JPH05177057A - Television game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a television game device capable of restarting a game from the stage to which a person has played following the same game played by another person or capable of restarting a game from the stage to which the person has played even on a television game device of another person. CONSTITUTION:In a television game device having a game machine main body 10 controlling a television game, a controller 40 connected to the game machine main body 10 and operated by a player, and a game cartridge 60 inserted into the game machine main body 10 and stored with a television game program, a backup memory 50 storing game data is provided in the controller 40, and the television game data of the game cartridge 60 are stored in the backup memory 50.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television in which a controller operated by a player is connected to a game machine body for controlling a video game, and a game cartridge storing a video game program is mounted in the game machine body. Regarding a game device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It has been several years since the introduction of video game devices for exchanging game cartridges and playing various games.
In recent years, a wide variety of games have been developed, and the game contents have become more sophisticated and complex. In the case of early simple video games, it was not necessary because the game would have to be started from the beginning each time, but in the case of complicated and advanced video games of recent years, it is not necessary to start from the beginning each time the game is played. It takes too much time, so remember the game data for each certain stage of the game, and when restarting the game, load the game data from the previous play so that you can start the game from the middle stage. There is.

[0003]

Conventionally, the game cartridge is provided with a non-volatile backup memory for storing game data, and the game data during the game is stored in the backup memory. However, when a plurality of players play with one game cartridge, if one player plays and then another player plays and stores the game data, the game data of the previous player disappears. was there.

Conventionally, there has been a video game device in which a non-volatile backup memory for storing game data is provided in the game machine main body and the game data is stored in the non-volatile backup memory. The backup memory is divided into a plurality of areas to store the game data of a plurality of players. However, when a player who has reached a certain stage after playing the same game using another person's video game device at home, he / she must start from a stage different from the stage he has captured. , In some cases, there was a problem that the game had to be played from the beginning.

The object of the present invention is to allow the player to resume the game from the stage he has captured even after another player has played the same game, and from the stage he has captured even when playing with another person's video game device. An object is to provide a video game device that can restart a game.

[0006]

The above object is to provide a game machine main body for controlling a video game, a controller connected to the game machine main body and operated by a player, and a controller inserted into the game machine main body for a video game. In a video game device having a game cartridge in which a program is stored, a backup memory for storing game data is provided in the controller, and game data of a video game of the game cartridge is stored in the backup memory. Is achieved by a video game device.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a backup memory for storing game data is provided in a controller operated by a player, so that even if another player plays the same game, he / she can still play it using his / her own controller. In particular, you can restart the game from the stage you captured, and even if you play on another person's video game device, you can restart the game from the stage you captured by connecting your own controller. can do.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A video game device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the video game apparatus of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows game data writing and reading operations. The video game device includes a game machine body 10 for controlling a video game, a joypad 40 connected to the game machine body 10 and operated by a player.
The game cartridge 60 is inserted into the game machine main body 10 and includes a game cartridge 60 in which a video game program is stored.

The game machine body 10 is provided with a CPU 12 for controlling the entire video game device. C
A bus line 14 is connected to the PU 12, and the bus line 14 has a memory 16 for storing a control program or the like necessary for executing a game, a video processor 18 for generating a game screen, and an audio processor for generating a game sound. Two
0 and 0 are connected. The video processor 18 and the audio processor 20 are connected to the television connection connector 24 via the television I / F 22.

Further, the bus line 14 is provided with a cartridge I / F 26 for connecting a game cartridge 60, and a cartridge connecting connector 28 is connected to the cartridge I / F 26. Further, the bus line 14 is provided with a joypad I / F 30 for connecting the joypad 40.
A joypad connection connector 32 is connected to F30.

Joypad 4 operated by the player
0 is provided with a switch group 42 operated by the player and a switch reading circuit 44 for reading the state of these switch groups 42. Further, a main body I / F 46 is provided for connecting the switch reading circuit 44 to the game machine main body 10. It is provided. By connecting the main body connecting connector 48 of the joypad 40 to the joypad connecting connector 24 of the game machine body 10, the joypad 40 is connected to the game machine body 10.
Attach to.

The joypad 40 is further provided with a backup memory 50 which is a feature of this embodiment. The backup memory 50 is connected to the main body I / F 46 and stores the game data from the game main body 10.
The backup memory 50 can store game data, for example, an EEPROM or a RAM with a battery.
Etc. The backup memory 50 may have a storage capacity of only game data of one game, or may have a large storage capacity divided into a plurality of areas to store a plurality of game data.

The game cartridge 60 is provided with a mask ROM 62 which stores a game program and a decoder 64 which decodes address signals and the like. Connector 66 for connecting the main body of the game cartridge 60
Is a connector 2 for connecting the cartridge of the game machine body 10.
The game cartridge 60 is attached to the game machine main body 10 by connecting to the game machine 10.

Next, the operation of writing and reading the game data will be described with reference to FIG. At the start of the video game, the game data reading operation shown in FIG. 2A is performed. First, the backup memory 5 in the joypad 40
It is determined whether the game data for the mounted game cartridge 60 is stored in 0 (step S
101).

When the game data is stored in the backup memory 50, the game data is read from the backup memory 50 to the game machine main body 10 side via the main body I / F 46 (step S102), and then the read game data is used as a basis. Start the game from an intermediate stage. If game data is not stored in the backup memory 50,
Start the game from the beginning.

When the game progresses by a certain level, the game program automatically writes the game data. First, the player waits for an instruction as to whether to overwrite the previous game data with the current game data (step S103). When overwriting the current game data, the backup memory 5 in the joypad 40
After writing 0 (step S104), it is instructed whether to continue the game (step S105), and the game is continued or finished. If not overwritten, step S104 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S105 to continue or end the game.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since the backup memory is provided in the joypad, the player can use his own joypad to play, so that he can capture the game even after another player plays the same game. The game can be restarted from the stage where the game was played, and even when the game is played by another person's video game device, the game can be restarted from the stage captured by the player by connecting the controller dedicated to himself.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various modifications can be made. For example, although the backup memory is provided in the joypad operated by the player in the above embodiment, a controller other than the joypad may be used. In the above embodiment, the game cartridge in which the game program is stored in the mask ROM is used.
The present invention can also be applied to the case of playing using a game cartridge of a new medium such as M.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the backup memory for storing the game data is provided in the controller operated by the player, even after another player plays the same game, the backup memory can be used only for himself. By playing with a controller, you can restart the game from the stage you captured, and even if you play with another person's video game device, you can capture it by connecting your own controller The game can be restarted from the stage where it was played.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a video game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the video game device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Game console body 12 ... CPU 14 ... Bus line 16 ... Memory 18 ... Video processor 20 ... Audio processor 22 ... Television I / F 24 ... Television connection connector 26 ... Cartridge I / F 28 ... Cartridge connection connector 30 ... Joy Pad I / F 32 ... Joypad connection connector 40 ... Joypad 42 ... Switch group 44 ... Switch reading circuit 46 ... Main body I / F 48 ... Main body connection connector 50 ... Backup memory 60 ... Game cartridge 62 ... Mask ROM 64 ... Decoder 66 ... Connector for main body connection

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game machine main body for controlling a video game, a controller connected to the game machine main body and operated by a player, and a controller inserted into the game machine main body.
In a video game device having a game cartridge storing a video game program, a backup memory for storing game data is provided in the controller, and game data of a video game of the game cartridge is stored in the backup memory. A video game device characterized by the above.