JP5468238B2 - Game device and game program for realizing the game device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is provided with a data communication function by a wired or wireless game device and the game apparatus can enjoy the competitive game with the other player operating another game device comprising the data communication function it relates to the game program to realize.

  Conventionally, in a game device having a wired or wireless data communication function, a battle game while communicating data related to the game such as operation data and status data with other game devices having a data communication function A game device that can enjoy the game is known.

  For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-194985 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-215716, a game server that manages the operation of a competitive game is arranged on the Internet, and a game device having a plurality of data communication functions is used as the game. An online game is described in which game data can be played between Go players, shogi players, chess players, mahjong players, etc. among players operating each game device by sending and receiving game data to and from each other via a server.

  Many online games of this type have game data related to the battles stored in the game server. Therefore, for each player, various types of battle data such as wins and losses in each battle, the total number of games, the number of wins, the win rate, etc. Competitive data such as ranking and rank in the whole is easily calculated, and the competitive data is saved as a competitive record, and a player who participates in the game system checks his own competitive data, opponent's competitive data, etc. Be able to.

  And, for example, in a battle game where a rule such as rising to a higher rank when a certain score is achieved, the player wants to move up to a higher rank quickly, so the player is not particular about the score, which is disadvantageous during the battle In such a situation, it is a problem to take an unfair attitude that the game is not terminated normally by turning off the power of the game machine so that the results do not deteriorate.

  In response to such a problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-215716 creates a history of illegal operations when a player performs an illegal operation such as turning off the power of a game machine during a battle. In addition, if an illegal player level is set for a player who performs an illegal operation based on the history, and the player who has performed an illegal operation participates in a battle game, a battle with a good player is prohibited, There has been proposed a technique for suppressing illegal operations of players by causing level players to play a battle.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-194985 JP 2007-215716 A

  By the way, the genre of the battle-type online game (hereinafter referred to as “online battle game”) includes not only a genre in which an existing board game such as Go and Shogi is a video game, but also a plurality of game characters in the game space. There is a character battle type genre in which these game characters are played against each other, and many game softwares of this genre are commercialized.

  For example, game software “Meteor Rockman (registered trademark) 2” dedicated to a portable game machine “Nintendo DS (registered trademark)” is known as game software for a character battle type. This game software uses a Nintendo DS (registered trademark) wireless communication function and a wireless LAN system called “Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (registered trademark)” provided by Nintendo to remotely control a game character (Rockman) operated by the player. There is a function (online battle function) that allows other game characters (other rockmen) controlled by local friends or strangers to play in the game space.

  In “Meteor Rockman (registered trademark) 2”, each time a match is completed, the match result is saved in each portable game machine of both players, and the total match result is updated and displayed by the match result. It is like that. Specifically, in the portable game machine operated by the player, the total number of games A and the total number of wins B (≦ A) of the game characters controlled by the player are displayed as battle results (A game B wins). Each time is completed, the competition results are updated so that the competition results are reflected in the total game number A and the total victory number B, and the updated results are displayed. For example, if the match result is victory, (A + 1) battle (B + 1) win is displayed, and if the match result is defeated, (A + 1) battle (B) win is displayed.

  In addition, when the opponent is determined at the time of the battle, the battle results are transmitted from the opponent's portable game machine, the game results of the game characters of other players operating the portable game machine, The battle results of the game characters controlled by the player are transmitted to the opponent's portable game machine so that both players can check each other's battle results.

  Even in this game software, the player is too concerned with the battle results (the number of wins) displayed on his / her portable game machine at the end of the match and his / her own match results displayed on the opponent's portable game device at the start of the match. There are not a few players who turn down the power of the portable game machine and do not end the match normally when the loss becomes dark, and the player who wants a serious fight due to the presence of such a player The interest in online competitive games has been cut off, the number of users of online competitive games has decreased, and there has been a problem in that it adversely affects the sale of game software.

  In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to employ the unauthorized operation suppression technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-215716. However, since the technology disclosed in the publication divides the players participating in the online competitive game into an illegal player and a good player and makes the illegal players compete against each other, the participation population of the online competitive game is very large. Considering that there are some illegal players, the number of opponents of the illegal players is limited to a small number.

  Online fighting games such as “Meteor Rockman (registered trademark) 2” are fraudulent because they have the pleasure of playing against a large number of players with various game character (Rockman) operation techniques and fighting tactics. The method of giving penalties for significantly limiting the opponents to the player is excessive and is not preferable. In particular, aside from malicious players, it is severe for a player who has inadvertently performed an illegal operation, and on the contrary, the player's interest in an online battle game may be reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in a game device capable of enjoying an online battle game, it is possible to prevent the player from performing an illegal operation that does not normally end the battle during the battle. and to provide a game apparatus and a game program that can.

A game program provided by the first aspect of the present invention is a game program for connecting a computer to another game device by wire or wirelessly so as to be able to perform data communication, and playing against another player who operates the other game device. A game program for functioning as a game device capable of enjoying a game of a type, wherein the computer is used as an invalid game in which a battle with the other player in the battle game is not established as a game, A match discriminating means for discriminating which of the effective games that have been established, a first storage control means for storing in the storage means the number of times that the match has been completed as the invalid game, and the match is ended as the valid game The second storage control means for storing the number of games performed in the storage means, and the match determination means ends the invalid game. If it is determined that the game has been completed as the invalid game by the invalid game number updating unit for increasing the number of invalid games stored in the storage unit and the battle discrimination unit, the valid game stored in the storage unit is determined. Between the effective game number updating means for increasing the number of games and the other game device, the number of invalid games of the player who operates the game device and the number of invalid games of the other player are mutually transmitted and received as competition result information. Information transmission / reception control means, display control means for displaying the number of invalid games of the other player transmitted from the other game device on the display means, and the battle discrimination means determined that the game has ended as the invalid game. A first reset means for resetting the number of effective games stored in the storage means to zero, and the number of effective games stored in the storage means is a predetermined threshold value. A determining means for determining whether or not the number has exceeded, and a second means for resetting the number of invalid games stored in the storage means to zero when the determining means determines that the number of valid games exceeds the predetermined threshold. It is characterized by functioning as a resetting means (claim 1).

The game program according to claim 1 , wherein the computer further functions as a third storage control unit that stores the number of battles and the number of wins in the battle game with the other player in the storage unit. The information transmission / reception control means further transmits / receives the handle name, the number of matches, and the number of wins of the player and the other player as the match result information, and the display control means transmits from the other game apparatus. the other player display name that is, the competition number and winning number may be displayed on the display means (claim 2).

3. The game program according to claim 2 , wherein when the handle name of the player is changed, the computer resets only the number of battles and the number of wins stored in the storage unit to zero. (Claim 3 ).

Further, in the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , the battle determination means determines whether or not a battle is in progress when the battle in the battle game with the other player is started. The identification information shown is set in a state indicating that a match is in progress, the identification information setting means for storing the identification information in the storage means, and the identification information stored in the storage means when the game ends as a valid game When the match-type game is activated and the match-type game is activated, the previous match is invalid based on the status of the identification information stored in the storage means. it may include a second discriminating means for discriminating whether or not completed as (claim 4).

The game apparatus provided by the second aspect of the present invention is connected to another game apparatus in a wired or wireless manner so that data communication is possible, and is a competitive game with another player who operates the other game apparatus. A storage device for storing data relating to the competitive game , a display means for displaying data relating to the competitive game, and the other players in the competitive game; A match discriminating means for discriminating whether an ineffective game that has not been established as a match or an effective game that has been established as a match, and a first means for storing in the storage means the number of matches that have ended as an invalid match and storage control means, and second storage control means for storing the number of the competition has ended as an effective match in the storage means, wherein the said match determination means When war is judged to have been completed as invalid match, is determined and the reactive Games updating means for increasing an invalid match number stored in the storage means, and the match is finished as an active game by the match determination means Between the effective game number updating means for increasing the number of effective games stored in the storage means and the other game device, and the number of invalid games of the player who operates the game device as battle result information and the other Information transmission / reception control means for mutually transmitting / receiving the number of invalid games of the player, display control means for displaying the number of invalid games of the other player transmitted from the other game device on the display means, and the match determination means When it is determined that the game has ended as the invalid game, the first reset means for resetting the number of valid games stored in the storage means to zero, and the storage means A determining means for determining whether or not the remembered number of effective games has exceeded a predetermined threshold value, and when the determining means determines that the effective game number has exceeded the predetermined threshold value, it is stored in the storage means. And a second reset means for resetting the number of invalid matches to zero (claim 5 ).

According to the present invention, in a battle-type online game, whether the battle was terminated as an invalid game or a valid game as a result of an illegal operation such as turning off the power of the player during the battle. Is determined, and the number of invalid games ended (the number of invalid games) is stored in the storage means . Their to, if it is finished as an invalid match, with invalid Games is increased stored in the storage means, is transmitted number that invalid match penalty for a player to the game apparatus of the opponent to the opponent Be informed.

If the opponent obtains the image that the player may perform an illegal operation during the battle from the number of invalid matches, the player may avoid a battle with the player. so as not to avoid the competition of, so do not act so as to disable the competition by illegal operations, such as turning off the power during the competition. That is, by counting the number of games invalidated by each player and exchanging the number of invalid games as opponents' information with each other, it is possible to suppress each player's illegal operation during the battle.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the player has played a match that is an effective game for a predetermined number of times, the number of invalid games stored in the storage means is reset to zero. When the battle is invalidated due to carelessness or when the battle is no longer invalidated, the penalty to the player for the unauthorized operation is not severe.

  Further, even if the player changes the handle name, the number of invalid games notified to the opponent is not reset to zero, so that the penalty for the player is not easily avoided by changing the handle name. In other words, in order to reset the number of invalid games to zero, the player has only to continuously play a match that is a valid game for a predetermined number of times or more, thereby improving the ability to suppress unauthorized operations during the battle against the player. Can be made.

  Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description given below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an overview of a portable game device capable of enjoying an online competitive game according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a right side view of the game apparatus.

The game apparatus 1 reads the game program and game data into a memory (RAM) in the apparatus from a dedicated portable recording medium (hereinafter referred to as “game media”) in which the game program and game data are recorded, and the CPU ( The game can be enjoyed by the player by executing the game program using the Central Processing Unit.

Further, the game apparatus 1 has a wireless communication function and can enjoy game software compatible with wireless play. Wireless play refers to a connection with another game device by a wireless communication function, in cooperation with a player who operates the other game device by mutually transmitting and receiving data relating to game development with the other game device. It is a play in which a player enjoys a game toward the same purpose or battles against the player through a game character.

  As a portable game device having a wireless communication function, for example, “Nintendo DS (registered trademark)” manufactured by Nintendo is widely known. In the following description, two game characters appear in the game space as a game compatible with wireless play, and the two players perform operations to cause each game character to perform an attack action and a defense action, respectively. A battle-type game in which battles are performed via characters will be described as an example. As a specific example, “Meteor Rockman (registered trademark) 2” which is a battle game dedicated to “Nintendo DS (registered trademark)” will be described as an example.

  In this competitive game, the game space is divided into two worlds, “real world” and “radio wave world”, and the player operates the operation member of the game apparatus 1 to call the main character called “Rockman” (hereinafter “player”). "Character") is moved to the field of "Radio world", and during the search of the field of "Radio world", an enemy character (this enemy character is controlled by a computer) is randomly encountered and battle The basic configuration is to enter (match) and play against the enemy character. This battle game is a so-called roll that aims to repeat battles with enemy characters, strengthen player characters with money and items that can be acquired based on the results of battles, and clear events prepared in the field It is a playing game (hereinafter referred to as “role playing mode”).

  Also, in this battle game, a battle is performed with a player character (Rockman) of another game device using the wireless communication function, that is, a battle is played with another player who operates another game device by a battle between the player characters. Mode (hereinafter, this mode is referred to as “communication battle mode”).

  Then, in the battle, the player character makes full use of the shooting with a firearm called “Rock Buster” and an attack using a card-like item (hereinafter referred to as “battle card”). The player character is Rockman).

  A rock buster is a weapon that only shoots, but a battle card contains a wide variety of cards with different types and effects. In this battle game, a variety of attacks can be applied to the enemy character by making full use of a plurality of battle cards different in type from the rock buster. Therefore, in the communication battle mode, players can attack and defend each other. The best part is competing. Further, in the role playing mode, a battle can be performed with an enhanced player character, and if the player wins the battle, the player can further strengthen the player character with money or items that can be earned as a reward for victory. In addition, strengthening the player character while repeating the battle is also a real pleasure of this battle game. In the communication battle mode, the player character strengthened as described above can compete with other players, so that not only the player's operation technique but also the strength of the player character itself can be competed.

  Although the present embodiment is a portable game device, the present invention is applicable to other types of game machines and personal computers such as home video game machines and arcade game machines having a wired or wireless communication function. It goes without saying that is also applicable.

  The game apparatus 1 is a foldable structure composed of a lower main body 2 made of a horizontally long rectangular thin rectangular parallelepiped and an upper main body 3 attached to the upper side of the upper surface of the lower main body 2 by a pair of hinges so as to be opened and closed. It is a portable game device. The lower main body 2 is mainly provided with an operation member for operating the game apparatus 1 and a control member (computer) for controlling the game. The upper main body 3 mainly displays game development and generates sound effects. An output member is provided. The lower main body 2 and the upper main body 3 are electrically connected.

  The lower body 2 is provided with a display screen 4 (hereinafter referred to as “lower screen 4”) in the center, and a cross key, a select button, a start button, A, B, Four operation buttons of X and Y are provided. Also, an R button and an L button, which are well-known by the same controller, are provided at both upper corners of the lower main body 2. The lower screen 4 is a touch panel that can be directly touched and operated. Accordingly, the lower screen 4 functions as a game screen for displaying the game development, and also functions as a touch operation member that replaces operation members such as a cross key and operation buttons.

  In the following description, when described as a touch panel, the lower screen 4 is referred to as “touch panel 4”. The touch panel 4 has a large number of micro capacitors or micro resistors arranged in a grid pattern on the panel surface. Touch the panel surface directly with your hand or touch it with a special touch pen to adjust the micro capacitors or micro resistors at the contact position. It is an input device for changing, detecting the touch position on the screen from the change information, and inputting it to the CPU.

  In general, the cross key and the L button are arranged on the left side of the controller, and the operation buttons such as the R button, select button, start button, A button, B button, X button, and Y button are arranged on the right side of the controller. Also in the game apparatus 1 according to the embodiment, the cross key 7 is arranged on the left side of the lower screen 4, and four operation buttons 9, an A button 9a, a B button 9b, an X button 9x, and a Y button 9y, a start button 10a, and a select button. Two operation buttons 10b are arranged on the right side of the lower screen 4. The R button 14 is provided at the upper right corner of the lower body 2, and the L button 15 is provided at the upper left corner of the lower body 2.

  Although the operation button 10 is disposed on the lower side of the operation button 9, it can also be disposed on the upper side. Under the cross key 7, an indicator lamp 8 indicating the on / off state of the power supply is provided.

  Furthermore, a media mounting portion 12A for mounting game media is provided at substantially the center of the side surface along the upper long side of the lower main body 2, and an external memory (for storing game data on the right side surface of the lower main body 2). For example, an external memory mounting portion 12B for mounting an SD memory card) and a power button 13 are provided.

  The power button 13 is an operation button that activates the game apparatus 1 by supplying power to a circuit in the game apparatus 1. When the power is turned on, the indicator lamp 8 is lit. The cross key 7 is used as an operation key for a player to move a cursor on a menu screen or a communication menu screen (to be described later) for allowing the player to select a battle mode or a battle opponent. The

  The R button 14 and the L button 15 are used, for example, to open a card selection screen for the player to select a battle card. When the player selects a card on the card selection screen, the operation button 9 is used as an operation member for determining or canceling the selected battle card or viewing the description of the battle card. Is used as an operation member for instructing the use of the selected battle card or instructing the shooting of a lock buster held by the player character as a normal weapon.

  A display screen 5 (hereinafter referred to as “upper screen 5”) is provided at the center of the lower surface of the upper body 3 (the surface facing the upper surface of the lower body 2 in the closed state), and sound effects are output in stereo on both sides thereof. Speakers 11A and 11B are built in.

  The lower screen 4 and the upper screen 5 include a game title screen, a menu screen (to be described later), a card selection screen, a communication menu screen, various selection screens for playing an online battle game, a game progress screen, and a result indicating a battle result. Various screens such as screens are displayed. A game progress screen and a result screen are displayed on the upper screen 5, and a menu screen, a card selection screen, a communication menu screen, and various selection screens are displayed on the lower screen 4. The lower screen 4 and the upper screen 5 are composed of, for example, a transflective color liquid crystal display and have substantially the same display size.

  Selection operations on the menu screen, card selection screen, communication menu screen, and various selection screens can be performed with the cross key 7 and the operation buttons 9 as described above, but a desired item is selected by directly touching the touch panel 4. You can also

  The lower body 2 is provided with a wireless LAN module (not shown) that performs a wireless communication function (see the wireless LAN module 37 in FIG. 5), and this wireless LAN module enables a battle in the communication battle mode. .

  As an aspect of the battle in the communication battle mode, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a player A who owns the game apparatus 1 and a player B (an opponent) who owns another game apparatus 1 ′ of the same machine are close to each other. A mode in which the game devices 1 and 1 ′ develop a battle game while performing data communication directly and wirelessly between the game device 1 and the game device 1 ′ (hereinafter referred to as “proximity battle mode”), As shown in FIG. 4, the player B is located at a remote location with respect to the player A, and each game device is performing data communication between the game device 1 and the game device 1 ′ via the LANs 17A and 17B and the Internet 18. There is a mode (hereinafter referred to as “network battle mode”) in which a battle game is developed in each of 1 and 1 ′.

  In the configuration of FIG. 4, a router 16A and a router 16B having a wireless communication function are provided in the LAN 17A and the LAN 17B in order to construct a wireless LAN environment for the game device 1 and the game device 1 ′, respectively. A game server 19 that manages the operation of the online competitive game is arranged on the Internet 18.

  In FIG. 4, the game apparatus 1 accesses the game server 19 via the router 16A, the LAN 17A and the Internet 18, and the game apparatus 1 ′ accesses the game server 19 via the router 16B, the LAN 17B and the Internet 18. When the conditions of the opponents transmitted from the game devices 1 and 1 ′ match, the game server 19 connects the game devices 1 and 1 ′ as battle devices, and the player A who operates the game device 1 and the game device 1 ′ are connected. The player B to be operated is configured to be able to play a battle through a player character (Rockman) operated by each player B.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the game apparatus according to the present invention.

  The game apparatus 1 includes a CPU 21, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 22, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 23, a drawing processor 24, a VRAM (Video-RAM) 25, a D / A (Digital-Analog) converter 26, and a display unit 27. A display unit 28, an audio processor 29, an amplifier 30, a speaker 31, an input signal processing unit 32, a touch operation unit 33, an operation unit 34, a game media 35, an external memory 36, a wireless LAN module 37, and a bus 38. .

The display screen of the display unit 27 corresponds to the lower screen 4 of FIG. 1, the display screen of the display unit 28 corresponds to the upper screen 5 of FIG. 1, and the speaker 31 corresponds to the speakers 11A and 11B of FIG. Yes. The touch operation unit 33 corresponds to the touch panel function provided on the lower screen 4 in FIG. 1, and the operation unit 34 corresponds to the cross key 7, the power button 13, and the operation buttons 9 and 10 in FIGS. Yes.

  In the game apparatus 1, a game program and game data (character and background image data, image data for displaying information such as status, sound data such as sound effects and BGM, message data using characters and symbols, etc.) are recorded. The content of the game can be enjoyed by mounting the media 35 on the media mounting unit 12A, reading the game program and game data from the game media 35 into the RAM 22, and executing the game program by the CPU 21.

Further, various data (game data) generated by the progress of the game is stored in the external memory 36 via the external memory mounting unit 12B . Therefore, each time the game program is activated, game data indicating the game progress state from the previous time is read from the external memory 36, and the player can enjoy the game continuously from the previous game state. The game data includes data of a battle flag FB indicating that the game is in a battle state, and the count of the number of invalid games according to the present invention is controlled using the battle flag FB. The details of the in-match flag FB and the count of invalid games will be described later.

  In the present embodiment, the external memory 36 is used to store game data even when the power of the game apparatus 1 is OFF. However, a nonvolatile memory such as an EPROM, EEPROM, or flash memory is used instead of the external memory 36. May be built in the game apparatus 1. In addition to the SD memory card, other memory cards such as a memory stick card and a USB memory can be used as the external memory 36.

  The player can advance the game by operating the operation members of the touch panel 4, the cross key 7, and the operation buttons 9.

  The CPU 21, RAM 22, ROM 23, drawing processor 24, audio processor 29, input signal processor 32, operating unit 34, and wireless LAN module 37 are connected to each other via a bus 38 so that data can be transmitted. The game media 35 and the external memory 36 are connected to the bus 38 via the media mounting unit 12A and the external memory mounting unit 12B, respectively.

  The CPU 21 comprehensively controls the progress of the game by executing a game program that is read from the game media 35 into the RAM 22. When the player's operation signal is input from the operation member of the touch operation unit 33 or the operation unit 34, the CPU 21 performs a predetermined game progress process for the operation signal according to the game program, and displays a game progress image corresponding to the processing result. The drawing processor 24 generates the sound and displays it on the display unit 27 and the display unit 28, and the sound processor 29 generates a sound effect corresponding to the processing result and outputs it from the speaker 31.

  Drawing processing of the game progress screen, menu screen, and various selection screens to be displayed on the display units 27 and 28 is mainly performed by the drawing processing processor 24. The CPU 21 determines the content of the game progress screen to be displayed on the display units 27 and 28 based on the player's operation signals from the touch operation unit 33 and the operation unit 34, and generates necessary drawing data for the content. Then, the drawing data is transferred to the drawing processor 24 to perform drawing processing.

Further, CPU 21 determines the sound content of the sound effects or BGM to be outputted from the speaker 31, to generate the audio data corresponds to the sound content to the audio processor 29, and outputs the audio data from the speaker 31.

  The RAM 22 provides an area for storing game programs and game data read from the game media 35 and the external memory 36, and a work area for the CPU 21 to process the game programs. The RAM 22 is loaded with a game program and game data necessary from the game media 35 and the external memory 36 at an appropriate timing according to the start of the game or according to the progress of the game.

The game program describes processing procedures and various instructions to be executed by the CPU 21, and controls the game screen, sound, and the like according to operation signals from the touch operation unit 33 or the operation unit 34. Contains content to do. The game data, for example the player character, opponent player character definitive in online battle mode, image data for drawing an enemy character and the background or other objects are included, also audio data to be used as BGM and various sound effects include. In addition, various data generated by the progress of the game and stored in the external memory 36 during the game or at the end of the game are also included. This data includes a battle result and a battle flag FB which will be described later.

  The ROM 23 stores a basic program indicating a basic function of the game apparatus 1 such as a disk loading function, a game program stored in the game media 35, a procedure for reading game data, and the like. When the game media 35 is loaded in the media loading unit 12A, the CPU 21 reads the game program and game data from the game media 35 and the external memory 36 into the RAM 22 according to the basic program in the ROM 23, and sets the game start state.

  The drawing processor 24 generates an image of each frame of the animation image and displays it on the display unit 27 and the display unit 28. Based on a drawing command from the CPU 21, the drawing processor 24 displays a two-dimensional image of each frame to be displayed on the display unit 27 and the display unit 28 (a menu screen, a communication menu screen, Card selection screen, various selection screens, result screens, and other images). Connected to the drawing processor 24 is a VRAM 25 for creating a two-dimensional image of each frame.

  The VRAM 25 is provided with two buffer memories (hereinafter referred to as “screen buffers”) for storing two-dimensional image data of each frame displayed on the display units 27 and 28. The screen buffers 25A and 25B have the same memory structure and memory capacity.

  The D / A converter 26 converts the image data output from the VRAM 25 into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal to the display units 27 and 28. The D / A converter 26 is provided with a switch circuit for switching the image data from the screen buffer 25A and the image data from the screen buffer 25B. The switching of the switch circuit is controlled by the drawing processor 24.

  The sound processor 29 reads sound effects or BGM sound data from the RAM 22 based on a sound command from the CPU 21, performs a required processing process and D / A conversion process, and outputs the processed sound to the amplifier 30. The amplifier 30 amplifies the audio signal input from the audio processor 29 with a predetermined amplification degree, and then outputs it to the speaker 31.

  The input signal processing unit 32 calculates a touch position on the touch panel 4 based on touch information input from the touch operation unit 33 (change information of a resistor or a capacitor serving as a sensor), and inputs the calculation result to the CPU 21.

The wireless LAN module 37 performs data communication with another game apparatus 1 ′ by a wireless LAN compliant with the communication standard IEEE802.11b (frequency band used: 2.4 GHz, communication speed: 11 Mbps) and configures a wireless network. It is a module. The wireless LAN module 37 performs data communication with the wireless LAN module 37 of the other game apparatus 1 ′ in the close match mode, and others via the routers 16 A and 16 B, the LANs 17 A and 17 B, the Internet 18, and the game server 19. Data communication is performed with the game device 1 ′ in the network battle mode, and various information such as operation information of the operation unit 34 and game status information is transmitted and received between the other game devices 1 ′. Fulfills the function of

  Next, an outline of the online battle game of the game device according to the present invention will be described.

  When the player character battles with another player character, for example, a battle screen 40 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the upper screen 5, and the player A can visually recognize the development of the battle on the battle screen 40. This battle is controlled by executing an online battle battle program (hereinafter referred to as an “online battle program”) and the display of the battle screen 40 shown in FIG. 6.

The battle screen 40, the player with the virtual camera from behind the character PA opponent of other-flops Layer character PB (hereinafter referred to as "partner character PB".) Drawn with the image (perspective that shows a battle situation that saw the Image) and various status information regarding the battle are displayed around the battle screen 40 and below the opponent character PB. Note that the position of the virtual camera on the battle screen 40 is not fixed, and a battle that shows the effects of the attack and defense by changing the position of the virtual camera according to the attack or defense of the player character PA or the opponent character PB. A screen 40 is created.

  In the example of FIG. 6, a battle field consisting of three lanes 41 is set, and the player character PA and the opponent character PB are arranged at both ends (front and back) of the battle field. Each lane 41 is provided with a plurality of squares, and the player character PA and the opponent character PB can move left and right between the three lanes 41.

  The status information includes the physical strength value (HP) 42 of the player character PA, the physical strength value (HP) 43 of the opponent character PB, information 44 regarding the number of battle cards selected on the card selection screen, and the name of the battle card that can be activated next. , Attack strength information 45, custom gauge 46, etc., the physical strength value (HP) 42 of the player character PA is displayed as a numerical value in the upper left corner of the screen, and the physical strength value (HP) 43 of the opponent character PB is the opponent character PB. It is displayed numerically at the bottom of.

The information 44 regarding the number of battle cards is information indicating the number of remaining battle cards excluding the battle card that can be activated next, and is displayed as a symbol mark of the card on the lower left side of the battle screen 40. Further, the name 45 and the attack power information 45 of the battle card that can be activated next are displayed on the lower right side of the battle screen 40 along with the card icon 45a and the numerical value of the name and the attack power. It should be noted, and once the number of battle cards that can be possessed by the replenishment of limited (for example, six), so that the order be determined to trigger the battle card in possession, the information to the player A Information 44 and information 45 are displayed as status information for notification.

  The custom gauge 46 is a vertically long gauge and is displayed in the vertical direction in the upper right corner of the battle screen 40. The custom gauge 46 is a gauge that indicates the conditions under which the player A can refill the battle card during the battle. When the R button 14 or the L button 15 is pressed while the custom gauge 46 is full, the lower screen 4 is displayed. The card selection screen CSG as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, the battle state displayed on the upper screen 5 is stopped, and the player A replenishes the battle card BC within the number of cards that can be held from the card selection screen CSG. Can do.

  The custom gauge 46 is 0 when the battle state of the battle screen 40 is resumed, but is configured to rise at a predetermined speed as time passes. Accordingly, when the custom gauge 46 becomes full during the battle, the state is maintained. At this time, the player A can open the card selection screen CSG and replenish the battle card BC.

  When the player A presses the B button 9b on the battle screen 40, the player character PA fires the lock buster, and the lock buster is fired continuously while the B button 9b is kept pressed. The attack of the player character PA by the lock buster can give damage when the opponent character PB is on the lane 41 where the player character PA is located.

On the other hand, when the player A presses the A button 9a, the player character PA activates an attack with the battle card BC . Battle card BC, which is invoked is a battle card BC, which is displayed on the lower side of the right side of the battle screen 40 in the card icon 45a. Attack by the battle card BC can be given depending on the type of attack that has been defined in the battle card BC, the damage even if the opponent character PB is in the lane 41 other than the lane 41 you are the player character PA. Further, when the player A presses the Y button 9y, a shield is generated in front of the player character PA for a certain time, and an attack from the opponent character PB can be prevented. The opponent player B can also perform the same attack and defense as described above by operating the operation buttons 9a, 9b, 9y.

  When either the player character PA's physical strength value (HP) 42 or the opponent character PB's physical strength value (HP) 43 becomes "0" due to the battle between the player character PA and the opponent character PB, the battle is ended. The screen 5 is switched from the battle screen 40 to a result screen (described later). In this case, the winner is the person who has the physical strength value (HP) remaining, and the person who has the physical strength value (HP) of “0” loses.

As described above, a battle for which winning or losing is determined by normal execution of the game program is a normal game, that is, a game in which a battle (match) is effectively established (hereinafter, such a battle is referred to as an “effective game”). The number of battles between the player characters PA and PB (accumulated number of past battles) _NTB is counted, and the winning star is awarded to the winning player character (accumulated number of battles won in the past) _NWB . Be counted. On the other hand, for example, when the player A loses a dark color during the battle, and the power button 13 of the game apparatus 1 is turned off to end the execution of the game program unilaterally, the winning or losing is determined by normal execution of the game program. because it is not, the battle (battle) is invalid match rather than effectively enacted game (hereinafter, such a battle "invalid match".), and both player characters PA, counts the match number N _TB of PB Not. Further, unilaterally opponent character PB that is to terminate the battle since not a winner, Kachiboshi is not counted in number of wins N _WB opponent character PB.

On the other hand, for the player character PA, the number of invalidated battles (number of invalid games) N _NB is counted as a penalty for invalidating the battle by an illegal operation. That is, the player character PA is provided with not only the number of battles N _TB and the number of wins N _WB but also the number of invalid games N _NB as the battle results, and the number of invalid games N _NB is counted up. The battle result of the opponent character PB is also the same as that of the player character PA. When the battle is an effective game and wins, the battle number N _TB and the win number N _WB of the opponent character PB are counted up, respectively. When you disable the game the battle by the illegal operation, invalid match the number N _NB of the opponent character PB is counted up.

The number of battles N _TB , the number of wins N _WB and the number of invalid games N _NB are data that are determined by the opponents and sent to and received from each other as information on the battle results of their own player characters. The player A can predict the strength of the player B based on the number N _TB and the number N _WB of the opponent character PB. Further, it is possible to infer the Seijo player B by disabling Games N _NB opponent character PB. The same applies to player B.

In this way, the invalid number of games N _NB is also displayed on the player character as the battle information. If the opponent is a dishonest opponent by knowing the opponent's unauthorized operation history between the opponents, This is because there is a situation where a battle with the opponent is avoided, and this acts as a penalty for the avoided opponent and acts to cause the opponent to refrain from unauthorized operation.

  When the player A or B invalidates the battle by an unauthorized operation, the game program according to the present embodiment counts the game as an invalid game number, and the player who performed the unauthorized operation based on the count value Is characterized in that a program for imposing a predetermined penalty (including information on the number of invalid matches in the player character's match information) is incorporated.

Next, the game progress of the game in the network battle mode of the game apparatus 1 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  When the game program is activated on the game apparatus 1, a game title screen (a meteor Rockman (registered trademark) title screen) is displayed on the lower screen 4 and the upper screen 5. When the start button 10a is pressed on this title screen, the role playing mode is started. When the player A presses the X button 9x in the role playing mode, the menu screen 50 shown in FIG. On the menu screen 50, a character image is displayed at the center, and eight selection items 501 are arranged and displayed around the image. An operation button (EXIT button) 502 for exiting the menu screen 50 is displayed at the lower right corner of the menu screen 50. Among the selection items 501, the selection item that is a selection candidate (the selection item 501 of “NETWORK” in FIG. 12) is displayed with a border.

  When the player A operates the cross key 7, the position of the border changes, and the player A can select a desired selection item 501. Then, when the player A selects “NETWORK” and presses the A button 9a, the player A shifts to a battle game using the wireless communication function, and the communication menu screen 60 shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. When the player A presses the B button 9b, the EXIT button 502 is operated, and the role playing mode is restored.

  Note that the player A can select the selection item 501 by directly touching the selection item 501 of “NETWORK” with the touch pen, and can also return to the role playing mode by directly touching the EXIT button 502. . The above selection operation is the same in the selection operation on the menu screen and selection screen described below.

The communication menu screen 60 is a menu screen for causing the player A to select either the proximity battle mode or the network battle mode. On the communication menu screen 60, two selection items 601 of “Chikoku no Totoshin” and “Wi-Fi Tsushin” are displayed in a vertical arrangement, and the selection candidates are bordered as in the menu screen 50. ing. In addition, a guide message 602 (content description) about the selection candidate is displayed at the bottom of the communication menu screen 60. The display of “B: EXIT” displayed on the upper right of the guide message 602 is a display indicating that the operation button for exiting the communication menu screen 60 is the B button 9b.

The selection item 601 of “Chikoku no Totoshin” is a selection item of the battle in the close match mode shown in FIG. 3, and the selection item 601 of “Wi-Fi support” is the network battle mode shown in FIG. This is a selection item for the battle. When the player A selects “Wi-Fi”, a wireless communication menu screen 70 shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. Note that “Wi-Fi” attached to the item name indicates communication in a wireless LAN environment whose compatibility is verified by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

The wireless communication menu screen 70 is a menu screen for the player A to shift to an online battle game, register an opponent in the online battle game, or update data in the role playing mode or the online battle game. The screen configuration of the wireless communication menu screen 70 is basically the same as that of the communication menu screen 60. Five selection items 701 arranged vertically are displayed in the center of the screen, and a guide message of the selection item selected at the bottom of the screen. 702 is displayed. Further, scoreline 703 in online battle game player A (N _TB against N _WB wins across N _NB) is displayed between the selected item 701 and the guide message 702.

  Of the five selection items 701, “Wi-Fi wave battle” is a selection item for shifting to an online competitive game. In addition, “Brother Sensei with Friend Code” and “Battle Mate with Friend Code” are transferred to a process in which Player A registers in advance as an opponent that he / she wants to play again among a plurality of opponents whom he / she has known through the online battle game. This is a selection item.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 8 shows a processing procedure after the player A selects “Wi-Fi” on the communication menu screen 60. Since the present invention is applied to the network battle mode and not to the close battle mode , in the present embodiment, the processing when “Chikaku no Totoshin” is selected on the communication menu screen 60 is omitted.

  Accordingly, after the wireless communication menu screen 70 is displayed on the lower screen 4 in step S <b> 1, when the player A selects “Wi-Fi wave battle” (S <b> 2: YES), the game apparatus 1 uses the wireless LAN module 37. As shown in FIG. 4, while connected to the game server 19 via the router 16A, the LAN 17A and the Internet 18, the lower screen 4 of the game apparatus 1 is switched to the opponent selection screen 80 shown in FIG. 15 (S3). . Note that when the player A selects an item other than “Wi-Fi wave battle” on the wireless communication menu screen 70 (S2: NO), the process proceeds to the process of the selected item. Is not relevant, so the description is omitted.

The opponent selection screen 80 is a menu screen for the player A to select an opponent in the network battle mode . The opponent selection mode in the network battle mode is a mode in which a player satisfying a predetermined condition is randomly selected by the game server 19 among a large number of players accessing the game server 19 (see FIG. 4) ( (Hereinafter referred to as “random mode”), and when a player selected from a plurality of players registered in advance as opponents is accessing the game server 19, the game server 19 There is a mode to be selected (hereinafter referred to as “designated mode”).

  Eight selection items 801 are displayed on the opponent selection screen 80, and a selection item 801 with “Who is not here” displayed in the upper left corner is a selection item in the random mode. On the other hand, selection items 801 other than this selection item are selection items in the designation mode, and the handle name of the player registered in advance by the player A as the opponent is displayed in each selection item. In FIG. 15, since the player A has registered only one handle name “Toktan”, the selection item corresponding to the selection of the designated mode is only the selection item 801 displaying “Toktan”. .

  When the player A selects the selection item 801 displayed as “Who is not here” on the opponent selection screen 80 (S4: YES), the lower screen 4 is switched to the condition setting screen 90 shown in FIG. 16 (S7). ). The condition setting screen 90 is a menu screen for setting conditions for opponents randomly selected by the game server 19. The screen configuration of the condition setting screen 90 is basically the same as that of the communication menu screen 60. Two selection items 901 arranged vertically are displayed at the center of the screen, and a guide message 902 for the selection item selected at the bottom of the screen. Is displayed.

In the condition setting screen 90 shown in FIG. 16, the player A can set the strength of the opponent character PB and the strength of the opponent character PB using a card or the like as the conditions to be set for the opponent. The upper selection item 901 is an item for setting the former condition, and the lower selection item 901 is an item for setting the latter condition. These selection items 901 are for making it possible for the player A to avoid that the opponent's strength determined at random by the game server 19 is too stronger than himself and the battle is significantly unbalanced. .

The upper selection item 901 includes a condition that the strength of the opponent character PB is about the same as that of the player character PA (when “goodness of love: about the same” is displayed) and a condition of arbitrary strength (“Ai” It ’s possible to switch between “Goodness: Anyone”. In addition, the lower selection item 901 includes a condition that does not permit strengthening of the opponent character PB with a card or the like (when “Displayed as NG” is displayed) and a condition that is permitted (when the card is displayed due to “Card / Change”). : When “OK” is displayed).

When the “OK” button 903 is operated while displayed on the condition setting screen 90, the displayed condition is selected. Accordingly, when the “OK” button 903 is operated on the condition setting screen 90 shown in FIG. 16, there is a condition in which the strength of the opponent character PB is set to the same level as that of the player character PA and the reinforcement of the opponent character PB by a card or the like is not permitted. Is set.

When the player A sets a desired condition on the condition setting screen 90, the condition data of the selected opponent is transmitted to the game server 19 (S8), and the game server 19 performs matching processing. The matching process is a process in which two players who match the conditions are selected at random from a plurality of players who set a condition in the game server 19 and desire an opponent in the random mode. Is a process of connecting. Accordingly, in step S9, the game server 19 determines another player B who has set conditions similar to those set by the player A for the player A, and the game apparatus 1 of the player A and the game of the player B The apparatus 1 'is connected so as to be able to perform data communication (S9) .

  On the other hand, when the player A selects a desired opponent selection item 801 other than the selection item 801 displayed as “Who is not?” On the opponent selection screen 80 (S4: NO, S5: YES) The process of step S7 is skipped, and the data of the selected opponent is transmitted to the game server 19 (S8). In FIG. 15, since the only opponent registered by the player A is “Toktan”, when the player A selects the selection item 801 displayed as “Toktan”, the player B with the handle name “Toktan” Information on the opponent character PB controlled by is transmitted to the game server 19. In the game server 19, it is determined whether or not the player B with the handle name “Toktan” is accessing, and if the player B is also accessing and wishes to play against the player A, the player B The game apparatus 1 of A and the game apparatus 1 ′ of the player B are connected so as to be capable of data communication (S9).

  Note that if the player A presses the B button 9b on the opponent selection screen 80 without selecting an opponent (S6: YES), the process returns to step S1, and the lower screen 4 displays the previous screen shown in FIG. The screen is switched to the wireless communication menu screen 70, and the processes in steps S1 to S6 described above are repeated. If the player A does not select the battle mode or “EXIT” on the player selection screen 80, the player enters a standby state (loop processing from S4 to S6).

When the game apparatus 1 of the player A and the game apparatus 1 ′ of the player B are connected, the game apparatus 1 uses the game apparatus 1 to obtain information about the player character PA operated by the player A (information such as handle names and battle results). And information on the opponent character PB operated by the player B is received from the game apparatus 1 '(S10). In the game apparatus 1, for example, an opponent information display screen 100 as shown in FIG. 17 is created based on the received information regarding the opponent character PB, and the opponent information display screen 100 is displayed on the lower screen 4. (S11). Based on the information about the player character PA received any opponent of the game apparatus 1 'is created in the fighting similar to FIG. 17 partner information display screen 100, the opponent information display screen 100 is displayed on the lower screen 4.

  On the opponent information display screen 100, an image 1001 of the opponent including the handle name, the symbol of the opponent character PB, and the opponent's performance is displayed in the center, and a display 1002 indicating whether or not a specific condition is cleared around the image 1001. Are displayed. The specific condition is, for example, a condition that, among enemy characters controlled by the computer, the player wins against a specific boss. Since these conditions are very difficult conditions, the larger the number of cleared items in the six displays 1002, the stronger the opponent character PB is. Therefore, the player A confirms the strength of the opponent character PB by checking the state of the six displays 1002 (the symbol mark image is displayed when the display is cleared, and is not displayed when the display is not cleared). I can know.

  FIG. 17 shows that the left three sheets and the upper right one are not cleared and the right middle and lower two sheets are cleared. A display 1002 labeled “GRAVE JOKER ACID ACE DELETE” in the middle of the right side indicates that one of the two powerful bosses “GRAVE JOKER” or “ACID ACE” has been defeated.

When the opponent is determined and the opponent information display screen 100 is displayed on the lower screen 4 of the game apparatus 1 (S11), the battle content setting screen 110 shown in FIG. (S12). The battle content setting screen 110 is a screen for setting conditions for determining victory or defeat. The screen configuration of the battle content setting screen 110 is the same as that of the communication menu screen 60. Three battle content 1101 arranged vertically are displayed at the center of the screen, and a guide message 1102 of the battle content selected at the bottom of the screen is displayed. Is done. Also, between the battle content 1101 and the guide message 1102, the battle result 1103 in the network battle mode of the player A (N _TB battle N _WB wins N _NB ) is displayed.

  There are two types of game content: first game and third game. The 1st game is for determining the victory or defeat by one battle, and the 3rd game is for determining the victory or defeat by the number of consecutive three battles. The battle content 1101 displayed as “chat” is a selection item for having a conversation such as greeting between the players A and B using the chat function.

  Since the battle content is also set by the opponent player B, a cursor 1104A indicating the content selected by the player A is displayed on the left side of each battle content 1101, and the content selected by the opponent player B is displayed on the right side. A cursor 1104B is displayed. Player A can operate the cross key 7 to change the position of the cursor 1104A. The same applies to player B. Information on the content of the battle selected by the players A and B is transmitted and received between the game device 1 and the game device 1 ′ by data communication. The game device 1 receives the information on the content of the battle selected by the player B. The position of the cursor 1104A is set. Players A and B can set the battle content by directly touching the desired battle content 1101 with the touch pen.

  And if both players A and B select the same battle content and press A button 9a, the battle content will be determined and it will transfer to a battle process (S13: YES). FIG. 18 shows a state where both the players A and B have selected the first game (deciding victory or defeat in one battle) as the content of the battle. If both players A and B have selected the same battle content, both players A and B will be displayed as borders in the battle content 1101, so both players A and B will confirm the border display and press the A button. When 9a is pressed, the content of the battle is established.

  On the other hand, when the player A presses the B button 9b on the battle content setting screen 110 (S14: YES), the lower screen 4 is switched to the return destination selection screen 120 shown in FIG. 19 (S15). Then, when the player A selects a desired item on the return destination selection screen 120, a process for shifting to that item is performed (S16). That is, on the return destination selection screen 120, four return destination selection items 1201 are arranged vertically, and when the player A selects the selection item 1201 of “Search for other teachers”, the process returns to step S9. Then, the information is transmitted to the game server 19, and another player different from the player B is set as an opponent in the game server 19. Also, when the player A selects the selection item 1201 “returns to the list”, the process returns to step S 3, and the lower screen 4 is switched to the opponent selection screen 80 shown in FIG. 15, and the “Wi-Fi connection setting” is performed. When the “Dan” selection item 1201 is selected, the process returns to step S1 and the lower screen 4 is switched to the communication menu screen 60 shown in FIG.

  If any of “Search for other teachers”, “Return to the teacher list”, or “Wi-Fi connection settsu” is selected, the match with player B is canceled, but player A When the “Cancel” selection item 1201 is selected, the lower screen 4 is switched to FIG. 18 and the battle with the player B is continued.

  When a battle is entered in step S13, the battle flag FB is first set to “1”, and the data of the battle flag FB is stored in the external memory 36 (S17). If the battle flag FB is “1”, it indicates that a battle is in progress (the online battle program is being executed), and if the battle flag FB is “0”, the battle is not in progress (the online battle program is Not running).

  Thereafter, the upper screen 5 is switched to the battle screen 40 shown in FIG. 6 (S18), and the battle is started according to the battle content set in step S13. Then, a battle process between the player character PA and the opponent character PB is performed according to the online battle program (S19).

In the battle process, when the player A intentionally turns off the power button 13 (S20: YES), the online battle program being executed is interrupted by the CPU 21, and the power-off process is executed (S21). In the power-off process, the RAM 22 and the VRAM 25 are initialized, and the lower screen 4 and the upper screen 5 are not displayed. If the player A turns on the power button 13 and restarts after the power is turned off, the game data stored in the external memory 36 immediately before the power is turned off will be external when the power is turned on next time. Since it is read from the memory 36 into the RAM 22, when the player A restarts the game apparatus 1 after turning off the power in step S20, the in-fighting flag set to “1” from the external memory 36 in step S17 is stored in the RAM 22. The FB is read out. On the other hand, since the game in the network battle mode is interrupted, the data of the battle results (the number of battles N _TB , the number of wins N _WB ) does not change, and the RAM 22 stores the battle results immediately before the battle interrupted from the external memory 36. Will be read.

  Further, in the battle process, for example, when a state occurs in which game data required for the online battle process such as the operation information of the player B and the status information of the opponent character PB is not transmitted from the game apparatus 1 ′ (S22: YES), communication is performed. Is determined and the in-fighting flag FB stored in the external memory 36 is reset to “0” (S23), error processing is performed (S24).

  The communication error is, for example, due to the fact that radio communication has been interrupted due to poor radio wave conditions, or that an accident has occurred on the LAN 17A, 17B or the Internet 18 and data transmission has become impossible. It is a communication failure that has occurred in data communication between the game apparatus 1 and the game apparatus 1 ′. The error process is, for example, a process of forcibly terminating the online battle process, switching the battle screen 40 of the upper screen 5 to a predetermined error display, and informing the player A that the battle has been interrupted due to a communication error. It is.

If the players A and B do not perform an illegal operation such as turning off the power during the battle (S20: NO) and no communication error occurs (S22: NO), the battle process is performed by the player. either strength value of the character PA or the opponent character PB (HP) is carried out until the "0" (loop process S19~S25), one of the strength value of the character data (HP) is "0" If it becomes (S25: YES), a battle will be complete | finished at that time, and a battle completion process will be performed after step S26.

When the battle is over, the counter C _TB for counting the number of battles N _TB is incremented by 1 (S26). Note that the game data read from the external memory 36 includes the data of the competition results at the end of the previous game ( _NTB game N _WB win Muko N _NB ), and when the game program is started, the counter C _The number of battles N _TB read from the external memory 36 is set in _TB . Accordingly, the counter C _TB counts the number of battles (the number of battles) from the number of battles N _TB at the end of the previous game, so in step S26, the number of battles is determined by the successful establishment of the current battle. Is added.

Subsequently, after the in-fight flag FB stored in the external memory 36 is reset to “0” (S27), it is determined whether or not the number of invalid games N _NB of the player A is “0” (S28). ). If N _NB ≠ 0 (S28: NO), the counter C _EB counts the number of consecutive effective games (hereinafter referred to as “the number of consecutive effective games”) from the next battle in which the player A makes the battle invalid. Is incremented by “1” (S29), and if N _NB = 0 (S28: YES), after the process of step S29 is skipped, the value of the counter C _EB is set to a preset value K (for example, K = 30) is determined (S30). If C _EB = K (S30: YES), the invalid game number N _NB is reset to “0”, and the data of the invalid game number N _NB is stored in the external memory 36 (S31), and C _EB ≠ K If present (S30: NO), the process of step S31 is skipped.

As described above, when the player A makes the battle invalid, the integrated value N _{NB of the} number of invalid games is displayed as a penalty to the opponent along with the battle results, but the player A plays an online online game in good faith. Even if there is no opportunity to expire the penalty at all, it is cruel to the player A. In this embodiment, the player A continues the effective game for a certain number of times from the next battle in which the battle is invalid. Therefore, when the game is continued, the number _NNB of invalid games is reset to “0”. The process of step S31 is to reset the invalid game number N _NB to “0” when the valid game from the next battle in which the battle is an invalid game is continued K times.

If the number of effective games C _EB for resetting the number of invalid games N _NB to “0” is set to a relatively small number such as several times, the effect of preventing the player A from performing illegal operations during the battle is effective. If the number is set to a relatively large number such as 100 times or more, the penalty for the player A becomes severe. In this embodiment, the recommended value is about 30 times. Note that the value of K is set to an appropriate value based on the actual situation of the illegal operation of the player in the online battle game.

Returning to FIG. 9, subsequently, it is determined whether or not the player A is the winner (S32). If the player A is the winner (S32: YES), the counter C _WB for counting the number of winning N _WB is incremented by 1 ( If it is a loser (S32), step S33 will be skipped if it is a loser (S32: NO). Note that when the game program is started on the counter C _WB , the winning number N _WB read from the external memory 36 is set, so in step S33, the winning star (1 win) of the current battle is the winning number N _It is added to _WB .

Subsequently, the battle screen 40 of the upper screen 5 is switched to the result screen 130 shown in FIG. 20 (S34). The result screen 130 is a screen showing the winner, and an image 1301 of the battle card BC given to the winner of the battle is displayed at the center of the screen, and information 1302 indicating the level of the battle time and strength is displayed at the top. It should be noted that the content of the result screen 130 displayed on the game devices 1 and 1 ′ that have competed is the same. Therefore, the player B who is a loser can know the difference in power from the player A by the information 1302.

  Further, the return screen 4 shown in FIG. 19 is displayed on the lower screen 4 (S35). Then, as in step S16, when the player A selects a desired item on the return destination selection screen 120, a process for shifting to that item is performed (S36). For example, when the player A selects the selection item 1201 of “Search for other teachers” on the return destination selection screen 120, the process returns to step S9, and the player A can continue to battle with other players.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a count process of the number of invalid games _NNB .

An invalid match occurs when the game device 1 is executing the program in the network battle mode (during the battle process) and the player A suddenly turns off the power to end the process during the battle. In this process, the battle cannot be counted as an invalid game.

Flowchart shown in FIG. 10, when the player A was re-start the game by the network battle mode to turn on the power again, shows the process of counting the invalid Games N _NB based on the battle flag FB, lower screen 4 shows processing from a state in which the menu screen 50 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Note that the game apparatus 1 ′ also performs the same process as in the flowchart of FIG. 10, and the player B is also counted the invalid game number N _NB based on the in-fight flag FB.

  When the selection item 501 of “NETWORK” on the menu screen 50 is selected by the player A (S40: YES), it is determined whether or not the battle flag FB read from the external memory 36 to the RAM 22 is set to “1”. It is determined (S41).

If the in-match flag FB = 1 (S41: YES), the counter C _NB for counting the number of invalid games N _NB is increased by 1 (S42), and the counter C _EB for counting the number of consecutive valid games is If it is cleared to “0” (S43) and the in-flight flag FB = 0 (S41: NO), steps S42 and S43 are skipped and the process is terminated.

Note that the counter C _EB is cleared in step S43 because the number of consecutive valid games is determined since the battle after the battle is invalidated and whether or not the valid games are continued K times in step S30. This is to count the number of consecutive effective games from the beginning every time the battle is invalidated.

As described above, when the battle situation is disadvantageous during the battle of the players A and B and an illegal operation such as turning off the power is performed, the players A and B then turn on the power to enter the online battle game. When attempting to participate, it is determined whether or not the previous battle has been invalidated based on whether the battle flag FB stored in the external memory 36 is 1 or 0. And when it is an invalid game, since the number of invalid games _NNB increases and the information is known to an opponent, an illegal operation can be suppressed with respect to the player of an online battle game.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process related to the invalid game number N _NB when the handle name is changed.

In the game in the network battle mode according to the present embodiment, the player's handle name can be changed. The change of the handle name by the player means that the subject (player) who operates the player character PA in the game in the network battle mode is changed. Considering that the battle results are substantially the battle results of the player who operates the player character PA, changing the handle name changes the player who controls the player character PA, and the battle information about the previous player is Will be deleted.

However, even if the handle name is changed, the player does not change as an entity. Therefore, if the handle name is changed, the invalid game number N _NB data in the battle information is also reset to “0”. Since the invalid game number N _NB as a penalty can be easily reset, the effect of deterring unauthorized operation by notifying the opponent of the invalid game number N _NB does not sufficiently work.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 11 does not reset the invalid game number N _NB even if the player changes the handle name, but only by increasing the number of consecutive valid games shown in steps S30 and S31 by K times or more. N _NB data can be reset.

  When the player A selects “ROCKMAN” on the menu screen 50 shown in FIG. 12, the lower screen 4 is switched to a screen showing information on the player character PA. When the “profile” selection item is selected on the screen, the player A A profile screen 140 shown in FIGS. 21 and 22 is displayed on the screen 4. Note that the profile screen 140 covers two pages, FIG. 21 shows the first page, and FIG. 22 shows the second page. When the player A presses the A button 9a, the lower screen 4 can be switched to the second page of the profile screen 140, and when the B button 9b is pressed, the lower screen 4 can be returned to the first page of the profile screen 140. it can.

  A handle name 1401 (refer to the display of “Ozakichi” in FIG. 21) is displayed on the upper left of the first profile screen 140, and information on the player character PA is displayed on the second profile screen 140. In the image 1402 corresponding to the business card of the player character PA displayed on the left side of the second profile screen 140, the name and symbol mark of the player character PA are displayed in the upper part, and the competition result of the player character PA (see FIG. 22). In the example, 109 games 61 wins 3) are displayed.

  Player A can change the handle name by displaying the first profile screen 140 on the lower screen 4 and selecting the handle name 1401 item. 23 and 24 are diagrams showing the profile screen 140 ′ when the player A changes the handle name from “Ozaki” to “Zackey”. FIG. 23 shows the first profile screen 140 ′, and FIG. 24 shows the second profile screen 140 ′.

Returning to FIG. 11, when the player A performs an operation of changing the handle name of the profile screen 140 (first image) displayed on the lower screen 4 (S50: YES), the display is displayed on the profile screen 140 (second image). The data of the number of battles N _TB and the winning number N _WB are cleared to “0” (S51, S52), the handle name data is changed to “Zacky” (S53), and the changed data is profile It is reflected on the screen 140 (S54). Thereby, the profile screen 140 displayed on the lower screen 4 is changed to the profile screen 140 ′.

As shown in FIG. 24, even if the player A changes the handle name of the profile screen 140, only the game number N _TB and the number N _WB of the battle result of the player character PA are reset to “0”. The number N _NB remains “3” and is not reset to “0”. Accordingly, the player A has only to continue the effective game continuously K times (for example, 30 times) in the battle after invalidating the battle in order to set the invalid game number N _NB to “0”. It is possible to suppress the act of turning off the power during the battle and invalidating the game with an easy feeling against A. The same applies to the opponent player B.

In the above embodiment, the case where the power is turned off during the battle is given as an example of an illegal act. However, when the game devices 1 and 1 ′ are connected to the routers 16A and 16B by wire, A case where A and B intentionally disconnect communication lines with the routers 16A and 16B of the game apparatuses 1 and 1 ′ may be considered. Therefore, when the game apparatuses 1 and 1 ′ perform data communication by wire, the invalid game number N _NB may be counted as an illegal operation even when the battle is invalidated due to a communication error.

Also, the number of invalid games N _NB when the battle is interrupted by an action such as removing the game media 35 from the media mounting unit 12A or stopping the loading from the game media 35 during the battle, resulting in an invalid game. May be counted. In addition, when a game program for a battle game is installed as an application program on a personal computer and the game program is executed so as to function as a game device, the player forcibly ends the game program during the battle and sets it as an invalid game. In this case, the invalid game number N _NB may be counted as an illegal act.

  In the above embodiment, the character battle game has been described as an example, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to a battle game in which an existing board game such as Go or Shogi is a video game.

In the above embodiment, when the game in the network battle mode is activated and the battle is started, it is determined whether or not the previous battle was an invalid game according to the state of the battle flag FB. You may make it discriminate | determine whether the last battle was an invalid game using other identification information. For example, when the player character PA and the opponent character PB start a battle, information indicating that they are fighting both characters (for example, changing the color of equipment such as weapons and armor, or displaying a specific mark). In addition, when winning or losing is decided by the game program, the information may be deleted and restored. According to this method, when the network battle mode is activated after the invalid match, the player character of the player who performed the illegal operation is in a different state from the normal state, such as the equipment color being different or the specific mark being attached. Therefore, based on the information, it can be determined whether or not the previous battle was an invalid match.

It is a front view which shows the general view of the game device which concerns on this invention. It is a right view of the game device. It is a figure which shows the aspect which performs a battle | competition game, performing data communication with another game device directly by a wireless LAN communication function. It is a figure which shows the aspect which connects with the internet by a wireless LAN communication function, and performs a competitive game, performing data communication with another game device via the internet. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the game device which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a battle screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a battle card selection screen. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence regarding the invalid game | game in the game progress of network battle mode . It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence regarding the invalid game following FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the count process of the number of invalid games. It is a flowchart which shows the process regarding the number of invalid games when a handle name is changed. It is a figure which shows an example of a menu screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a communication menu screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a wireless communication menu screen. It is a figure which shows an example of an opponent selection screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a condition setting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of an opponent information display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a battle content setting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a return destination selection screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a result screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a profile screen (1st sheet). It is a figure which shows an example of a profile screen (2nd sheet). It is a figure which shows an example of the profile screen (1st sheet) after a handle name change. It is a figure which shows an example of the profile screen (2nd sheet) after a handle name change.

1 game device 2 lower body 3 upper body 4 display screen (lower screen, touch panel)
5 Display screen (upper screen)
7 Cross key 8 Indicator light 9 Operation button 9a A button 9b B button 9x X button 9y Y button 10 Operation button 10a Start button 10b Select button 11A, 11B Speaker 12A Media mounting part 12B External memory mounting part 13 Power button 14 R button 15 L button 16A, 16B Router 17A, 17B LAN
18 Internet 19 Game server 21 CPU
22 RAM
23 ROM
24 drawing processor 25, 25A, 25B VRAM
26 D / A converter 27, 28 Display unit 29 Audio processor 30 Amplifier 31 Speaker 32 Input signal processing unit 33 Touch operation unit 34 Operation unit 35 Game media 36 External memory 37 Wireless LAN module 38 Bus 40 Battle screen 41 Lane 42 Player character Health value (HP)
43 Enemy Character Health Value (HP)
44 Battle card number information 45 Battle card name and attack power information 46 Custom gauge 50 Menu screen 60 Communication menu screen 70 Wireless communication menu screen 80 Competitor selection screen 90 Condition setting screen 100 Opponent information display screen 110 Competitor Contents setting screen 120 Return destination selection screen 130 Result screen 140, 140 'Profile screen

Claims (5)

Connecting a computer to another game device by wire or wireless so that data communication is possible, and causing the computer to function as a game device that can enjoy a competitive game with another player who operates the other game device. A game program,
The computer,
A battle discriminating means for discriminating whether the battle with the other player in the battle-type game has ended as an invalid game that is not established as a game or an effective game that is established as a game;
First storage control means for storing, in a storage means, the number of the battles ended as the invalid game;
Second storage control means for causing the storage means to store the number of times that the match has ended as the effective game;
If it is determined by the match determination means that the game has ended as an invalid game, the invalid game number updating means for increasing the number of invalid games stored in the storage means;
When it is determined by the battle determination means that the game has ended, the effective game number update means for increasing the number of effective games stored in the storage means;
Information transmission / reception control means for mutually transmitting / receiving the number of invalid games of the player operating the game device and the number of invalid games of the other player as competition result information to / from the other game device;
Display control means for displaying on the display means the number of invalid games of the other player transmitted from the other game device;
A first reset means for resetting the number of effective games stored in the storage means to zero when it is determined by the battle determination means that the game has ended as an invalid game;
Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the number of effective games stored in the storage means exceeds a predetermined threshold;
A second reset unit that resets the number of invalid matches stored in the storage unit to zero when the determination unit determines that the number of valid matches exceeds the predetermined threshold;
A game program characterized by being made to function. The computer,
Further functioning as third storage control means for storing the number of matches and the number of wins in the battle-type game with the other player in the storage means;
The information transmission / reception control means further transmits / receives the handle name, the number of matches and the number of wins of the player and the other player as the match result information,
The display control means causes the display means to display the handle name, the number of matches and the number of wins of the other player transmitted from the other game device.
The game program according to claim 1. The computer,
3. The game program according to claim 2 , wherein when the player's handle name is changed , the game program is caused to function as a third reset unit that resets only the number of battles and the number of wins stored in the storage unit to zero . The battle discrimination means is
When a battle in the battle-type game with the other player is started, identification information indicating whether or not a battle is in progress is set to a state indicating that a battle is being performed, and the identification information is stored in the storage unit. Identification information setting means stored in
When the game ends as an effective game, identification information changing means for changing the identification information stored in the storage means to a state indicating that the game is not in competition,
A second discriminating unit that discriminates whether or not the previous battle is ended as an invalid game based on the state of the identification information stored in the storage unit when the battle-type game is activated;
The containing a game program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A game device that can be connected to another game device in a wired or wireless manner so that data communication is possible, and can enjoy a battle-type game with another player who operates the other game device,
Storage means for storing data relating to the competitive game;
Display means for displaying data relating to the competitive game;
A battle discriminating means for discriminating whether the battle with the other player in the battle-type game has ended as an invalid game that is not established as a game or an effective game that is established as a game;
First storage control means for causing the storage means to store the number of times that the match has ended as an invalid game;
Second storage control means for storing in the storage means the number of the battles ended as an effective game;
When it is determined by the battle determination means that the battle has ended as an invalid game, the invalid game number update means for increasing the number of invalid games stored in the storage means;
When it is determined by the battle determination means that the battle has ended as an effective game, an effective game number updating unit that increases the number of effective games stored in the storage unit;
Information transmission / reception control means for mutually transmitting / receiving the number of invalid games of the player operating the game device and the number of invalid games of the other player as competition result information to / from the other game device;
Display control means for causing the display means to display the number of invalid games of the other player transmitted from the other game device;
A first reset means for resetting the number of effective games stored in the storage means to zero when it is determined by the battle determination means that the game has ended as an invalid game;
Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the number of effective games stored in the storage means exceeds a predetermined threshold;
A second reset unit that resets the number of invalid matches stored in the storage unit to zero when the determination unit determines that the number of valid matches exceeds the predetermined threshold;
A game apparatus comprising:

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