JPH11188178A - Video game device and recording medium housing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve interest in a game by providing a magic reaction displaying means displaying reaction when the fighting magic of a player character and an enemy character collides with each other so as to improve visibility according to the attacking mode of fitting and so as to really express the mutual operation of the attacking mode. SOLUTION: A player/enemy character display part 31 displays the character of the player and the enemy on a display 4 and in this state a player/enemy character magic deciding part 35 decides respectively one from among the magics for attacking both of them can use by the generation of random numbers. A player/enemy character magic displaying part 37 displays the magics of both of them on the display 4. A player/enemy character magic reaction displaying part 38 recognizes the attribute of magic of both and displays the reaction of the magic of both on the display 4. Namely, in the state of displaying both of them, the magic of the attack of both is decided to display the magic of the attack of both and the attribute of this magic is respectively judged to display reaction when the magics collide with each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique which is useful when applied to a battle displayed on a display screen of a video game, in particular, a role playing game.

In this type of role-playing game, a player character and an enemy character are given an order of attack, and a character in the attack order generally attacks the opponent character in order. Was.

[0003] For example, there is a known type in which a quickness is set for each character, and a random number is generated for the quickness to determine the order of attack for each turn. However, magic, which is one of the attack modes in the battle of such role playing games, shows that if the attack magic is performed after the defense magic, the defense effect and the attack are displayed at the same time, but the mutual attack magic , The opponent's attack is displayed after the display of one attack is over,
Attack magic did not exist at the same time, so there was little realism.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and enhances the visibility according to the attack mode in a battle in a role-playing game, and realistically expresses the interaction of the attack modes to the game. It aims to increase interest.

[0005]

A first means of the present invention is as follows.
In a video game device in which a player character and an enemy character are displayed on display means and the player character and the enemy character perform an attack or the like, a magic of the player character attacking the enemy character and the enemy character responding to the player character A video game comprising: magic display means for simultaneously displaying the magic of an attack; and magic reaction display means for displaying a reaction when the magic of the attack of the player character collides with the magic of the attack of the target character. Device.

[0006] The player character is a character that is operated by the user himself and operated on the screen, and the enemy character is an opponent character that fights with the player character. The display means means a display device such as a CRT and a liquid crystal display. Attack magic is one of the means by which a character attacks an opponent, and is a general method in line with sword attack. This means that the magic of the attack of the player character has attributes such as fire and cold, and when the magic of the attack collides, the attribute causes fusion or disappearance. As described above, when the magic of attack is issued from both the player character and the low character at the same time, for example, the magic of the attack between the flame and the cold air disappears, and the fusion between the flame and the flame is displayed.

[0007] By simultaneously displaying the magic of the attacks issued from both sides as described above, it is possible to represent the reaction between the magics with various magic attributes, and it is possible to enhance the realism of the battle in the role playing game.

[0008] A second means of the present invention is that the magic display means has a feature that determines a magical property of the attack by a difference in attributes.
2. The video game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a chanting display for changing a chanting display for spelling a magic of attacking the player character and the enemy character.

That is, the chanting display of the character who casts the magic of attack is changed according to the attribute of the magic of attack. This further enhances the visibility of the battle with the magic of the attack. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect,
The magic display means includes a movement display means for moving and displaying the player character and the enemy character on the display means, and the player character and the enemy character moved and displayed by the movement means to perform the magic attack of the attack. Distance determination means for determining whether the distance is possible, and displaying the attack magic of the player character and the enemy character in a state where the magic of the attack is determined to be attackable by the distance determination means. Claim 1
It is a video game device of the description.

The attackable distance of the attack magic is the distance on the coordinates between the player character and the enemy character set for each attacking method. For example, the attackable distance of a sword is short with a spear, and long with a bow or magic. . In this way, the player character and the enemy character are moved, the position of each character on the coordinates is detected, and the attack magic is displayed when both of the characters that can use the attack magic are within the set value of the attack magic. Is what you do. This increases the realism of the attack display.

A fourth means of the present invention is a recording medium storing a program for displaying a player character and an enemy character on a display means and causing the player character and the enemy character to perform an attack or the like. A magic display step of simultaneously displaying the magic of attack on the enemy character and the magic of attack on the player character by the enemy character; and when the magic of the attack of the player character and the magic of the attack of the enemy character collide with each other. And a magic reaction display step of displaying the reaction of the above.

As a recording medium, any recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a game cartridge, a floppy disk, a magnetic disk, and a magneto-optical disk can be used. Among them, a CD-R is particularly suitable for a game.
OM and game cartridge.

A fifth means of the present invention is a display means for simultaneously displaying at least a play character and an enemy character, an attack mode generated by the play character and the enemy character, and an attack of each of the simultaneously generated characters. Determining means for determining the superiority of the aspect, storage means for storing image data of a result aspect to be displayed on the display means, and image data read from the storage means based on the determination result of the determining means. This is a video game device comprising display control means for displaying on a display means.

The attack mode includes all types of attacks other than magic, such as attacks with weapons, attacks using the body of a play character such as bare hands, and attacks or defenses using emotions such as "anger", "sadness" or "prayer". including. The determination means is realized by a program and the control of the CPU, and the storage means for storing image data is realized by hardware such as a RAM.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0016]

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a video game apparatus according to the present invention is connected to a video display apparatus 4 (hereinafter, simply referred to as "display 4").

The game machine main body 1 is connected to a controller 3 as an external input device, and further has a CD-ROM 2 for providing a game program. The display 4 is for providing a display symbol and a voice symbol output from the game machine body 1 to the player as a display image and a voice, and a general household television receiver can be used.

FIG. 2 shows hardware blocks centering on the game machine 1. In the game machine body 1, C
It has a CPU for sequentially reading out programs and data from the D-ROM 2 via a bus 7, storing them in a memory 8, and sequentially executing processing. When any one of the operation buttons of the controller 3 is pressed during the execution of the program, an interrupt occurs, and this is transmitted to the CPU, and the process defined by the interrupt is executed.

Although the controller 3 has various operation buttons, only those related to the present invention will be described. A direction key 5 is provided on the left side of the controller 3 as viewed from the plane. On the other hand, on the right side of the controller, a button group 6 of ○ buttons, X buttons, △ buttons, and □ buttons are arranged. Further, a start button and a select button are provided at the center of the controller 3.

FIG. 3 shows a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The player / enemy character display unit 31 displays the player character and the enemy character (hereinafter, referred to as “both”) on the display 4, and in this state, the player / enemy character magic determination unit 35 performs an attack that can be used by both. One is determined by generating a random number from among the magics. The player / enemy character magic display unit 37 displays the magic of the determined attack on the display 4 (see FIG. 5A). The player / enemy character magic reaction display section 38 recognizes both magic attributes and displays both magic reactions on the display 4.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing this. That is, with both displayed (step 4
1) The magic of both attacks is determined (45), and the magic of both attacks determined is displayed (47). The attributes of the magic are determined and the reaction of the collision between the magics is displayed (48).

FIG. 5B shows a display in the case where the play character 51 performs a flame-based magical attack and the enemy character 52 performs an ice-based magical attack. Shows the screen.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
By displaying the state in which the magic of the attack simultaneously issued from both sides reacts by collision, it is possible to enhance the visibility and increase the interest in the game.

[0024]

[Embodiment 2] In the above-described embodiment 1, even if the magic of the attack has a different attribute, the chanting display for chanting the magic of the attack is the same, and there is little visual change.

In the present embodiment, this is solved by providing the chanting display means. That is, in FIG. 3, the player / enemy character magic chanting display unit 36 changes the respective chanting displays according to the attribute of the magic of the attack cast by both players (FIG. 5).
(A)).

This processing corresponds to step 4 in the flowchart of FIG.
6 can be realized. That is, the magic of both attacks is determined (45), and the spell of the determined magic of both attacks is displayed (46).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the chanting display can be changed according to the magic attribute of the attack, and the visibility of the battle can be improved.

[0028]

[Embodiment 3] In Embodiment 1 described above, the magic of attack can be issued regardless of the positional relationship on the two displays 4, and there is no bargaining to measure and attack like a battle with a sword, and the game is unsatisfactory. turn into. Therefore, in the present embodiment, this is solved by setting the usable distance of the attack magic.

That is, in FIG. 3, the player / enemy character movement display section 32 moves and displays both of them on the display 4. Player / enemy character coordinate value detection unit 3
Numeral 3 detects both coordinate values that are moved and displayed. The player / enemy character distance determination unit 34 calculates both distances from the detected both coordinate values and determines whether or not the distance is within the usable distance of the attack magic. If usable, both magics are displayed on the display 4 by the player / enemy character magic display unit 37.

Such processing can be realized by adding steps 42, 43 and 44 to the flowchart of FIG.
That is, the displayed both are moved and displayed (42), and the coordinate values of both are detected (43). From these coordinate values, the distance between the two is calculated, and it is determined whether the attack magic is within a usable set value (44). If not, the magic of both attacks is displayed (47).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when using the magic of the attack, it is possible to express a battle with enhanced realism by measuring the time between the two.

[0032]

According to the present invention, it is possible to enhance the visibility of a role playing game during a battle and to enjoy a game full of realism.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a video game device of the present invention is connected to a video display device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration centered on a game machine main body.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram for explaining the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the embodiment.

FIG. 5 illustrates an attack magic spell and reaction for explaining the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game console 2 CD-ROM 3 Controller 4 Display 5 Direction key 6 Button group 7 Bus 8 Memory 51 Player character 52 Enemy character

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A video game apparatus which displays a player character and an enemy character on a display means and makes the player character and the enemy character perform an attack or the like, wherein a magic of the player character's attack on the enemy character and the enemy character are provided. Magic display means for simultaneously displaying the magic of the attack on the player character by; and magic reaction display means for displaying a reaction when the magic of the attack of the player character and the magic of the attack of the enemy character collide with each other. Video game device equipped with 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the magic display means includes a chanting display means for changing a chanting display for spelling the attack magic of the player character and the enemy character depending on a difference in an attribute which determines the nature of the magic of the attack. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The magic display means includes: movement display means for moving and displaying the player character and the enemy character on the display means; and displaying the player character and the enemy character moved and displayed by the movement means. Distance determining means for determining whether or not the attack magic can be attacked; and performing the attack magic of the player character and the enemy character in a state where the distance magic has determined that the attack magic can be attacked. The video game device according to claim 1, wherein the video game device is displayed. 4. A recording medium storing a program for displaying a player character and an enemy character on a display means and causing the player character and the enemy character to perform an attack or the like, wherein: A magic display step of simultaneously displaying the magic of the attack on the player character by the enemy character; and a magic reaction for displaying a reaction when the magic of the attack of the player character and the magic of the attack of the enemy character collide. A recording medium storing a program having a display step. 5. A display means for simultaneously displaying at least a play character and an enemy character, and an attack mode generated by the play character and the enemy character; and determining whether or not the simultaneously generated attack mode of each character is superior. Means, storage means for storing image data of a result mode to be displayed on the display means, and display control for reading out image data from the storage means and displaying on the display means based on the determination result of the determination means. A video game device comprising: