JPH07194844A - Game machine device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a game machine device capable of effectively utilizing the CD regenerating mechanism possessed by an audio equipment. CONSTITUTION:The game control circuit 2 of a game equipment part 1 is connected to the CD circuit 20, function change-over switch 14, and power source part 23 of an audio equipment part 10. The audio equipment part 10 has a plurality of functions. The CD circuit 20 is controlled by a radio cassette microcomputer 18. When the function of game is switched, a signal CROM is supplied to the microcomputer 18 to stop the control of the CD circuit 20, and the control of the CD circuit 20 is performed by operating a key pad 6 connected to the control circuit 2. The CD-ROM regeneration signal is signal-processed by the CD circuit 20, and the CD-ROM data obtained in the CD circuit 20 is supplied to the control circuit 2. The operation is carried out while watching the screen of a monitor television 9 connected to the control circuit 2. The power is supplied to the game equipment part 1 from the power source part 23 of the audio equipment part 10 only when the game is switched.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine device capable of using game software obtained by reproducing a CD-ROM.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a general home-use game machine, an R using a semiconductor memory device in which game software is recorded.
CD-RO that uses an optical disc on which game software is recorded in addition to the one that uses an OM cartridge
A game machine having an M reproduction mechanism is known. Also,
2. Description of the Related Art Audio equipment including a CD reproducing mechanism for reproducing a CD (Compact Disc) on which an audio signal is recorded, such as a CD radio cassette recorder, has been widely known.

[0003]

By the way, the CD-ROM reproducing mechanism of the game machine includes the CD reproducing mechanism of the audio machine. That is,
The CD-ROM reproducing mechanism is C reproduced by the CD reproducing mechanism.
The output signal of the D-ROM is further processed. Therefore, when both a game device having a CD-ROM reproducing mechanism and an audio device having a CD reproducing mechanism are owned, it is wasteful to own the CD reproducing mechanism in duplicate.

Therefore, the present invention provides a game machine device which can effectively utilize the CD reproducing mechanism of an audio device.

[0005]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game machine device including a game device section having a software reproducing mechanism, an audio device section having a CD reproducing mechanism, and a CD reproducing mechanism of the audio device section. A switching means for switching an output signal obtained when the ROM is reproduced to a ROM reproduction state which can be processed by the game machine section.

A game machine device according to a second aspect of the present invention supplies power from the audio device part to the game device part.

In the game machine device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the game machine section has an operating means, and when the switching means switches to the ROM reproduction state, the operating means of the game machine section reproduces the CD of the audio equipment section. This is the one that allows the mechanism to be operated.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the CD-ROM can be used by the game machine section by reproducing the CD-ROM by using the CD reproducing mechanism of the audio machine section. Therefore, the game device section does not need a CD reproducing mechanism, and the CD reproducing mechanism of the audio device section can be effectively used, and the cost can be reduced. In addition, the space occupied by the device can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the game machine section does not require a power source section, so that it can be constructed at low cost.

According to the third aspect of the invention, in the case of the ROM reproduction state, the CD reproduction mechanism can be operated by the operation means of the game machine section, and the operability can be improved.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a game machine device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of the game machine device of this example. As shown in FIG. 2, the game machine device of the present example includes a game machine unit 1 and an audio machine unit 10.

The audio device section 10 is a CD reproducing device,
It has the functions of an AM / FM radio receiver and a cassette tape recorder. Reference numeral 11 is a CD mounting portion for mounting a CD, 12 is a mounting portion for a tape cassette, 13 is an operating portion on which operation keys and the like are arranged, 14 is a function changeover switch for switching functions, and 15 is a speaker.

In the game machine section 1, a slot 3 for inserting a ROM cartridge and a keypad 6 for operation.
A terminal 7 for connecting (see FIG. 1) and a terminal 8 (not shown) for supplying a video signal and an audio signal to an AV device such as a monitor television 9 are provided.

The game machine section 1 is an audio machine section 10
It is attached to the lower part of the with three attachment screws 31. Then, the game device unit 1 and the audio device unit 10 are electrically connected by a connection cable 30 led out from the game device unit 1. That is, the connection cable 30 is the game device 1
The connection connector 30a, which is pulled out from the rear part and provided at the front end, is connected to the connector (not shown) provided at the rear part of the audio device 10. 32 is a connection cable 3
0 is a connection cover for protecting 0, and game device section 1
And is attached to the rear part of the audio equipment unit 10 so as to cover the connection cable 30.

Next, the internal structure will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Note that, in FIG. 3, portions corresponding to those in FIGS. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In the figure, the game machine section 1 is provided with a game control circuit 2. By inserting the ROM cartridge 5 into the slot 3, the data of the game software is supplied to the game control circuit 2. The game control circuit 2 is connected to the terminals 7 and 8 and the light emitting diode 4 described above. As will be described later, the light emitting diode 4 is used in the audio device section 10 for CD
It is made to emit light while accessing to read the data of the game software by the ROM.

The game control circuit 2 includes a circuit (hereinafter referred to as "CD circuit") 20 for performing CD drive and signal processing of the audio device 10 via the connection cable 30, a function changeover switch 14 and a power supply 23. Connected. Game control circuit 2 and CD circuit 2
Between 0, the control signal SC1 is communicated. CD circuit 2
From 0, the reproduction signal (image data, audio data, etc.) SAVD of the CD-ROM is supplied to the game control circuit 2. The audio signal AGM1 is supplied from the game control circuit 2 to the function changeover switch 14. Further, power EGM is supplied from the power supply unit 23 of the audio device unit 10 to the game control circuit 2. Although the figure shows that the commercial AC power (AC) is supplied to the power supply unit 23, the power supply unit 23 may be a battery.

Reference numeral 18 is a CD of the audio equipment section 10.
Microcomputer for radio cassette recorder connected to the circuit 20 (hereinafter referred to as "radio cassette microcomputer")
Thus, the control signal SC2 is communicated between the radio-cassette microcomputer 18 and the CD circuit 20. The CD circuit 20 is
A radio-cassette microcomputer 18 is operated by operating the operation keys 16.
Controlled by. The CD mechanism 20 is driven by the CD circuit 20, and the reproduction of the signal recorded in the CD or the CD-ROM is optically performed. The signal reproduced from the CD or the CD-ROM is processed by the CD circuit 20. The audio signal ACD output from the CD circuit 20 is supplied to the function changeover switch 14. A display unit 17 is connected to the radio-cassette microcomputer 18, and the music number is displayed during CD reproduction.

The function changeover switch 14 has an audio signal AGM1 from the game control circuit 2 of the game machine section 1 and an audio signal AC from the CD circuit 20.
In addition to being supplied with D, the audio signal ADK from the tape recorder unit 21 and the audio signal ATU from the tuner unit 22 are supplied. The function selector switch 14 is used to switch between the audio signal AGM1 and the audio signal AGM1 when switching to the game, CD, tape recorder, and AM / FM reception.
ACD, ADK, ATU are selected and supplied to the speaker 15 via the audio amplifier 24.

In the above configuration, when the function of the CD is switched, the CD circuit 20 is related to the key operation of the operation key 16 and controlled by the radio-cassette microcomputer 18. The reproduced signal from the CD is processed by the CD circuit 20, and the audio signal A output from the CD circuit 20 is processed.
It is demodulated into a CD and supplied to the function changeover switch 14. The audio signal ACD is sent to the speaker 1 via the function changeover switch 14 and the audio amplifier 24.
5 and the reproduction sound of the CD is output from the speaker 15.

Next, when switching to the game function, the control signal CROM is supplied from the function changeover switch 14 to the radio-cassette microcomputer 18, and the communication of the control signal SC2 between the radio-cassette microcomputer 18 and the CD circuit 20 is cut off. To be done. When switching to the game function by this, the operation of the CD reproducing mechanism by the operation keys 16 is stopped, and the CD circuit 20 is related to the key operation of the keypad 6 connected to the game control circuit 2 of the game machine 1. Be controlled.

When the keypad 6 is instructed to read the data of the game software from the CD-ROM, the control signal SC1 transmitted from the game control circuit 2 to the CD circuit 20 instructs the reproduction of the CD-ROM. It The reproduction signal of the CD-ROM is signal-processed by the CD circuit 20, and the CD circuit 20 outputs the CD-ROM data SAVD.
Is output as. The CD-ROM data SAVD is supplied to the game control circuit 2 of the game device section 1, is converted into the game video signal VGM and the audio signal AGM2 by the game control circuit 2, and is supplied to the monitor television 9 via the terminal 8. Supplied. By operating the keypad 6 connected to the game control circuit 2 of the game device section 1 while referring to the screen of the monitor television 9, the user can operate the CD reproduction mechanism to play the game.

The game audio signal AGM1 output from the game control circuit 2 is supplied to the speaker 15 via the function changeover switch 14 and the audio amplifier 24, and the speaker 15 outputs a game sound.

A control signal CGM is supplied from the function changeover switch 14 to the power supply unit 23, and the power supply unit 23 supplies the game control circuit 2 of the game machine unit 1 only when the game function is switched. Power EGM is supplied.

Next, when the function is switched to the tape recorder, or when the function is switched to AM or FM, the audio signal ADK output from the tape recorder 21 or the tuner 22 is output. The generated audio signal ATU is supplied to the speaker 1 via the function changeover switch 14 and the audio amplifier 24.
5, the speaker 15 outputs a tape reproduction sound or a radio reception sound.

As described above, according to this example, the CD reproducing mechanism of the audio device section 10 can reproduce the CD-ROM in which the data of the game software is recorded.
Therefore, the CD reproducing mechanism of the game device section 1 is not necessary, and the CD reproducing mechanism of the audio device section 10 can be effectively used. Therefore, the configuration can be made inexpensive and the space occupied by the device can be reduced. In addition, if you can switch to the game function,
CD by the keypad 6 connected to the game device section 1
The playback mechanism can be operated and operability can be improved.

The power supply unit 23 of the audio equipment unit 10
Since the power is supplied to the game machine unit 1, the game machine unit 1 does not need a power supply unit, so that the game machine unit 1 can be inexpensively constructed.

In this example, the game device section 1 and the audio device section 10 are configured to be separable, but they may be integrally configured so as not to be separable. In that case, it goes without saying that the mounting screw 31, the connection cable 30, and the connection cover 32 can be eliminated, and the cost can be further reduced.

[0029]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the CD-ROM can be reproduced and used in the game machine section by using the CD reproducing mechanism of the audio machine section, the game machine section can reproduce the CD. The mechanism is not necessary, and the CD reproducing mechanism of the audio device section can be effectively used, and the cost can be reduced. In addition, the space occupied by the device can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the game machine section does not need a power source section, so that it can be constructed at low cost.

According to the third aspect of the invention, in the case of the ROM reproduction state, the CD reproduction mechanism can be operated by the operation means of the game machine section, and the operability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of an embodiment of a game machine device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an appearance of an embodiment of a game machine device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of an embodiment of a game machine device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game Equipment Section 2 Game Control Circuit 6 Keypad 10 Audio Equipment Section 14 Function Changeover Switch 16 Operation Key 18 Radio Cassette Microcomputer 19 CD Mechanism 20 CD Circuit 23 Power Supply Section 30 Connection Cable 31 Mounting Screw

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Toshiaki Nagasawa 1-21-1 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo Aiwa Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game machine unit having a software reproducing mechanism, an audio device unit having a CD reproducing mechanism, and a CD-RO using the CD reproducing mechanism of the audio device unit.
And a switching means for switching an output signal obtained when M is reproduced to a ROM reproduction state that can be processed by the game machine section. 2. The game machine device according to claim 1, wherein power is supplied from the audio device unit to the game device unit. 3. The game equipment section has an operation means, and when the ROM reproduction state is switched by the switching means, the operation means of the game equipment section operates the CD reproduction mechanism of the audio equipment section. The game machine device according to claim 1, wherein the game machine device is capable of being played.