JPH09225140A - Game equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give an impression like appearing in a television program by selectively displaying game contents formed in a game content formation means or a player selected by prescribed conditions and inputting the reactions of the respective players to the game contents. SOLUTION: The players make pairs, enter a play zone from an audience space and sit on answering seats 10. A program host operates an operation part 38 and sends character information to an image synthesis part 20 in a central control part 22. Also, the central control part 22 is commanded so as to transmit image information and voice information to a laser disk player 18. Then, a quiz is displayed at the three pieces each of displays 14 and 28. When the respective players select a branch assumed to be a correct answer by an answering button 12, a terminal control part 26 compares it with correct answer information and judges propriety, and in the case of the correct answer, the sound of the correct answer is emitted and swing is given to the answering seat 10 by a direction device 24. A camera 16 arranged in the play zone displays a correctly answered person at a laser display 18 for instance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game facility in which a large number of people participate to play a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a game facility, for example, a quiz question is set so that a player can answer it. This kind of play equipment was generally used to answer problems alone, could not compete with friends, and lacked excitement.

Also, on television, a program in which a large number of people participate to answer the quiz question has become popular, and if it is possible to give the impression of appearing on television at an entertainment facility, the degree of excitement increases.

The present invention has been made in order to meet such a demand, and an object thereof is to provide an amusement facility capable of giving the impression of appearing in a television program in which a large number of people participate. It is in.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a game content forming means for forming a game content to be displayed to a plurality of players, and one of the players is selectively operated. The image pickup means for photographing, the display means for selectively displaying the game content formed by the game content forming means or the image of the player photographed by the image pickup means, and the reaction corresponding to the game content for each player Input means for inputting, a control means for determining a player to be photographed by the image pickup means under a predetermined condition, and controlling the photographed player to be displayed on the display means.
It is characterized by having.

[0006] In particular, it is preferable that the TV set is decorated like a set.

According to the present invention, not only a plurality of players can participate in the game at the same time, but, for example, a person who has correctly answered the quiz is displayed on the display as a display unit to appear in a television program. It is possible to obtain a staging effect, and to motivate participation in the game.

[0008]

Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a preferred example of the play facility according to this embodiment. This play facility is an indoor facility in an amusement park or the like. FIG. 2 is a plan view of this play facility. FIG.
[Fig. 3] is a block diagram of a game facility.

In this play facility, an answering seat 10 in which a player P who is an answerer is seated, an answering button 12 (see FIG. 3) as an inputting means by the player P, and displays 14 and 28 as displaying means (FIG. 2). ), A camera 16 (see FIG. 3) as an image pickup means, a laser disc player 18 as a game content formation means, and an image composition section 20.
(See FIG. 3) and a central control unit 22 (see FIG. 3) that performs various controls, and is configured to be decorated like a studio of a television station. Specifically, it is set to be a quiz show studio.

The answering seat 10 is configured to imitate a scooter bike so that it can accommodate two passengers. In this embodiment, 20 answering seats 10 are provided. Each answering seat 10 is provided with an answering button 12 for the player P to input an answer to the quiz question, so that the answering seat 10 can be shaken or a sound effect can be produced depending on whether the answer is correct or incorrect. A performance device 24 (see FIG. 3) is provided for performing the process. Here, the correct answer or the incorrect answer is determined by the terminal control unit 26 provided in each answering seat 10 according to the information sent from the central control unit 22. Further, the terminal control unit 26 also determines the effect contents by the effect device 24 based on the determination of the correct answer or the incorrect answer, and the information of the correct answer or the incorrect answer is transmitted from each terminal controller 26 to the central control unit 22.

The camera 16 (see FIG. 3) is installed on the ceiling in the game facility and rotated 360 ° in response to a command from the central controller 22 so that each player P can be selectively imaged. Has become.

The image synthesizing unit 20 stores the quiz question sentence in advance as character data, and synthesizes the character data with the image data sent from the laser disc player 18 and sends the character data to the display 14. Has become.

The three displays 14 are provided for each player P.
The quiz question formed by the image synthesizing unit 20 can be displayed so that the quiz question can be displayed. In this embodiment, three displays 28 are additionally provided,
As shown in FIG. 2, these are arranged toward the audience. The spectator space 30 in which the spectator is located is partitioned by a wall from the play zone 32 in which the player P is located, and the quiz scene can be seen through the window.

Further, in the present embodiment, the two displays (see FIG. 3) are arranged in positions visible from the moderator T, one display 34 displays the quiz question, and the other display 36 is The correct or incorrect answer of each player P sent from each terminal control unit 26 to the central control unit 22 is displayed as a list according to a command from the central control unit 22. In addition, the moderator 3 is in the hands of the moderator T.
8 (see FIG. 3) is provided so that operations such as displaying a quiz question and driving the camera 16 can be performed.

The present embodiment is configured as described above, and its operation will be described below. First, the players P form a group of two, enter the play zone 32 through the spectator space 30, and sit in one of the answering seats 10. The estimated time for this is about 100 seconds, and "10 seconds before production,
A narration that prompts the player P to sit down 5 seconds ago, 3, 2, 1 ”flows. Then, the program start queue is put out, and in about 10 seconds, the BGM, the opening greeting and applause are played, and the game is started.

The moderator T conducts the game. That is, when the moderator T operates the operation unit 38, the central controller 22 issues a quiz question. Specifically, by the operation of the moderator T, the central control unit 22 transmits the character information to the image synthesizing unit 20, and the central control is performed so that the image information and the voice information are transmitted from the laser disc player 18 to the image synthesizing unit 20. The unit 22 issues a command. In the image synthesizing unit 20, these pieces of information are synthesized, signals are sent to the three displays 14 via the two distributors 40 and 42, the quiz question is displayed, and can be viewed by each player P. Also, the distributor 4
The signal distributed from 0 is further sent to the other three displays 28 via the switch 44 and the distributor 46 to display for the spectator to see the quiz problem.

If the quiz question is, for example, a three-choice question, the player P selects a branch which he / she thinks to be the correct answer from the selection branches, and the terminal control unit 26 inputs the correct answer input from the central control unit 22. The information is compared with the branch selected by the player P, and it is determined whether this branch is the correct answer. Then, if the answer is correct, the effect is produced by the effect device 24 and a sound is given to the answering seat 10. If it is an incorrect answer, nothing is done or an effect corresponding to the incorrect answer is given. The information on the branch selected by each player P is transmitted from the terminal control unit 26 to the central control unit 22 and displayed as a list on the display 36.

Since the play zone 32 is provided with the 360-degree rotating type camera 16, the facial expression of the player P can be captured and displayed on the display 28. Specifically, the position of each answering seat 10 is set in advance by the central control unit 2.
2, the central control unit 22 recognizes the player P who has given the correct answer based on the correct answer information input from the terminal control unit 26, and the camera 16 is placed at the position of this player P.
And the communication path is switched to the camera 16 side by the switching device 44, and the communication is performed via the distributor 46.
It is designed to be displayed on one display 28.

Thus, for example, after a play time of about 150 seconds has passed, the winner is announced. Specifically, the information of the correct answerers is totaled and the player P having the best performance is selected. At this time, the player P is photographed by the camera 16 and displayed on the display 28.

When the game ends, applause is thrown, the player P exits, and the next player P enters.

As described above, according to this amusement facility, it is possible to play the game with the effect of appearing in a quiz program.

[0023]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a game facility according to the present embodiment.

2 is a plan view of the play facility shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the play facility shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Answer Button (Input Means) 16 Camera (Imaging Means) 18 Laser Disc Player (Game Content Forming Means) 20 Image Compositing Section (Game Content Forming Means) 22 Central Control Section (Control Means) 28 Display (Display Means) P Player

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Naofumi Kunida 2-8-5 Tamagawa, Ota-ku, Tokyo Inside Namco Inc.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game content forming means for forming a game content to be displayed to a plurality of players, an imaging means for selectively photographing one of the players, and a game content formed by the game content forming means. Alternatively, the display means for selectively displaying the image of the player photographed by the image pickup means, the input means for each player to input the reaction corresponding to the game content, and the player to be photographed by the image pickup means are predetermined. And a control unit that controls the photographed player to be displayed on the display unit, which is determined according to conditions, and a play facility. 2. The play facility according to claim 1, wherein the play facility is decorated like a set of a television station.