 2 is connected to a plurality of game terminal devices 1 and the server device 3 so as to be able to communicate with each other, and transmits and receives data between the game terminal device 1 and the server device 3.

  The server device 3 is communicably connected to each router 2, stores information such as the player information in association with a user ID that is unique information for specifying an individual player, and identifies the game terminal device 1. Information about the player (referred to as the opponent) who plays the game in the same game space as the player is managed by transmitting / receiving data to / from each game terminal device 1 via the router 2.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an embodiment of the game terminal device 1. The game performed using the game terminal device 1 may be a personal game or a battle game. In the present embodiment, a mahjong game (see FIG. 7) is assumed, and a player who operates the game terminal device 1 and a player who operates another game terminal device 1 are also CPU players (virtual, if necessary). Player). In the case of a battle with a player who operates another game terminal device 1, according to the contents operated by each player with the game terminal device 1 during the battle via the network communication unit 18 and the router 2 described later. Operation data is transmitted and received.

  The game terminal device 1 includes a monitor 11 that displays a game screen, an address of a button that is stacked on the monitor 11, senses a press by the player, and prompts a selection displayed on the game screen of the monitor 11, and a pressed position by the player Touch panel 11a for determining which button is designated from the above, a speaker 12 for outputting sound, a card reader 13 for reading information such as a user ID stored in a personal card, and a coin for receiving coins inserted by the player And a reception unit 14. The monitor 11 displays an image, and is a liquid crystal display or a plasma display. In the monitor 11, a display area for game images is set in the main part of the screen (see FIG. 7).

  The personal card is a magnetic card or IC card in which personal information such as a user ID is stored. A known card reader 13 is employed, and the recorded data is read in a state where the personal card is inserted into a reading opening (not shown), and the inserted state is maintained during the game, and the game is completed. In response to a take-out instruction from the player, it is drawn out by a drawing means (not shown).

  A control unit 16 (see FIG. 3) including a microcomputer that outputs a detection signal from each unit and a control signal to each unit is disposed at an appropriate position of the game terminal device 1.

  FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of the game terminal device 1. The control unit 16 controls the overall operation of the game terminal device 1, and includes an information processing unit (CPU that performs various information processing in addition to reception processing, processing related to overall game progress, image display processing, and game monitoring processing. ) 161, a RAM 162 that temporarily stores information in the middle of processing, and a ROM 163 in which predetermined image information including game images, various setting information, a game program, and the like are stored in advance.

  The external input / output control unit 171 converts the detection signal into a digital signal for processing between the control unit 16 and the detection unit including the card reader 13, the touch panel 11a (operation unit), and the coin receiving unit 14, and also provides command information. Is converted into a control signal and output to each device of the detection unit, and such signal processing and input / output processing are performed, for example, in a time-sharing manner. The external device control unit 172 performs a control signal output operation to each device of the detection unit and a detection signal input operation from each device of the detection unit within each time division period.

  The drawing processing unit 111 displays a required image on the monitor 11 in accordance with an image display instruction from the control unit 16, and includes a video RAM and the like. The sound reproducing unit 121 outputs a predetermined message, BGM, or the like to the speaker 12 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 16.

  The ROM 163 stores a mahjong tile character, a table image, a game image for each button, an image constituting a reception screen, a continuation guidance image to be described later, an image for notifying continuation permission / prohibition (prohibition), and various images. ing. A mahjong tile character or the like is composed of a required number of polygons constituting the mahjong tile character so that it can be three-dimensionally drawn. Performs calculation for conversion to a position in the pseudo three-dimensional space, light source calculation processing, etc., and writing of image data to be drawn into the video RAM based on the calculation result, for example, designated by polygons The texture data is written (pasted) to the video RAM area.

  Here, the relationship between the operation of the CPU 161 and the operation of the drawing processing unit 111 will be described. The CPU 161 outputs an image from the ROM 163 based on an operating system (OS) recorded in the ROM 163 as an attachment / detachment method with respect to the built-in or external image information output to the monitor 11 and the image table processing unit for displaying the image information. The voice and control program data and game program data are read out. Some or all of the read image, sound, control program data, and the like are held on the RAM 162. Thereafter, the CPU 161 is based on a control program stored in the RAM 162, various data (image data including other character images such as polygons and textures of display objects, audio data), a detection signal from the detection unit, and the like. Processing proceeds.

  Of various data stored in the ROM 163, data that can be stored in a removable recording medium can be read by a driver such as a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a flexible disk drive, a silicon disk drive, or a cassette medium reader. In this case, the recording medium is, for example, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, or a semiconductor memory.

  The network communication unit 18 is used for transmitting / receiving player operation information generated during the execution of the mahjong game to / from the game terminal device 1 that is in a battle via the router 2 and further via the network. Further, the network communication unit 18 transmits / receives information necessary for personal authentication, etc. at the time of acceptance processing for a new player, game results at the end of the game, etc., to / from the server 3 via the router 2 before and after the game is executed. Is to do.

  FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of the control unit 16 of the game terminal device 1. The CPU 161 of the control unit 16 includes a reception processing unit 161a that accepts participation from the player in the game, a game progress control unit 161b that controls a series of progress from the start to the end of the game, and a reception image, game image, and continuation on the monitor 3 An image display processing unit 161c that displays a rejected image, a game player battle control unit 161d that accepts operation information from the touch panel 11a that is an operation unit operated by the player according to the operation order, and advances the mahjong game, and a player in the game A score processing unit 161e that determines the game score at the end of the game by evaluating the operation of the game (the value of the score of the holding stick) and the ranking, and the so-called abnormal end that the game did not end normally during the game A monitoring unit 161f for detecting the presence or absence of the CPU and a CPU as an opponent under a predetermined condition A CPU player battle control unit 161g for setting a layer and controlling the progress of the game, a continue control unit 161h for performing processing relating to permission or disapproval for the continue to continue the next game when the game is finished, and communication control of various information And a communication control unit 161i for performing the operation.

  The reception processing unit 161 a detects that the touch panel 11 a detects that a player who desires to participate in the game has pressed a not-shown participation reception button or the like displayed on the monitor 11, and the card reader of the game terminal device 1. The user ID is read from the personal card inserted into the card 13.

  As shown in the game screen of FIG. 7, the game player battle control unit 161d is configured such that a mahjong game is played by four players, and the order of the spiders is repeatedly generated in a predetermined order among the players. In addition, the game player battle control unit 161d permits the reception of a selection operation for discarding any one of the handbags within a predetermined time every time a spider is generated. Therefore, each time a spider is generated, the player considers which bag is to be discarded, and performs an operation for specifying the determined bag, that is, an operation for pressing the display position of the image of the corresponding bag. When this operation is performed, the operation information is transmitted to the other game terminal devices in the battle by the communication control unit 161i, the contents of the screens of the self and the other game terminal devices 1 are updated, and the next order In the game terminal device, a spider is generated. The score processing unit 161e sequentially stores the game score and the like in the game score storage unit 162a, and the stored content is transmitted to the server device 3 by the communication control unit 161i every time the game ends.

  Here, the RAM 162 of the control unit 16 will be described. The RAM 162 stores the game progress information during the match game on the same table (same game space) for each player, that is, the update information for all the opponents obtained through the network communication unit 18 and the game progress update information. A game result storage unit 162a that stores information and a ranking (including the score of a dotted bar if necessary) determined by the score processing unit 161e as a game result at the end of the game of the player; The abnormal termination determination information storage unit 162b in which predetermined information used for determining abnormal termination is written by the monitoring unit 161f, and the abnormal termination number in which the number of abnormal terminations detected and counted by the monitoring unit 161f is stored. Storage unit 162c and an abnormality in which a threshold value serving as a determination criterion for suppressing abnormal termination (penalty) is stored And a completion threshold storage unit 162d.

  A mode in which the game does not end normally can be detected by various methods. Here, the following abnormal termination detection method is employed. That is, when the game does not end normally, that is, abnormal termination includes intentional abnormal termination and accidental abnormal termination. The intentional abnormal termination is, for example, termination due to the player pulling out the LAN cable from the game device, or the game device is turned off by the player before the game results are transmitted to the server device 3 (usually near the end of the game). The end by being done. The abnormal termination due to chance includes, for example, the possibility of termination due to interruption of communication between the game terminal device 1 and the server device 3 due to the occurrence of interference on the Internet or excessive traffic. When the number of abnormal end detections is large, it can be considered that a deliberate abnormal end has occurred due to the player's cheating if the capacity of the communication path is secured. Since abnormal termination due to chance hardly occurs, it is considered that the possibility of intentional abnormal termination is quite high when the number of abnormal termination detections is large.

  For example, the detection of the pulling out of the LAN cable is performed as follows. When the game terminal device 1 periodically transmits a response request to the router on the LAN during the game, and the response to this response request is not returned even if a predetermined time elapses due to the timing of the built-in timer, It can be determined that a communication failure has occurred. Then, it may be estimated that the communication failure on the internal network is caused by pulling out the LAN cable. When a communication failure occurs on the external network, a response signal is returned from the router, so that it can be distinguished from a communication failure on the internal network.

  At the start of the game, the monitoring unit 161f, in the present embodiment, writes the abnormal end flag “ON” and the user ID as abnormal end determination information in the abnormal end determination information storage unit 162b, and determines that the game has ended normally. When this happens, the abnormal end flag and user ID are deleted. Therefore, it can be determined whether or not the game has ended abnormally based on whether or not the abnormal end flag “ON” and the user ID remain. That is, if the game does not end normally, the abnormal end flag “ON” and the user ID remain in the abnormal end determination information storage unit 162b. Therefore, the monitoring unit 161f searches the abnormal termination determination information storage unit 162b at a predetermined timing, for example, when the game terminal device 1 is turned on again or when the LAN cable is reconnected (referred to as restarting). If the abnormal end flag “ON” and the user ID remain, the abnormal end number stored in the abnormal end number storage unit 162c is incremented by 1 (counted up) and rewritten (updated). To do. The abnormal termination determination information is not limited to the abnormal termination flag “ON” and the user ID, but may be one of them or other predetermined information.

  The monitoring unit 161f compares the updated number of abnormal terminations in the abnormal termination number storage unit 162c with the threshold (first threshold) stored in the abnormal termination threshold storage unit 162d, and the number of abnormal terminations is the first threshold. If it is less, the execution of the next game is permitted. On the other hand, if the number of abnormal ends has reached the first threshold, the execution of the next game is rejected (prohibited). Further, the abnormal end count information is transmitted to the server device 3 by the communication control unit 161i every time the game ends.

  In addition, the mahjong game has one game (one game) with a total of 8 stations of 4 east fields (Tomba) and 4 stations of Namba (Hanchang), and 4 of the east field called Dongfeng Battle. Some stations have one game (one game), and when an abnormal end is detected by the game terminal device 1 in some games, from the next station after the restart to the last station ( Until one game is finished), the player of the game terminal device 1 will play against three CPU players controlled by the CPU player battle control unit 161g as opponents. In the case of a mahjong game, unlike the normal game unit, it is preferable that the monitoring unit 161f performs the process of detecting the presence / absence of abnormal termination in one station unit. This is because the results can be obtained for each station. By doing so, it is possible to detect the presence or absence of abnormal termination (injustice) in the minimum unit, such as four times in the Dongfeng battle (or eight times in Hansou) at the end of one mahjong game. .

  When one game (one game) is completed with a predetermined number of games, such as a mahjong game, the monitoring unit 161f executes an abnormal end determination information writing process for each game, that is, at the start of the game, and the game ends. If the process ends normally, the process for deleting the abnormal end determination information is executed, and the process for searching for the abnormal end determination information is executed at the time of restart. In this case, for example, when one game is played 4 times, the abnormal end count may occur in the range of 0 to 4 times. On the other hand, if an abnormal end is detected, preferably one continuation should not be permitted. Thus, in the present embodiment, for example, twice is set as the threshold stored in the abnormal end threshold storage unit 162d. Continuation is disapproved if there is an abnormal end of 2 times out of 4 games. Even if it is 1 time out of 4 games (1 game), only 1 continuation is permitted. It is. In the case of a normal game, a preferable threshold may be set according to the game rules. In this way, by preventing the continuation of the game from continuing as much as possible, it is possible to quickly take countermeasures against fraud.

  The CPU player battle control unit 161g, for example, controls the CPU player to perform only “smoothing”, or creates a virtual player having an average player ability, and is controlled by the CPU. As a game. Or you may employ | adopt the hitting method which took in the opponent's trap in the game before abnormal end generation | occurrence | production. Similarly, in the remaining games, the opponents also advance the game with the three virtual CPU players created by the CPU player battle control unit 161g of each game terminal device 1. . In this case, the monitoring unit 161f detects the presence or absence of abnormal termination for each game. Note that the game results in this case are also transmitted as game results to the server device 3 after the game ends, and are included in the ranking calculation process, but may be excluded.

  The continuation control unit 161h continues at the time when one game is finished and every time the game is finished, on condition that the monitoring unit 161f determines that the detected number of abnormal terminations is less than the threshold value. A screen on which a game is executed (continue) and YES and NO buttons are written together is displayed. When the player selects the NO button on the continue guidance screen, the continue control unit 161h instructs the card reader 13 to pull out the personal card. On the other hand, if the YES button is selected, the continue control unit 161h With the personal card still inserted, the next game start screen is displayed and the execution of the next game is permitted. Depending on the game results of the previous game, the number of coins (or credits) originally required for one game, half of it, or no coin insertion guide screen is displayed, and the next game is accepted after accepting the necessary coin insertion. It is good also as an aspect which permits.

  When the monitoring unit 161f determines that the detected number of abnormal terminations has reached the threshold value, for example, instead of displaying the continue guidance screen for the next game, as shown in FIG. “The play will be terminated because an abnormal connection status has been detected.” Is displayed. As a result, for a player whose abnormal end count has reached the threshold, the penalty is immediately executed for each game by refusing to accept the next game. In this case, the monitoring unit 161f or the continuation control unit 161h instructs a personal card withdrawal operation from the card reader 13.

  FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of the server device 3. The control unit 36 controls the overall operation of the server device 3, and includes an information processing unit (CPU) 361, personal information of each player, information on game results of each player, information related to abnormal termination of each player, and the like. And a ROM 363 in which predetermined image information for management, a management program, and a ranking processing program are stored in advance.

  Among various data stored in the ROM 363, data that can be stored in a removable recording medium can be read by a driver such as a hard disk drive, an optical disk drive, a flexible disk drive, a silicon disk drive, or a cassette medium reader. In this case, the recording medium is, for example, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, or a semiconductor memory.

  The network communication unit 38 transmits / receives information to / from the corresponding game terminal device 1 according to the terminal identification information via any one of the plurality of routers 2 via a network such as WWW.

  The management program is recorded on the ROM 363, loaded onto the RAM 362, and each function is realized by the CPU 361 sequentially executing the management program on the RAM 362.

  FIG. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of the control unit 36 of the server device 3. The CPU 361 of the control unit 36 receives the same game from the reception unit 361a that executes a series of reception management processes in response to the player's game participation reception in each game terminal device 1, and the players received by the reception unit 361a. A selection unit 361b that selects a combination of a predetermined number (four in the case of a mahjong game) of players that play in the space according to a rule described later, and a cumulative storage unit that will be described later when the participation is accepted The memory content of 362c is transmitted to the game terminal device 1 that has accepted the participation, and after each participation, the number of abnormal terminations counted by the monitoring unit 161f is received every time each game is terminated, which will be described later. An information management unit 361c that adds to the content of the cumulative storage unit 362c to obtain and update the cumulative number, and every player or preferably any player Each time a game score is received, a ranking calculation unit 361d that performs a process of rearranging the game results of all the players in order of the score and a communication control unit 361e that exchanges information with each game terminal device 1 are provided. Yes.

  The RAM 362 includes a player information storage unit 362a that stores personal information such as a user ID, a results storage unit 362b that stores game results (war results) for each player, and an abnormal end accumulation updated by the information management unit 361c. A cumulative storage unit 362c that stores the number of times, and a cumulative threshold value storage unit 362d that stores a second threshold value that is a predetermined number of abnormal terminations corresponding to a penalty for the cumulative number of abnormal terminations stored in the cumulative storage unit 362c. Each player has it. Further, the RAM 362 includes a ranking information storage unit 362e that stores the ranking information of all the players calculated by the ranking calculation unit 361d in an update manner. The updated ranking information is distributed to each game terminal device 1 by the communication control unit 361e.

  The accepting unit 361a accepts personal information of the user ID of the player and identification information of the game terminal device 1 transmitted from the game terminal device 1, and accepts participation in the game. Further, a mode in which a password or other authentication processing is added may be used. In addition, when the participation of the opponent game is designated by the player, the reception unit 361a instructs the selection unit 361b of a selection process for combining opponents.

  The selection unit 361b performs an opponent selection process (matching) by assigning four players to each virtually prepared table in the order received by the reception unit 361a. When four players are determined on the table, the selection unit 361b reads out player information including the user ID of each player from the player information storage unit 362a and distributes it to the corresponding game terminal device 1. Note that the selection method of the opponent is not limited to the order of acceptance, and the player attributes included in the player information, for example, those with similar game scores, those with similar rankings, and the characteristics of how to hit are similar or similar. You may make it select an opponent in consideration of one or several elements, such as those who are not, the distance of the installation location of a game terminal device, etc. In this case, it suffices to assign each identifiable table virtually prepared.

  FIG. 7 is an example of a screen diagram of a battle screen representing a battle situation. In the game screen, a battle screen area 500 is set as a main area. In the battle screen area 500, the player's hand 501 is displayed on the lower side of the screen so that the type of heel can be seen, and the player's hand sword 502 is displayed on the upper and left and right sides of the screen so that the type of heel cannot be seen. In addition, a mountain 503 including a dora display bag is displayed at the approximate center of the screen, a throwing bag 504 is displayed around the mountain 503, and various buttons 506 pressed by the player are displayed at the bottom of the screen. The game proceeds by the player pressing the button 506 as appropriate while looking at the battle screen 500.

  Hereinafter, the mahjong game progress process executed by the CPU 161 of the game terminal device 1 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the game terminal device 1. This flowchart is started when, for example, an unillustrated sensor detects that a personal card has been inserted into the card reader 13, or when the reading unit of the card reader 13 senses information (step ST1). First, the user ID is read from the personal card inserted into the card reader 13, and this user ID is transmitted to the server device 3 as a player information acquisition request together with the identification information of the game terminal device 1 (step ST3).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the player information corresponding to the user ID transmitted to the server device 3 has been downloaded from the server device 3 (step ST5). The case where downloading is not possible is a case where the player of the user ID has reached the cumulative threshold and the number of abnormal terminations is a penalty target person. As the penalty, for example, a game disapproval or a game disapproval for a certain period is assumed. If the game is not permitted for a certain period of time, it can be dealt with by acquiring the date information at the time of the penalty object using the built-in timing means and storing it in the player information storage unit 362a.

  On the other hand, when the download is successful, selection of a game mode is guided (step ST7), and the player can select a desired game mode. The game mode is a network battle mode performed with other players via the network, a battle mode between the game terminal devices 1 in the store, and a plan (periodic) planned as necessary, for example, the national tournament mahjong tournament mode, etc. It is.

  When the selection of the game mode is completed, the player information of the opponents selected by the selection unit 361b transmitted from the server device 3 is sequentially received until reaching three players (step ST9). When all the opponents are confirmed, the game progress control unit 161b starts a game (first station in the case of a mahjong game) (step ST11).

  When the game is started, the monitoring unit 161f monitors whether or not the line is disconnected (step ST13). Here, the disconnection of the line includes both power-off of the game terminal device 1 and pulling out of the LAN cable. If the line is not disconnected, the game is continued and the process proceeds to step ST19. On the other hand, when line disconnection is detected, after the game terminal device 1 is restarted, it is determined that an abnormal end has occurred, the abnormal end count is incremented by 1 (step ST15), and the CPU player battle control unit 161g further. A transition is made to the controlled CPU player battle mode (step ST17).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the game is over (step S19). If the game is in the middle of the game, the flow returns to step S13. On the other hand, when it is determined that the battle game has been completed after the predetermined number of games have been completed, game results and information on the number of abnormal terminations, which are play data acquired in the battle game, are transmitted to the server device 3 as a save request. (Step S21).

  On the other hand, on the game terminal device 1 side, it is determined whether or not the number of abnormal terminations is equal to or greater than a threshold (step ST23), and if the number of abnormal terminations is less than the threshold stored in the abnormal termination threshold storage unit 162d. Then, a continue screen is displayed (step ST25), and the presence / absence of continue selection is determined (step ST27). If continue is selected, the process returns to step ST9 to allow the next game to be played. On the other hand, if continue is not selected, the process proceeds to step ST31.

  If the number of abnormal terminations has reached the threshold value in step ST23, a continuity disapproval screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed (step ST29), and the process proceeds to step ST31.

In step ST32, play information indicating the end of the game is transmitted to the server device 3, and then the card reader 13 is instructed to withdraw the personal card (step ST33).

  In the flowchart, since the mahjong game has been described, in step ST13 to step ST19, an abnormal end is detected for each predetermined number of games, and the end of the game is the time when the predetermined number of games have ended. In the case of a game such as a soccer game, the abnormal end is detected literally on a game basis, and the game end process may be used instead of the determination process in step ST19.

  In addition, the following aspects are employable for this invention.

(1) In this embodiment, in the mahjong 1 game, an abnormal end threshold is set and compared with the detected number of abnormal ends. Instead, the cumulative storage unit 362c of the server device 3 stores the abnormal end threshold. The stored abnormal end cumulative count and the cumulative threshold value (second threshold value) stored in the cumulative threshold value storage unit 362d are read out to the game terminal device 1 where the game is played, and the game terminal device 1 It is possible to set the number of times of abnormal termination to be incremented every time an abnormal termination is detected during the game, and to determine whether to continue or not by comparing with the cumulative threshold (second threshold). In this way, it is not necessary to use the first threshold value.

(2) Although the present embodiment has been described with a mahjong game, the present invention is not limited to this, and a battle game with an opponent is performed, and relative (for example, ranking) or absolute (for example, a score) It can be applied to a game in which a game result can be obtained even in an individual game. The battle game may be a general game simulating a battle-type sport, or a battle game simulating Go, Shogi, chess, playing cards, etc. other than sports. Furthermore, as a personal game, a time trial game or a test that trains the brain Game.

(3) The network in the present invention includes a local area network in a store in addition to a communication line connecting different stores.

(4) As a method of calculating the number of abnormal terminations, in addition to the method of using the abnormal termination determination information as described above, a case where the game is terminated normally is detected, and the normal termination number storage unit 162c stores this normal termination number. The number of times of completion is updated and the number of times of starting the game is also updated every time the game is started, and the number of times of start and normal end of the game are determined when the game terminal device 1 is restarted, A comparison may be made when the cable is reconnected, and the difference may be determined as the number of abnormal terminations. In this case, the abnormal end determination information is composed of the game start count and the normal end count.

(5) In the present embodiment, abnormal termination is treated as a fraudulent act. However, if the game results included in the game information are disadvantageous to the player, it is determined that the abnormal termination is intentional, and conversely, When it is advantageous to the player, it may be determined that the abnormal end is due to chance. In this way, by intentionally adding the game score in the middle of the game (immediately before the occurrence of the abnormality to be sequentially saved) to the determination element and correcting the number of abnormal terminations of the player, the intentional abnormal termination can be counted more accurately. .

It is a lineblock diagram showing one embodiment of a game system concerning the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of one Embodiment of a game terminal device. It is a hardware block diagram which shows one Embodiment of a game terminal device. It is a functional block diagram of the control part of a game terminal device. It is a hardware block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the server apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a function block diagram of the control part of a server apparatus. It is an example of the screen figure of the battle | competition screen showing the condition of a battle | competition. It is a screen figure which shows an example of an acceptance refusal screen. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of a game terminal device.

Explanation of symbols

1 Game terminal device 1
2 router 3 server device 13 card reader 161a reception processing unit 161b game progress control unit 161e results processing unit 161f monitoring unit 161h continue control unit 162a game results storage unit 162b abnormal end determination information storage unit 162c abnormal end number storage unit 162d abnormal end Threshold storage unit 361a Reception unit 361b Selection unit 361c Information management unit 361d Ranking calculation unit 362a Player information storage unit 362b Results storage region 362c Cumulative storage unit 362d Cumulative threshold storage unit 362e Ranking information storage unit

Claims (5)

A receiving means for receiving a participation request from a player, and a game progress control means for causing the game to proceed in accordance with the operation content from the operation section after the reception, and to store the received game results of the player on the server via the network In a game terminal device that transmits and repeatedly executes a game in response to a request from the player until the player's participation ends,
When a game continuation request, which is a request for starting a new game following the completed game, is received from the player after one game is completed, the continuation for determining whether or not the next game, which is a new game to be executed, is allowed to be executed is continued. Control means;
Monitoring means for detecting the presence or absence of abnormal termination of the game for each game and counting the number of abnormal termination;
A threshold value storage unit in which a first threshold value corresponding to the number of abnormal terminations is set,
The continuation control unit determines that the execution of the next game is prohibited when the number of abnormal terminations counted by the monitoring unit after the acceptance request is received by the reception unit reaches the first threshold value. The game terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. The game progress control means is communicably connected to another game terminal device via the network, and the game progress control means advances the battle game by transmitting / receiving game data to / from the other game terminal device. The game terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the game terminal device is a device. The game terminal device according to claim 1 or 2 and the server.
The accepting means acquires the unique information of the player, and when accepting a participation request from the player, transmits the unique information to the server.
The monitoring means transmits the number of abnormal terminations until the last game repeatedly executed after the reception is completed to the server in association with the unique information of the player, and for each player accumulated on the server side. The number of abnormal terminations is received at the time of the participation request, and counting of the number of abnormal terminations is started from the received cumulative value,
The threshold storage unit further stores a second threshold acquired from the server,
The server
A cumulative threshold value storage unit that stores a second threshold value corresponding to the cumulative number of abnormal terminations;
A cumulative storage unit that accumulates the number of abnormal terminations transmitted from the monitoring unit for each unique information of the player transmitted in association with the number of times, and stores the number of abnormal terminations in association with the unique information;
Transmitting the number of abnormal terminations associated with the unique information transmitted from the accepting means and stored in the cumulative storage unit and the second threshold value to the game terminal device that requested the participation, and An information management unit that updates the number of abnormal terminations stored in the cumulative storage unit in association with the player's unique information transmitted in association with the number of abnormal terminations received from the monitoring unit. A game system characterized by that. The reception unit is configured to calculate the abnormal end based on the number of abnormal ends stored in the cumulative storage unit received from the information management unit of the server at the time of reception and a second threshold stored in the cumulative threshold storage unit. 4. The game system according to claim 3, wherein when the accumulated number of times reaches the second threshold, the acceptance is rejected. An operation unit that receives an operation from the player, and a threshold value storage unit in which a first threshold value corresponding to the number of abnormal terminations is set, and the results of the game executed by the player are transmitted to the server via the network. A game management program for controlling a game terminal device to perform,
Accepting means for accepting a participation request from a player from the operation unit ;
After the reception, until participation has been received player is finished, repeatedly in response to a request of the player, and the game progress control means for advancing the game according to the operation content from the operation unit,
When a game continuation request, which is a request for starting a new game following the completed game from the player, is received from the operation unit after the end of one game, execution of the next game, which is a new game to be executed continuously. A continuation control means for judging whether to permit or not;
Detecting the presence or absence of the game abnormal end for each game, and a monitoring means to count the number of abnormal termination to function the game terminal device,
The continuation control unit determines that the execution of the next game is prohibited when the number of abnormal terminations counted by the monitoring unit after the acceptance request is received by the reception unit reaches the first threshold value. A game management program characterized by that.

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