JPH03284277A - Game machine with voice communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To develop a human-like, intimate atmosphere between a game machine and players by a method wherein a control circuit which adequately combines information from a variable voice memory circuit and a fixed voice memory circuit and transmits signals to a voice composer, and an audio- equipment which is connected to the voice composer are provided, and the names of players are stored in he variable voice memory circuit. CONSTITUTION:A control circuit 31 in a game machine main body 1 transmits information to a game program memory circuit 32, reads out voice information stored in a fixed voice memory circuit 33 and sends the information to a voice composer 34 to compose voice. When a speaker 36 asks players their sex, adult or child, and the number of players, and confirms in such a manner 'Are you x of ladies and x of gentlemen?', or 'Are you x of girls and x of boys?', for example. If it is correct, a confirmation switch is pressed and if not, it is reset again. After the game conditions are set like above, the speaker 36 instructs the players in such a manner 'Input your names, please.' Then, the players input their names by operating a key board 15. Those information are stored in the variable voice memory circuit 31 via the control circuit 31.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an audio game device that advances the game by emitting sounds during the game.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as an audio game device that emits various sounds such as music and conversations during a game, the audio is recorded and stored on a magnetic tape or memory circuit, etc., and is taken out at any time according to the progress of the game, and the sound is emitted. Various devices are known that allow voice to be uttered via a device.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in such conventional audio game devices, the audio is recorded or stored in a fixed manner, and the words synthesized during the game do not change during reproduction. Therefore, as you get used to the game, the fun doesn't last long, and it creates a somewhat inorganic, dry, and bland atmosphere. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device that can create a more human-like atmosphere of intimacy between the game device and the player.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a variable speech storage circuit for storing vocal synthesis information, an input means for inputting speech synthesis information into the variable speech storage circuit, A fixed voice memory circuit that stores voice information of game terms, a control circuit that appropriately combines information from the variable voice memory circuit and the fixed voice memory circuit and provides it to the voice synthesis circuit, and an audio system connected to the voice synthesis circuit. The player's name is stored in the variable voice storage circuit.

(Effect) -L By configuring as described above, the game device during the dam can say ``○○-chan faster'' [OO-chan do your best'' ``OO-chan loses J roo-chan and OO
The player's name is called out according to the progress of the game, such as "Chan is rock, paper, scissors," and the player's name is combined with the game terminology.

(Example) The case where this invention is applied to a playing card game device will be explained below. In FIG. 1, 1 is a game machine main body, and a plurality of operation panels 2 are connected to this game machine main body l. . As shown in Figure 2, the main body of the game machine has a power switch 3, multiple player number selection keys 4.5.6.7 that can select up to 4 players, and male and female players, adults and children, etc. Four player selection keys 8.9.10.11 for selecting a player, an input end switch 12 for inputting the end of input of voice synthesis information, input... Check whether the input information is correct when the game console repeats it. A confirmation switch 13 for checking, a game end switch 14, a game restart switch 15, and the like are provided.

The game console 1 is further equipped with a keyboard 16 for inputting information for voice synthesis, and although this keyboard 16 is a hiragana input method, it may also be a katakana or romaji input keyboard. Of course, 1, 17 is a power outlet, 18
1) C adapter, 19 is the connection port for the operation panel.

. Figure 3 shows the operation panel, and according to the drawing, 20 is a liquid crystal panel having a number display section 20a and a score display section 20b;
1.22.23.24, the cursor movement keys 25 and 26 displayed on the liquid crystal panel are selection keys 27.28. that allow you to select the presence or absence of a card displayed on the liquid crystal panel by the game machine main body.
Reference numeral 29 is a rock-paper-scissors key 1, and 30 is a connector for connecting to the main body of the game machine.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the audio game device, and the same symbols in the figure indicate the same members as in the previous drawing. 3
1 is a control circuit; 32 is a storage circuit in which a game program is stored; 33 is a fixed voice storage circuit in which predetermined voices such as game terms are stored; 34 is a voice synthesis circuit;
35 is a variable voice memory circuit that can be changed every time the game is played;
36 is a speaker.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the operation panel, where 20 is the liquid crystal panel mentioned above, 37 is the liquid crystal control circuit, and 25 is the above-mentioned selection key, for example.

Next, when playing a game using two connected audio game devices, the following will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG. Turn on 3 to start the game.

Next, one of the gamers operates the game console 1 to select the gender of the gamers participating in the game, whether they are adults or children, and the number of gamers using the player number selection keys 4.5.
6.7 and player selection keys 8.9.10.11 to select, for example, 0 adult males, 0 females, and child male O1r.
Let me input something like 0, and end it.
2 Press 1. Then, the control circuit 31 in the game machine body l sends this information to the game program storage circuit 32, and at the same time reads the audio information stored in the fixed audio storage circuit 33, and sends this information to the audio synthesis circuit. 34, the audio is synthesized, and the speaker 36 announces the gender of the players, whether they are adults or children, and the number of players, such as "0 men, 0 women, 0 boys, 0 girls." If it is correct, press the confirmation switch 13, and if it is not correct, reset it again.

Once the game conditions have been set in this way, the player will be prompted to "enter the player's name," so the user operates the keyboard 16 to enter the player's name. This information is then stored in the variable audio storage circuit 35 via the control circuit 31. In the embodiment, this storage circuit 35 is shown as being configured separately, but this circuit may be configured integrally with the game program storage circuit 32, for example. In addition, at this time, set key 1 is pressed every time a person finishes.
When you press 6a, the connection port 19.19.1 of the game console main body l
The name of the player assigned to the operation panel 2.2.2.2 connected in the order of A-B-C-D displayed in 9.19 is stored in the variable voice storage circuit 35. When you have finished entering everyone's names, turn on the Inbu Soto end switch] 2, and it will say "Mr. 00 for machine A" r for machine B.
``Mr. △'' is confirmed by voice, and if it is correct, press the confirmation button 13, and if it is not correct, reset it again.

After inputting the names of all players in this way, the game starts, and the control circuit 3 of the Chem machine body 1
1, the numbers 1 to 13 of each playing card are randomly assigned to the number display section 20a of the liquid crystal panel 20 of each operation panel 2 for four cards at a time. It should be noted that no role can be played in the first assignment. After allocating 4 cards, the game console
randomly selects the remaining assigned cards and reads them aloud one by one. Players open it and indicate whether they are present or not.
This is done by pressing either of the cart selection keys 25 or 26 that are displayed. When the selection key 25 displayed as ``present'' is pressed, that card is dealt, and the corresponding cursor movement keys 21 to 24 are pressed to discard the unnecessary card. Then, a cursor will appear on the number display section 20a of the liquid crystal panel 200, so if there is only one card of the type that you do not need, move the cursor to the position of the card and press the selection key 26 that displays "I do not need". The number of the card will be lost. If there are two or more cards of the type that are displayed as "I don't need", keep pressing the cursor movement key to move the cursor in sequence. When you reach the desired card position, release your hand and click " When the user presses the selection key 26 that displays "I don't need it," the card number disappears from the screen of the liquid crystal panel 16.

If no one on the player wants to read the card read out by the game machine main body 1, after a while, the game machine main body 1 reads out the next card aloud. At this time, the cards that have been read out will not appear again. If there is only one player who needs the cart read out by the game console 1,
By pressing the selection key 25 with the word "I'm here" displayed, it is distributed to that player and displayed on the liquid crystal display 20. If the hand of the player becomes outdated between the cart in hand and the newly dealt cards, the game machine main body l will display the player's name 1iij, 1-gari hand and score, for example, "△△".
The winning hand is O○, the score is not 0 points,'' and the score is displayed on the score display section 20b of the liquid crystal display of the control panel 2 of the brake key. Then, the cards constituting the combination on the liquid crystal display 20 are automatically erased, and in their place, the erased number of cards are dealt again from the game machine body l. If you receive the first card and there is no role, Brekey moves the cursor to select one of the cards in your hand as described above, and presses the selection key 26 that says "I don't need" to delete it. 5. During the game Cards that have been saved will not appear again. If the card received at this time is discarded as it is, the game machine main body 1 will utter the famous song by Breky, ``Mr. 00, you're on your way'' 3, and it will be a so-called play, giving you one day off. .

Next, when there are multiple brake keys that have pressed the selection key 25 that is displayed as "I", the game machine main unit 1 will read the card aloud, for example, "Mr. and Mr. ΔΔ please play rock-paper-scissors].Each brake key plays rock-paper-scissors 2 on either Goo, Choki, or Bar on his control panel 2.
7.28.29 is pressed at the same time by voice on the game console 1 for "Jump", and the game console 1 determines the winner or loser, and says this in a voice, for example, "Mr. △△ wins." Have them say this and give out carts to the winning Brekie. The subsequent operations and procedures are the same as described above.

The above-mentioned operation 1 is repeated, and when the game machine main body 1 finishes reading out the cards, the game ends.

If the game is to be continued further, by pressing the game restart switch 15, the game is repeated according to the previous procedure. To end the game, the game ends by pressing the game end switch 14. At that time, the game machine main body 1 announces the score of each brake key by voice using the name of each brake key.

This audio game device is characterized by frequently uttering the name of the brake key to create a sense of unity and intimacy between the brake key and the game console main body 1, and for this purpose, game terms etc. for each specific game are uttered. A fixed voice memory circuit 32 stores the name of the brake key that changes for each game, and a variable voice memory circuit 34 that can memorize the name of the brake key that changes for each game and erase it after the game is over. According to the progress of the game, the control circuit 31 reads the signals from the respective circuits 32 and 34 as appropriate, combines them and sends them to the voice synthesis circuit 3:3, which synthesizes the voices and outputs them to the speaker 3.
5 to make the sound uttered. , to give examples of combination terms.'' In addition to the above, the following may be considered.

“△△-chan more suku” “Good luck ○○-san” [Lolo-kun is so strong.] Rxx-chan, what do you think of this card?” ``Mr. △△ has 0 points for rising. That's how it is.

Furthermore, if a music storage circuit and a music synthesis circuit are added to the control circuit 31 so that fanfares and other music are played according to the progress of the game, it will be possible to make the game even more interesting.

Furthermore, a TV can be used instead of the liquid crystal display 20 on the operation panel 2.
You may also install a monitor and display the screen here. In this case, it would be best to connect a video conversion circuit and a TV monitor to the control circuit. It would also be a good idea to display the characters on the screen and select them with the cursor.

(Effects) - As described in detail, according to the present invention, the player's name is frequently uttered along with the game terminology to advance the game, thereby increasing the distance between the player and the game machine itself. By creating an intimate atmosphere, it is possible to have the effect of providing a fun and never-ending experience.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the overall device combination, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the game machine main body, FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the operation panel, and FIG. The figure is the first
FIG. 5 is a program diagram of the apparatus shown in the figure, FIG. 5 is a program diagram of the operation panel, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure. 1...Game console main body 2...Operation panel 31...Control circuit 32...Fixed audio memory circuit 3:3...Audio memory circuit 5 - Spica: 36 Liquid crystal control circuit patent applicant et al. A6

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A variable voice storage circuit that stores voice synthesis information, an input means for inputting voice synthesis information into the variable voice storage circuit, and a fixed voice storage circuit that stores voice information of game terms. a control circuit for appropriately combining the information of the variable speech storage circuit and the fixed speech storage circuit and providing it to the speech synthesis circuit; and an audio device connected to the speech synthesis circuit, the variable speech storage circuit comprising: A voice game device characterized by memorizing the player's name. 2. The audio game device according to claim 1, wherein the input means for voice synthesis information is provided in a plurality or a single operation panel connected to the game device main body. 3. The audio game device according to claim 1, wherein the input means for audio information is a keyboard. 4. The audio game device according to claim 1, wherein the audio information input means is a microphone.