JPH06277360A - Video game device for multiplayer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a multiplayer game device having the capability to control an item occurring for every player and produce a well contested game. CONSTITUTION:A multiplayer video game machine has a handicap setting section 150 for establishing a handicap corresponding to the game condition of every player. An item setting section 170 operates and sets game items on the basis of the established handicap, and displays the items on the game screens of displays 44A and 44B for each player. According to this construction, the screen for a player having a good record shows the less number of items, while many items are indicated on the screen for a player having a poor record.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multi-player video game device, and more particularly to a multi-player video game device for playing a game by generating items on a display for each player as the game progresses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a multi-player video game system in which a plurality of players play a game in the same game space is well known. Examples of such a game include a racing game in which a plurality of game machines are connected to a communication line and each player competes on a common circuit, a competition game in which a plurality of players compete with each other, and a game in which a plurality of players share a common game. There are role-playing games such as adventure in space, and various other games.

In such a video game, various items are often generated in the game space as the game progresses, and by acquiring these items, the player can often develop the game in an advantageous manner. For example, in a battle-type game, an item for increasing attack power is generated, and in a role-playing game, an item for acquiring a weapon, an item for finding a treasure, and the like are generated.

[0004]

However, in a conventional multiplayer game, good players acquire items one after another, and poor players cannot easily acquire items, which makes the game originally interesting. However, there was a problem that the items on the other hand would widen the difference in the game results, and become a major factor that kills the interest of the game.

Particularly, in a battle-type game, if the player's skill is somewhat superior or inferior, a good player will successively acquire items in the game space and become more powerful, and the difference in the strength of the two will widen. Therefore, there was a problem that the fun was killed.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a multi-player type game device capable of controlling an item generated for each player and producing a close game. To do.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a display provided for each player, a game operation means provided for each player, and each game described above. Game operation means for performing a multiplayer game operation based on an operation signal from the operation operation means and displaying a game screen on each of the displays,
Wherein the game calculation means is formed to include a game item calculation unit for calculating and setting the game item for displaying the game screen for each player based on the game situation of each player. To do.

In this case, the game item calculation unit is configured to set a handicap setting for each player based on the game situation of each player, and a game screen for each player based on the set handicap. And an item generation unit for displaying an item.

Further, in the present invention, in a multi-player game machine constituted by connecting a plurality of video game machines by communication, each of the game machines displays a game screen based on the game situation of its own player. It is characterized in that it is formed so as to include a game item calculation section for calculating and setting a game item.

Here, the game item calculation unit displays a game item on the game screen based on the handy setting unit for setting the handicap of the player based on the game situation of the player of the player and the handy set. And an item generating part that allows the item to be generated.

Further, the handy setting unit can be formed so as to compare the game situations of the respective players and set the handy of the respective players.

Further, the handy setting unit may be configured to compare a predetermined reference value with a game situation of each player and set a handy for each player.

The item generation section is provided corresponding to each player, and stores information on generated items in the item information storage section, and information on generated items in the item information storage section based on the handicap of the corresponding player. And an item information changing unit for changing the item. The item stored in the item information storage unit can be displayed on the corresponding display.

[0014]

With the above configuration, in the multi-player video game device of the present invention, the game item based on the game situation of each player is displayed on the game screen of each player. Therefore, it is possible to perform an image display such that a player with a good game situation displays a small number of items on the game screen, and a player with a poor game situation displays a large number of items. Players can easily obtain items and enjoy multiplayer games with which they have a close relationship.

Further, according to the present invention, the game item is individually displayed for each game screen of each player, so that each player can engage in close battle without making the settings such as handicap almost noticeable. It can be directed and does not kill the interest of the game.

The handicap of each player described above may be set while comparing the game situation such as the performance of each player, and the performance of each player may be judged based on a preset reference value. You may make settings such as handicap.

In the present invention, one game machine may be formed as a multi-player game machine, and a plurality of independent game machines may be connected to each other through communication to provide a common game space. The multi-player game device may be configured to play in.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. (1) First Embodiment FIG. 2 shows a preferred example of the video game device according to the present invention. The game apparatus 10 of the embodiment includes a plurality of displays 44A and 44B and the respective displays 44.
Each player 50 has operation sections 11A and 11B that are operated by a plurality of players 50A and 50B while watching A and 44B.
A and 50B are formed to play a multi-player game in a common game space while watching the corresponding displays 44A and 44B.

The video game apparatus 10 of the present embodiment can be configured to play various games as necessary. Here, an example of the three-dimensional game realized by the game apparatus of the present embodiment will be briefly described. To do.

According to the three-dimensional game device 10 of the present embodiment, a virtual three-dimensional space is formed by a preset game program, and the virtual three-dimensional space is freely moved by the moving body operated by the players 50A and 50B. It is possible to provide a game that can move around.

The three-dimensional game of this embodiment is a future tank game that can be spread in a near future city where various races are gathered. In this futuristic tank game, fighters who have gathered for huge prizes are surrounded by a square in the wall and are not allowed to escape,
Determine the champion in deathmatch game format. Each fighter competes for a champion with its own future tank. And each player 5
0A and 50B participate in the game as one of these fighters.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, each player 50
A and 50B operate the right-hand steering lever 12 and the left-hand steering lever 14 provided on the operation units 11A and 11B to operate the moving bodies displayed on the display 44, that is, the future tanks 500A and 500B. That is, each player 5
0A and 50B can freely move around in the game field 60 set in the virtual three-dimensional space by operating the future tanks 500A and 500B.

Further, in the embodiment, the machine guns which can be fired indefinitely and the trigger buttons 22 and 24 for firing missiles which are powerful weapons with a limited number are provided on the steering levers 12 and 14, respectively. There is. Display 4
4A and 44B are located in the center of the respective players 50A and 5B.
The future tanks 500A and 500B operated by 0B and their sights 510 are displayed, and the player uses the sights 510 to attack the opponent side, that is, the enemy. further,
The display 44 shows an enemy position radar 520 that displays the position of the enemy tank, which is the target, so that the player 50 can know the enemy position 524 with respect to the own-machine position 522.

An overall view of the game field 60 is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, in the game field 60, various terrains formed in three dimensions and set by the game program are formed. That is, first
The four sides of the game field 60 are surrounded by walls 62 so that each fighter cannot escape. A lowland 64 is provided on the inner circumference of the wall 62.
In addition, in the vicinity of the center of this lowland 64, the slope 6
First earth 66 formed by 8, 70, 72, 74
Is provided. Further, second and third grounds 76 and 78 are provided on the upper surface of the first ground 66, and obstacles 80 and 82 are also provided.

The future tanks 500A and 500B operated by the respective players 50A and 50B face each other on the first ground 66. In FIG. 3, since the second and third grounds 76 and 78 and obstacles 80 and 82 are interposed between the future tank 500A and the enemy future tank 500B, each player 50
A and 50B are enemy future tanks 50 displayed on the display 44.
0A and 500B cannot be seen from each other. Therefore, each of the players 50A and 50B first finds the enemy position 524 by the enemy position detecting radar 520 described above. Then, the future tank 50 is driven by the steering levers 12 and 14.
Controlling 0A and 500B, the second and third earth 76, 78
Overcoming the obstacles, avoiding the obstacles 80 and 82, approaching the enemy and attacking it.

In the embodiment, it is set that the player who defeats the opponent's future tank three times becomes the game winner.

4A and 4B, each player 50
The pseudo three-dimensional game images 56A and 56B displayed on the displays 44A and 44B of A and 50B are shown. On the display 44A, a pseudo three-dimensional game image 56A seen from behind the future tank 500A is displayed,
A pseudo three-dimensional game image 56B seen from behind the future tank 500B is displayed on the display 44B. While viewing the pseudo 3D game images from different viewpoints in one virtual 3D game space, 2
Human players will play the game.

As shown in FIG. 5, a missile item 560, a shield item 562, and a special item 564 are set in the three-dimensional game space of the embodiment as the game progresses.

The missile item 560 is a future tank 50.
This is to increase the number of missiles equipped with 0. Usually, the future tank 500 is equipped with five missiles, and when this missile item 560 is acquired, three missiles are added. Therefore, it is necessary to search for and acquire this missile item 560 when the missile is exhausted.

The shield item 562 is for recovering the shield amount. If the shield amount of your own future tank 500 decreases, this shield item 52
If you do not find and win 2, you will be easily attacked by the enemy's attack.

The special item 564 is for disturbing the enemy's radar so that it does not appear on the enemy detection radar 520 for a certain period of time. If you win this item,
It can be attacked without being detected by the opponent, which is extremely advantageous in the operation.

FIG. 4B shows an example in which the missile item 560 is displayed in the display 44B. Each of these items 560, 562, and 564 is obtained by hitting the future tank 500 of its own machine.

A shield display section 514 is provided in the upper left corner of each of the displays 44A and 44B. The shield display 512 shows the future tanks 50 of the player and the enemy.
The shield amount of 0A and 500B is displayed. Figure 4 (A)
Take, for example, the shield amount (defense) of your aircraft is currently
It greatly exceeds the shield capacity of the enemy future tank 500B. Therefore, it is an opportunity for the player 50A to attack, and conversely, the opponent player 50B avoids this critical situation and recovers the shield amount item 56.
I have to find out 2.

In the play field 60 in which the future tanks 500A and 500B move around, as shown in FIG.
6, 76, 78, obstacles 80, 82, slopes 68, 70, 72, 74 surrounding the perimeter of each plateau are formed. For this reason, there are height differences between the tanks, and obstacles exist. Therefore, the player 50A controls the own future tank 500A while utilizing such a geographical condition so as to successfully attack the enemy. On the contrary, the opponent player 50B can make good use of this geographical condition to avoid this critical situation.

By the way, in such a player-competition type game, if there is a difference in skill between the two players 50A and 50B, the poor player is always defeated by the opponent and it is difficult to win the game. Can't do. Particularly, in the conventional battle game, items 560, 5 common to all players are set in the game field 60.
Since 62,564 is often generated, only good players can acquire these items one after another, and their strength improves, and poor players cannot easily acquire items, resulting in a difference in strength between the two. It became more and more widespread, which was a major factor in widening the difference in game results.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the game items 560, 562, 564 for each player are independently calculated and set based on the game situation of each player 50A, 50B playing the competitive game, and each player game screen is displayed. It is formed to display each independently. As the game situation that is the basis of the calculation, various data can be adopted according to the content of the game. In the present embodiment, mainly game results, such as the remaining amount of shield and the number of wins and losses, are adopted.

Particularly, in the present embodiment, the game situation of both players 50A and 50B playing the competitive game and the handicap between the two players are automatically set, and based on the set handicap, they are independently set in the game screen of each player. It is configured to display gaming items 560, 562, 564. For example, assume that the player 50A has a good game result and the player 50B has a bad game result. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, the player 50 having a good game result.
For A, the number of items generated in the play field 60 is set to be small. On the contrary, for the player 50B having a poor game result, many items are generated in the game field 60 as shown in FIG. In particular, the item shown in FIG. 6 and the item shown in FIG. 7 are set separately in the common play field 60.

As a result, the good player 50A cannot easily obtain the item, and even if the item is obtained, the items set for the poor player 50B are not reduced at all. Therefore, even a poor player
While avoiding enemy attacks, you can easily acquire items set for yourself and increase your offensive power, and you can enjoy a match-up game.

Particularly, in the embodiment, each player 50A, 5
In the display 44A, 44B of 0B, only the item set for itself is displayed, and no item on the other side is displayed. Therefore, both players 50A and 50B
Will play the game almost unaware that the handy is set, and the interest of the game will not be impaired.

FIGS. 8A and 8B show an example of the radar 520 displayed on the displays 44A and 44B. As shown in the figure, in the embodiment, each player 5
In order for 0A and 50B to easily acquire their own items, not only the enemy position information 564 but also the existing position of the own item is displayed in the radar 520.
As a result, the players 50A and 50B have the radar 520
While watching, you can avoid enemy attacks and acquire your own items to increase your attack power and restore your shield. Description of Entire Device FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a multi-player video game device according to the present invention.

In the video game device of the embodiment, the operating sections 11A and 1 to which the respective players 50A and 50B input the operation signals.
1B and multi-player game calculation based on operation signals from the operation units 11A and 11B, and pseudo three-dimensional game images 56A and 56 on the displays 44A and 44B.
And a game calculation unit 40 for displaying B on the screen. Since the configurations of the operation units 11A and 11B have already been described, the game calculation unit 40 will be described here.

The game calculation section 40 is a game space calculation section 100 for calculating and setting a three-dimensional game space according to an input operation signal and a predetermined game program, and a pseudo three-dimensional game image at the viewpoint position of each player 50A, 50B. Image combining unit 200A forming 56A and 56B,
Each pseudo-three-dimensional game image 5 including 200B and formed
6A and 56B are formed to be displayed on the displays 44A and 44B.

In the embodiment, the game space computing section 1
00 is used to calculate and set a three-dimensional game space as shown in FIG. Then, the image synthesizing unit 2 sets the set three-dimensional game space information together with the viewpoint position information of each player.
Output to 00A and 200B. For example, the image synthesizing unit 200A includes information about the three-dimensional game space and the player 5
The viewpoint information of the future tank 500A operated by 0A is input. Further, the image synthesizing unit 200B includes information on the three-dimensional game space and the future tank 500B operated by the player 50B.
Viewpoint information is input.

Then, the image composition units 200A and 200B
Is based on the input information, the players 50A, 50
Compute the pseudo three-dimensional game image at the viewpoint position of B,
It is displayed as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B on the displays 44A and 44B.

Further, in the apparatus of the embodiment, the game space calculation unit 100 is configured to detect the game situation of each player.
A game item calculation unit 130 for calculating and setting items to be generated in the three-dimensional game space of each player.
Is provided.

The item computing section 130 computes game items in various patterns.

First, the game situations of both players 50A and 50B are compared, and the game item is calculated and set for each player based on the comparison result.

Further, when the game situation of each player 50A, 50B becomes a certain situation as the game develops, an item corresponding to the game situation is calculated and set. For example, in the final stage of the game, when one player has exhausted all the missiles and bullets, a calculation such as generating an item for missile in the game space of the player is performed at a certain timing.

The calculation of the game item may be performed directly from the game situation, or the handicap of each player may be calculated from the game situation and the game item for each player may be calculated based on the set handicap. May be calculated and set.

FIG. 1 shows the handy setting type game item operation unit 130. The item operation unit 130 includes a handy setting unit 150 and an item setting unit 170.

The handy setting section 150 determines each player 5 based on the game situation of each player, especially the game result.
It is formed to calculate and set the handicap of 0A and 50B.

The item generating section 170 is formed to calculate and set the items to be generated in the three-dimensional game space of each player based on the set handicap. Then, the item information set for each player by the item generating section 170 is output to the corresponding image synthesizing sections 200A and 200B. That is,
The item information set for the player 50A is output to the image synthesis unit 200A, and the item information set for the player 50B is output to the image synthesis unit 200B.

For example, assume that the handicap of the player 50A is larger than that of the player 50B. In this case, FIG. 3 calculated and set by the game space calculation unit 100.
In the three-dimensional game space shown in, items for the player 50A are set as shown in FIG. 6, and items for the player 50B are set as shown in FIG.

Then, the image synthesizing units 200A and 200B
Is a pseudo three-dimensional game image 56 when an item set for play is visible from each player's viewpoint position.
Display 44A, 4 as part of A, 56B
4B is formed to be displayed on the screen.

Thus, according to this embodiment, the handicap for each player is automatically set according to the game situation of each player, and the item corresponding to the handicap is uniquely set in each player's game space. It is possible to produce an intimate game without causing both players to notice the handy setting.

In the above description, the number of items generated in each player's game space is changed based on the set handicap. However, in addition to this, the item generation frequency is changed in various modes. You can also let it.
For example, the item generation time may be set shorter for a player with a large handicap, and may be set longer for a player with a smaller handicap.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the game space calculation unit 100 includes the first and second image combining units 200A,
Although it is formed as a common one for the image synthesis unit 200B, the game space calculation unit 100 may be used for each image synthesis unit 200A, 200 as necessary.
A plurality of B-only units may be provided, and the respective game space calculation units may be connected by communication to form a multi-player game.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the handy setting unit 150.

The handy setting unit 150 of the embodiment includes the player situation storage memories 152 and 154 and the situation comparison circuit 1.
56, a handy operation circuit 158, and handy storage memories 160 and 162 for each player.

The player situation storage memory 152,
In 154, the game situations of the corresponding players 50A and 50B are sequentially written. For example, the total amount of damage that occurs when an enemy is attacked is
It is stored as the shield remaining amount SA, SB for each 50B, and the number of wins and losses WA, W from the start of the game to the present
B is remembered.

The situation comparison circuit 156 compares the game situations of the respective players stored in the situation storage memories 152 and 154 and outputs the comparison result to the handy circuit 158.

In the embodiment, the difference between the remaining shield amount and the difference between the win and the loss are compared and calculated for each player as follows, and the comparison result is output to the handy calculator 158.

Difference in remaining amount of shield: ΔS = S (enemy) -S (self) In the case of player 50A ΔSA = SB-SA In the case of player 50B ΔSB = SA-SB Difference in the number of wins: ΔW = W (enemy)- W (own) player 50A ΔWA = WB -WA player 50B ΔWB = WA -WB The handy operation circuit 158 uses the following equation to calculate each player 50A based on the comparison data input from the situation comparison circuit 156. , 50B handy is calculated and written in the handy storage memories 160, 162. For example, high handy data is written in the handy storage memory corresponding to a player with good results, and low handy data is written in the handy storage memory corresponding to a player with poor results.

Handy value: F = F (ΔS, ΔW) In the case of player 50A FA = F (ΔSA, ΔWA) In the case of player 50B FB = F (ΔSB, ΔWB) In this way, as the game progresses, handy Handy data corresponding to the game result is set in the storage memories 160 and 162.

Then, the item generating section 170 reads out the handy for each player stored in the handy storage memories 160 and 162 at various stages during the game, and sets the item to be generated for each player by calculation. It will be.

Here, for example, the occurrences of the missile item 560, the special item 164, and the shield item 562 are calculated as follows.

The maximum number of missile items that can appear simultaneously is 10.

A random number of 0 to 1 is generated every 1/60 seconds. If the random number is 0 to M, the item is generated.
That is, the occurrence rate is M.

(However, if the total number of existence at that time is 10, it is not generated.) Here, the occurrence rate is represented by M = H (F, M0) (M0
Is the initial value).

Player 50A: MA = H (FA, M0) Player 50B: MB = H (FB, M0) The maximum number of special items that can appear simultaneously is two. A random number of 0 to 1 is generated every 1/60 seconds, and if 0 to P, an item is generated.

That is, the occurrence rate is P.

(However, if two exist, they are not generated.) Here, the generation rate is represented by P = I (F, P0) (P
0 is the initial value).

Player 50A: PA = I (FA, P0) Player 50B: PB = I (FB, P0) Shield Item Only appear once per game. 0 to 1 every 1/60 seconds
The random number is generated, and if 0 to N, the item is generated.

That is, the occurrence rate becomes N.

Here, the occurrence rate is N = J (F, S, N0)
(N0 is an initial value).

This function J greatly changes at a certain value of the shield remaining amount S. In other words, if your shield's remaining capacity drops below a certain value, it will occur with a considerable probability.

Case of Player A NA = J (FA, SA, N0) The handy setting unit 150 shown in FIG. 9 has been described taking as an example the case of comparing the results of both players and setting the handy. Alternatively, an absolute reference score may be set in advance, the results of each player may be compared based on the reference score, and a handicap may be set for each player. Specific Configuration of Game Arithmetic Unit Next, the game space arithmetic unit 10 constituting the game arithmetic unit 40
0 and a specific example of the image composition unit 200 will be described in detail.

FIG. 10 shows the game space computing section 100.
An example of the configuration of is shown.

The game space calculation section 100 is composed of the central processing section 1.
02, object information storage unit 104, terrain information storage unit 106, object information change unit 108, trigger determination unit 1
42, a bullet processing unit 120, and a handy setting unit 150.

Here, the handy installation unit 150
Are configured as shown in FIG. 9, and both players 50A, 5A
The 0B results are compared and the handy settings are made for each player.

Further, the central processing unit 102 controls the entire three-dimensional game device.

Further, the object information storage unit 104 stores object information which is information indicating the position and direction of a three-dimensional object forming the virtual three-dimensional game space,
A predetermined game program is stored. further,
The object information storage unit 104 includes a first item information storage unit 174A and a second item information storage unit 17
4B is provided. First item information storage unit 17
Object information of the player 50A item set in the virtual three-dimensional game space is stored in 4A. Similarly, secondly, the item information storage unit 174B stores the object information of the item for the player 50B set in the virtual three-dimensional game space.

Further, the terrain information storage unit 106 stores terrain information of the game field 60 formed by the above-mentioned three-dimensional terrain as, for example, height data.

Further, the object information changing unit 108 performs a calculation to change the object information stored in the object information storage unit 104 as needed based on the topographical information stored in the topographical information storage unit 106.

An item information changing unit 172 is provided in the central processing unit 12. The item information changing unit 172 reads out the handy information set in the handy setting unit 150 at various stages during the game, calculates and sets the item generated based on the handy information for each player, and responds to each player. The contents of the first and second item information storage units 174A and 174B are updated.

Further, the item information changing unit 172
Reads the game situation data directly from the situation memories 152 and 154 shown in FIG. 9, and sets the items generated based on the read game situation for each player,
First and second item information storage units 174A, 174
The operation of updating the contents of B is also performed.

In this specific example, the item information changing unit 172 and the first and second item information storage units 174A and 174B constitute the item generating unit 170 shown in FIG.

Further, the trigger determination unit 142 determines whether or not the player has triggered the bullet, and the firing signal of the bullet is formed by this.

Further, the bullet processing unit 120 includes the bullet movement calculation unit 1
22 and the hit determination unit 126.
The bullet movement calculation unit 122 includes an object information changing unit 108.
The moving position of the bullet is calculated from the object information of the moving body (the future tank 500A of the player's own machine) changed by the above and the firing signal of the bullet from the trigger determination unit 142.

The hit determination section 126 reads out the object information of the target, for example, the enemy future tank 500B from the object information storage section 104, and based on this object information and the movement position of the bullet calculated by the bullet movement calculation section 122, The hit judgment is performed. When hit, the hit determination information is reflected in the object information of various three-dimensional objects stored in the object information storage unit 104.

FIG. 11 shows the image synthesizing units 200A and 2A.
An example of the configuration of 00B is shown.

In the image synthesizing unit 200, the pseudo three-dimensional game image seen from the arbitrary viewpoint position of the player 50 in the virtual three-dimensional game space, that is, the pseudo three-dimensional game image 56 displayed on the display 44 in FIG. To be done. Therefore, the image composition unit 200 is configured to include the three-dimensional image information storage unit 204 and the image calculation unit 202.

The three-dimensional image information storage section 204 stores a three-dimensional image of a three-dimensional object. here,
The three-dimensional object is the future tank 500 shown in FIG.
Mobile objects such as A and 500B, items shown in FIG. 5, and FIG.
Wall 62, first, second and third plateaus 66, 76, 7 shown in FIG.
8. All objects that form a virtual three-dimensional game space, such as terrain such as obstacles 80 and 82. This three-dimensional object is, for example, as shown in FIG.
And the like, and information such as the coordinates of each vertex of this polygon is stored as 3D image information in the 3D image information storage unit 2.
It is stored in 04.

The image calculation unit 202 includes an image supply unit 212 and an image forming unit 240.

The image supply unit 212 is a processing unit 214 for controlling the entire image synthesizing unit 200, and a coordinate conversion unit 2 for performing a three-dimensional calculation process on image information such as polygon vertex coordinates.
16, a clipping processing unit 218, a perspective conversion unit 220,
The sorting processing unit 222 is included.

In the image forming section 240, the image supply section 212
The image information of all the dots in the polygon is calculated from the image information such as the vertex coordinates of the polygon which has been subjected to the three-dimensional calculation processing in (3), and this is output as a pseudo three-dimensional game image.

Next, the configuration of the game space calculation section 100 will be described in more detail.

First, at the same time as the game status, the central processing unit 102 stores the object information, which is the position and direction information of all the three-dimensional objects arranged in the virtual three-dimensional game space, according to the game program. It is stored in 104. However, if a part of the object information storage unit 104 is formed as a non-volatile memory and the initial value of the object information is stored in advance, such an operation is not necessary.

Each object information stored in the object information storage unit 104 is stored in the format shown in FIG. 12, for example. In the figure, indexes (0 to n) are serial numbers representing each three-dimensional object. For example, index 0 is a future tank 500A,
Index 1 is future tank 500B, index 2
Is a wall 62 and the index 3 is an obstacle 80.
A serial number that represents a dimensional object. This allows
For example, a future tank 500 in a virtual three-dimensional game space
The position information and the direction (tilt) information of the future tank 500A of A are set to (X0, Y0, Z0) and (θ0, φ0, ρ0). Note that θ0 represents the orientation of the future tank 500 designated by the steering levers 12 and 14, and φ0 and P0 represent the front-rear direction and the left-right inclination when the future tank travels on a slope or the like. As a result, the position and direction of the future tank 500A are determined.

In the case of a large three-dimensional object such as the future tanks 500A and 500B, this is divided into parts such as the cockpit, the left propulsion unit, the right propulsion unit, and the barrel, and one of these parts is used. One may be considered as a three-dimensional object and the index may be assigned to it. In this way, these parts, such as the left-side drive unit, the right-side drive unit, and the barrel, can be independently moved, and the future tank 500 that moves more realistically.
Can be drawn.

In this way, the object information storage unit 10
The object information stored in 4 includes the first and second object information.
Except for the object information stored in the item information storage units 174A and 174B, the same is basically supplied to the first and second image synthesis units 200A and 200B.

On the other hand, the first item information storage unit 1
The object information stored in 74A is supplied only to the first image compositing unit, and the second item information storage unit 1
The object information stored in 74B is supplied only to the second image compositing unit 200B. This is because the item information stored in each of the item information storage units 174A and 174B is information set individually for each player 50A, 50B.

Further, the topographical information storage section 106 stores the topographical information of the game field 60 shown in FIG. 3 as height information, for example. The object information changing unit 108 reads this topographical information, and changes the position and direction information of the three-dimensional object stored in the object information storage unit 104 accordingly. Further, based on the input steering signal, the position and direction information (X0, Y0, Z0, θ0, φ0, ρ0 of the future tank 500 is described.
) Value to change the position, orientation, inclination, etc. of the future tank 500. This makes it possible to form a game space that reflects the terrain information.

Further, the item information changing unit 172 is
With the progress of the game, the handy set by the handy setting unit 150 is read, and the item data for each player is sequentially written in the item information storage units 174A and 174B based on the read handy. Further, the situation data is read from the situation storage memories 152 and 154, item data for each player is calculated based on the read situation data, and the corresponding item information storage unit 174 is calculated.
The arithmetic operation of sequentially writing to A and 174B is also performed. As a result, an item for each player can be generated in the game field 60 as shown in FIGS.
In addition, the item information changing unit 172 rewrites the data in the item information storage units 174A and 174B so that the generated item is deleted after a certain period of time. Furthermore, even when the tank operated by the player passes over the item, the data in the item information storage unit 174 is rewritten so that the item is erased.

Next, the configuration of the image synthesizing section 200 will be described in more detail.

First, the processing unit 214 reads the position and direction information of the three-dimensional object from the object information storage unit 104. Of the three-dimensional object information stored in the object information storage unit 104,
The information in the first item information storage unit 174A is read only by the processing unit 214 of the first image synthesis unit 200A, and the information in the second item information storage unit 174B is read by the second image synthesis unit 200B. It is read only by the processing unit 212.

Further, the processing section 214 reads the three-dimensional image information of the corresponding three-dimensional object from the three-dimensional information storage section 204, using the index included in the thus read three-dimensional object information as an address. I do.

For example, position and direction information (X0, Y0, Z0, θ) of the future tank 500 whose index is represented by 0.
When 0, φ0, ρ0) is read from the object information storage unit 104, the three-dimensional image information representing the future tank 500 as a set of polygons is read from the three-dimensional image information storage unit 204.

The processing unit 214 sequentially reads the indexes in this way and converts these information into a data format as shown in FIG.

FIG. 13A shows an overall view of this data format. As shown in the figure, the data to be processed is configured such that the frame data is at the head and the object data of all three-dimensional objects displayed in this frame are continuous. And
After the object data, the polygon data of the polygons forming the three-dimensional object is further arranged.

[0111] Here, the frame data means data formed by parameters that change for each frame, and is common to all three-dimensional objects in one frame. The viewpoint position / angle / viewing angle information of the player. ,
It consists of data such as monitor angle / size information and light source information. These data are set for each frame. For example, when a window or the like is formed on the display screen, different frame data is set for each window. Thereby, for example, a rearview mirror, a screen of the future tank 500 viewed from above, or the like can be formed on the display screen.

The object data means data formed by parameters that change for each three-dimensional object, and position information in units of three-dimensional object,
It is composed of data such as direction information. This is data having almost the same content as the above-mentioned object information.

The polygon data means data formed by image information of polygons, etc., as shown in FIG.
As shown in the header, the vertex coordinates X0, Y0, Z0 to X3
, Y3, Z3, etc., and other attached data.

The coordinate conversion section 216 reads out the data in the above format and performs various arithmetic processings on the vertex coordinates and the like.

This arithmetic processing will be described below with reference to FIG.

Taking the future tank game as an example, the future tank
Three-dimensional objects 300, 332, and 334 representing enemy future tanks, buildings, obstacles, etc. are set in the world coordinate system (XW, Y
It is arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space represented by W, ZW). After that, the image information representing these three-dimensional objects is coordinate-converted into a viewpoint coordinate system (Xv, Yv, Zv) with the viewpoint of the player 302 as a reference.

Next, the clipping processing section 218 performs image processing called so-called clipping processing. Here, the clipping processing is image information outside the field of view of the player 302 (or outside the field of view of the window opened in the three-dimensional space), that is, the front / rear / right / down / left / up clipping planes 340 and 342. 344, 3
This is image processing for removing image information outside an area (hereinafter referred to as display area 2) surrounded by 46, 348, and 350. That is, the image information required by the present apparatus for the subsequent processing is only the image information within the visual field of the player 302. Therefore, if the other information is removed in advance by the clipping process, the load of the subsequent process can be significantly reduced.

Next, in the perspective conversion unit 220, the display area 2
Only for objects inside is the screen coordinate system (XS,
YS) is perspectively converted, and the data is output to the sorting processing unit 222 at the next stage.

In the sorting processing section 222, the order of processing in the image forming section 240 at the next stage is determined, and the polygon image data is output according to the order.

In the image forming section 240, the image supply section 212
The image information of all the dots in the polygon is calculated from the data such as the vertex coordinates of the polygon which has been subjected to the three-dimensional calculation processing in (3). As a calculation method in this case, the contour line of the polygon is obtained from the vertex coordinates of the polygon, the contour point bear which is the intersection of this contour line and the scanning line is obtained, and the line formed by this contour point pair is given a predetermined color. You may use the method of making it correspond to data etc. In addition, the image information of all the dots in each polygon is stored in advance in a ROM or the like as texture information, and the texture coordinates given to each vertex of the polygon are used as an address, which is read and pasted. May be.

Finally, the pseudo three-dimensional image formed by these image forming sections 340 is displayed on the display 44. Description of Operation Next, the operation of the video game apparatus of this embodiment will be described.

When the game is started using the three-dimensional video game device of this embodiment, the displays 44A, 44 are displayed.
On B, for example, images as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B are displayed.

The players 50A and 50B use their own future tanks 500A and 500B to operate the steering levers 22 and 2, respectively.
Play with 4 to destroy the future tank of your opponent while avoiding it.

At this time, in the game space calculation section 100, the object information stored in the object information storage 104, for example, the object information of the future tank 500A is rewritten every frame of the display 44. As a result, the game screen is displayed on the display 44 such that the future tank 500 moves in the play field 60 according to the control of the player 50. Then, when the trigger buttons 22 and 24 are operated by aiming at the enemy's future tank using the aim 510 displayed on the display 44, this trigger operation signal is input to the trigger determination unit 142 shown in FIG. It

Then, the trigger determination unit 142 determines whether the trigger of the machine gun or the missile has been pulled,
When it is determined that the bullet has been pulled, a launch signal of the machine gun or missile is formed, and this launch signal is output to the bullet movement calculation unit 122 of the bullet processing unit 120.

The bullet movement calculation unit 122 calculates the movement position of the bullet by inputting the firing signal.

Then, in the hit determination section 126, the enemy future tank 50 is placed on the trajectory of the bullet calculated by the bullet movement calculation section 122.
It is determined whether or not there is 0, and a hit determination signal is output.

When the competitive game is played in this way, there is a difference in the skills of the two players 50A and 50B. For example, when the player 50A is extremely good in the game as compared with the player 50B, it is poor. The player 50B cannot defeat the opponent's future tank 500A by any means, and is in a situation where he can always do so. In such a case, the difference between the performances of both players is widened. At this time, the handy setting unit 1
50 automatically calculates and sets the handicap based on the difference between the game scores of the two players, and sets a large handicap for a good player and a small handicap for a poor player.

Then, the item generating section 170, based on the set handicap and the game situation itself of each player, at various stages in the middle of the game, each player 50A,
It operates to generate an item dedicated to 50B in the game space. For example, for the good player 50A, the object data of the item to be written in the item information storage unit 174A is reduced, and the bad player 50B is used.
However, the amount of item object information written in the second item information storage unit 174B is increased. As a result, a large number of items are generated in the game space of the poor player 50B as compared with the game space of the good player 50A, so that even the poor player 50B can easily acquire the items and increase the attack power and defense power, It is possible to compete with the good player 50A, and as a result, even if there is a difference in skill between the two players, it is possible to enjoy the battle game in which they are close to each other.

In particular, during the game, each player sees only his / her own display 44 and does not look into the displays of other players.
0A and 50B rarely notice the handy setting, and even a poor player can enjoy the game without damaging the pride. (2) Second Embodiment FIGS. 15 to 18 show a second preferred embodiment of the game device according to the present invention. The game apparatus according to the present embodiment plays a multi-player game in which a large number of players perform shooting on each target video image displayed on the screen.

In FIG. 15, the entire game device of the embodiment is shown as a general enemy, and the device of the embodiment has a cylindrical screen 6
10 and a base 620 provided near the center of the cylinder of the screen 610. A central tower 622 is provided at the center of the base 620. A plurality of projector devices 630 are radially arranged toward the screen 610 at the top of the central tower so that a single game screen continuous in the entire circumferential direction of the screen 610 is shared and projected as shown in FIG. Is formed in.

On the base 620, a plurality of gun devices 640 are arranged as a player operation part at predetermined intervals, and are formed so as to shoot a target on the screen 610 as shown in FIG. ing. In addition, each gun device 6
A seat 624 on which the player 50 sits is provided behind the 40.

FIG. 18 shows a block diagram of the game apparatus of the embodiment.

In the embodiment, the game space calculation unit 100
Similarly to the first embodiment, the three-dimensional game space is calculated and set, and the information of the calculated three-dimensional game space is associated with the viewpoint information of each player and the corresponding image synthesizing unit 200-
1, 200-2, ... Output to 200-n.

Each image synthesizing section 200-1, 200-2 ...
..., 200-n calculates a pseudo three-dimensional game image at the viewpoint position for each player based on the information thus input, and the corresponding projectors 630-1 and 6-
30-2, ... 630-n is projected on the screen 612.

As a result, one continuous game screen is projected on the screen 610 in the entire circumferential direction. Therefore, the player 50 determines which sheet 62
Even if the player sits at 4, he or she can see a wide game image covering the player's entire horizontal field of view in the front, and can enjoy the game with a realistic feeling.

As a game played using the game device of the embodiment, for example, a plurality of players on a spaceship
It is assumed that the game will destroy the attacking enemy and return to the earth. Here, it is assumed that the base 620 is likened to a spacecraft, and each player sitting on the seat 624 monitors the surroundings of the spacecraft and holds a gun device 640 against an attacking enemy.

On the screen 610, the view of the outer space seen from the spacecraft is projected as a 360 ° panorama. The game space calculation unit 100 calculates the space space in which the spacecraft navigates as a three-dimensional game space at any time, and the viewpoint information of each player together with the corresponding image composition 200-1.200-2 ... 200-n. Output. For this reason, the view of the outer space, which changes with time as the spacecraft progresses, is projected on the screen 610.

Then, the player 50 moves the gun device 640 as shown in FIG. 16 to aim and shoot down the target 612 while moving the sight 612 up, down, left and right to raise the score. The score of each player is calculated for each player.

Then, the handy setting section 150 compares the results of the respective players and sets the handy for each player. Then, the item generating unit 170 causes the projector device 630 of the player with poor performance to project an item for increasing the offensive power onto the screen 610. Player 5
0 can power up so that he can easily shoot down a high-scoring target by aiming at it and shooting. In this way, by setting the handicap according to the score of each player and displaying the item corresponding to the handicap on the game screen in front of each player, a multiplayer game that can be widely enjoyed by poor players to advanced players. It can be performed. (3) Third Embodiment FIGS. 19 to 22 show an example of a case where a plurality of independent game machines are connected by communication to play a multiplayer game.

As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, in the game system of the embodiment, for example, two game machines 10 having the same configuration are used.
A and 10B are prepared and each game machine is connected by a communication line. Then, the results of each player are transmitted and received between the game machines 10A and 10B, and the handy setting units 150A and 1B are connected.
50B is used to make a handy setting according to the game result of each player.

Further, the object information storage unit 104
By sharing the main object information in A and 104B, the game can be played in the common game field in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

In this case, as the data to be made common, at least the object data of the moving body should be made common. Further, in the case of a game configuration in which a missile, a machine gun or the like is used to attack, the object information regarding this bullet is also made common.

In the case of the multi-player type as described above, it is not necessary to make all three-dimensional objects forming the virtual three-dimensional the same, and by making some of them different, for example, the player 50A and the player. 50B
It is also possible to make the composition of the virtual three-dimensional space that can be seen by subtly different to form a more diverse game space.

FIG. 21 shows the game machines 10A and 10A.
An example of a specific configuration of the B game space calculation unit 100 is shown. The difference from the game space calculation unit 100 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 10 is that the object information storage unit 1
04, and the configuration of the handy installation unit 150.

Unlike the first embodiment, the object information storage unit 104 has its own item information storage unit 17
Only 4 are provided. Then, as shown in FIG.
Even when the game machines 100A and 100B are connected for communication and the data is transmitted and received between the object information storage units 104A and 104B, the data in the item information storage unit 174 is not transmitted and received. This is because it is not necessary to display this internal data on the opponent's game screen.

The handy setting unit 150 is shown in FIG.
Is configured for. That is, the handy installation unit 15
0 includes a status storage memory 152A for itself, a status comparison circuit 156A, a handy operation circuit 158A, and a handy storage memory 160A for itself. And FIG.
When the game machines 10A and 10B are connected by communication, the situation comparison circuit 156A reads out the results of the other player from the player situation storage memory 152B of the other machine, as shown in FIG. Storage memory 152A
It is configured to compare with the situation data stored therein and output the comparison result to the handy operation circuit 158A. Then, the handy operation circuit 158A sets the handy of the player's own player in the handy storage memory 160A based on the comparison result.

When the handicap of each player is set on the basis of the absolute reference, not the relative performance comparison, it is not necessary to communicate between the handy setting sections 150A and 150B.

In this way, according to this embodiment, two independent game machines 10A and 10B can be connected by a communication line to play a multi-player game.
It is possible to set a handicap according to the game situation of each player and generate an item according to the handicap on the display.

In the present embodiment, the case where two game machines are connected by a communication line has been described as an example, but three or more game machines may be connected to play a multi-player game if necessary. You may comprise. (4) Other Embodiments The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
Various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case where a CRT, a screen or the like is used as a display has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a head mounted body using a liquid crystal display or the like is used. Good. As such a head-mounted body, a display device such as a liquid crystal display may be attached in front of the player's eyes so as to cover the player's visual field.

It goes without saying that the present invention can be applied not only to a commercial video game device but also to a home video game device. FIG. 23 shows an example of a home video game device to which the present invention is applied.

This home video game device includes a game cartridge 401 and a game console body 400,
Both are connected by a connector 498. Further, the game machine main body 400 includes operation units 11A, 1A for each player.
1B is detachably connected.

The game cartridge 401 includes an auxiliary calculation processing section 410, a first storage section 480, and a second storage section 49.
It is configured to include 0. The first storage unit 480 stores a game program and the like, is formed of, for example, a non-volatile memory, and includes the terrain information storage unit 106, the object information storage unit 104, and the three-dimensional image information storage unit 204. To be done. In addition, the auxiliary processing calculation unit 410 includes a handy setting unit 150, an image supply unit 212, and an image forming unit 24.
0, the object information changing unit 108, and the control unit 214. Further, the second storage unit 490 is composed of a rewritable memory.

This home video game device operates almost in the same manner as the embodiment shown in FIG. That is, by using the object information and the terrain information stored in the first storage unit 480 and the operation signal from the operation unit 408, the central processing unit 102 and the auxiliary calculation processing unit 410 set the game space, that is, Set object information. Next, this object information and the 3 stored in the first storage unit 480
The auxiliary processing calculation unit 410 and the central processing unit 102 calculate the pseudo three-dimensional image using the three-dimensional image information, and the result is stored in the second storage unit 490. Thereafter, the stored image information is output as an image via the image processing unit 404 and, if necessary, the video RAM 406.

According to the home video game having this configuration,
For example, when changing the image synthesizing method, there is almost no need to change the expensive game machine main body 400, and it can be dealt with only by changing the arithmetic processing of the auxiliary arithmetic processing unit 410 of the game cartridge 401.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the battle-type multi-player game, the shooting-type multi-player game and the like of the present invention has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other than that. Various games,
For example, it can be applied to a racing game and a role playing game. When applied to a racing game, set the handicap according to the game situation of each player, and display items such as tires that are difficult to slip to a player who frequently crashes at a corner, for example. Good. Further, in the role playing game, for example, an item indicating the presence of a treasure may be preferentially displayed to a player having a low score.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the game apparatus forming the three-dimensional game space has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other than this, for example, a multi-player game in a two-dimensional game space. It goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a video game device for playing.

[0159]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Based on the game situation of each player, the item for game screen display is calculated and set for each player, so that even if players with different skills play a multi-player game, close battle is automatically produced. The excitement and fun of the game can be increased.

Further, according to the present invention, the game item is individually displayed for each game screen of each player, so that each player can produce a close battle with almost no notice of the handy setting. You can do it, and you will not lose interest in the game.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view illustrating the game device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a game field of the game device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of a pseudo three-dimensional game image which is image-synthesized by the game device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of items displayed on the game device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of items set in the game space for one player.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of items set in the game space for the other player.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a radar displayed on a game screen of each player.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a handy setting unit used in the game device of the embodiment.

10 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a game space calculation section shown in FIG.

11 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the image composition unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a schematic explanatory diagram for explaining object information stored in an object information storage unit.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a data format handled by the three-dimensional video game device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a schematic explanatory diagram illustrating a method of calculating image information inside a polygon.

FIG. 15 is an overall explanatory diagram of a game device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

16 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the player is playing the game toward the screen in the game device shown in FIG.

17 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a projector and a screen of the game device shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a schematic perspective explanatory view of the game device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a game device according to a third example.

21 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a game space calculation unit of the game machine shown in FIG.

22 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the handy setting unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a home video game.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11A, 11B Operation part 40 Game calculation part 44A, 44B Display 56A, 56B Game screen 100 Game space calculation part 130 Item calculation part 150 Handy setting part 170 Item generation part 172 Item information change part 174 Item information storage part 200 Image composition part

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A display provided for each player, a game operation means provided for each player, and a multi-player game calculation based on an operation signal from each game operation means. And a game calculation means for displaying a game screen on each display, wherein the game calculation means calculates the game item for displaying the game screen for each player based on the game situation of each player. A multi-player video game device, which is formed so as to include a game item operation unit for setting. 2. The game item calculation unit according to claim 1, wherein the game item calculation unit sets a handicap setting for each player based on the game situation of each player, and a game for each player based on the set handicap. A multi-player video game device, comprising: an item generation unit for displaying a game item on a screen. 3. A multi-player game apparatus configured by connecting a plurality of video game machines via communication, wherein each game machine displays a game item for displaying a game screen based on the game situation of its own player. A multi-player video game device, characterized in that it is formed so as to include a game item calculation unit for setting calculation. 4. The game item calculation section according to claim 3, wherein the game item calculation section sets a handy setting section for setting a handicap of the player based on a game situation of the player of the own machine, and a game on the game screen based on the set handy. A multi-player video game device, comprising: an item generating unit for displaying an item for use. 5. The multi-player video game device according to claim 1, wherein the handy setting unit compares the game status of each player and sets the handy of each player. 6. The multi-player according to claim 1, wherein the handy setting unit compares a predetermined reference value with a game situation of each player and sets a handy for each player. Video game device for mobile. 7. The item generation unit according to claim 1, wherein the item generation unit is provided corresponding to each player, and stores information about generated items, and a handy hand of the corresponding player. Based on the above, an item information changing unit for changing the information of the generated item in the item information storage unit, and a video game apparatus for multi-players.