JPS58127677A - Electronic game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic game device, and more particularly to pattern display in a game device.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, semiconductor technology such as microprocessors has made remarkable progress, and devices using these devices are being actively developed. In particular, devices in which various games are configured in combination with television have been put into practical use. This type of television game has the drawback that the display device is extremely large, which limits the number of play areas, and the game device itself is also very expensive.

The present invention eliminates the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional devices and provides a simple electronic game device that can be used also as a conventional electronic desktop calculator, digital clock, etc. The present invention will be explained in detail by giving examples below.

The present invention executes a game similar to the block breaking game that has been widely used for displaying numbers.

FIG. 1 shows a display surface of an electronic game device, and the display means used is liquid crystal, LED, electroluminescence, or the like. In the game display area within the display screen, 1
For example, a block B consisting of 5 stacked L-shaped blocks is 2 blocks B. −
Electrodes are provided to enable B5 display. The electrode pattern can be used for two purposes in addition to operating as a game, which will be described later.
Numbers can be displayed using the 1-character shape of the opening of the column.
In the above arrangement, two digit numbers can be displayed on the top and bottom rows.

A separate number display body 3 is placed close to the game display area. The number display 3 shows the number of times cleared.
Each number display shows the number of allowable mistakes. Z blocks B provided in the game display area. -B5
are not all displayed, and in the game, as shown in Figure 2, one block B is the subject of collapse.
1 and block B2 are set. The block group is turned on and off in units of vertical and horizontal segments that are assembled into blocks, and a segment that is turned off corresponds to a broken block.

, <For block B5 at the main entrance, only seven mouth-shaped patterns are lit as paddles P. The paddle P functions as an operation board that receives and reflects a bar Q, which will be described later, when operated by the player.Therefore, in order to make the display more efficient, the vertical segment component on the side of the display area closer to the vertical wall is is turned off. The paddle P is a Z-grain block B
Using other segments in 5, the display position moves upward and downward based on commands operated by the player. The paddle P
To move up or up, operate the U button and D button (not shown) provided on the operation section of the game device.
Move in one direction/component specified in 7 operations. Further, within the game display area, a bar Q is displayed using one of the vertical segment components. The bar Q sequentially changes its display position step by step using neighboring vertical segment components according to steps preprogrammed in the device. Seven bars Q will be displayed within the game display area during the game period.

In the game, the bar Q moving within the display area is block B1. When the player collides with the segment B2, the display on the block side is turned off and the blocks are sequentially broken to compete for the number of broken segments. At this time, the moving bar Q is successfully stopped and reflected by a non-operation on the paddle P, and the bar Q is again directed toward the side where the block B is displayed. A state in which the bar Q cannot be stopped by the paddle P is determined to be a mistake. If the bar Q collides with the other three walls of the game display area / where the paddle P is not placed, it is not determined as a mistake, and the bar Q is returned to the display area.

Figures 3(a) to 3(e) show cases where the paddle P correctly responds to the bar Q whose display position sequentially moves in the direction of the arrow (for example, indicated by Q1 to Q6 in Figure 3(a)). shows,
The paddle P redirects the bar Q towards the area of the blocks according to pre-programmed rules. Figure 7(a)
- (d) all show situations in which the paddle P cannot stop the advancing bar Q (for example, shown as Q1 to Q4 in Fig. 7 (a)), and in this case, it is judged as a mistake. Ru.

At the start of the game, the number of permissible mistakes, for example 5, is set, and "'j" is displayed on the number display section, and each time the occurrence of the above mistake is detected, the number of permissible mistakes set is II / +1. will be reduced by The game is over when the number of allowed mistakes is u 011.

After the mistake is determined, the bar Q appears again using any vertical segment within the display area 2, and the game continues.

At the start point when the game is commanded to start, the pattern shown in Figure 1 is displayed. Bar Q appears when any of the five vertical segments near the display area wall of block B5 is lit.

That is, five firing points of the bar Q are provided. The bar Q that appears when the game starts is the game display area! As illustrated in FIGS. 5(a) to 5(f), the bar Q collides with the segments forming the block and breaks the block. Also, Fig. 5 (g) to (o) are game display areas! A case will be exemplified in which, after the bar Q collides with one of the three walls within the area, the block is broken by the bar Q returned to the area.

Here, if the bar Q collides with one component of the block and immediately after being reflected, it collides with another component of the block again, the block component that collided later is programmed to pass through without being erased. That is, the bar Q that has collided with the block seven times cannot break the block until it collides with the wall or paddle P.

Also, as the game progresses and the block components decrease,
In order to prevent the trajectory of the bar Q from being fixed and causing a permanent routine, if the bar Q collides with the same part of the wall opposite the wall where the paddle P is installed once in a row without colliding with a block component, As shown in Figures (a) to (f),
- The position of the bar Q moves up or down by one vertical component of the block along the wall so that it takes the larger angle between the locus of the bar Q (solid line) and the wall. From this position, the bar Q again advances within the game display area.

However, in Figure 2 (a) and Figure 2 (d), the block collides with the block at the corner, so regardless of the size of the angle between the traveling direction and the wall, it moves downwards or upwards/segment. and continue.

As mentioned above, each time a mistake occurs, the allowable number of mistakes displayed on the numerical display section is subtracted by /, and the game is over when the number of mistakes reaches "0". The number of block components that have been destroyed during the period up to this point is counted, added up, and held in a memory provided in the game driving circuit. When all blocks are erased, it is detected as clear, and / is added to the number display section 3 provided as a clear counting section. At this time, the moment the bar Q collides with the paddle P or the left end wall, the same blocks as at the start are displayed again. In addition, when counting the points, each time you erase an ingredient that makes up a block, 7 points are calculated.
Points are added up one by one, and when all blocks are erased, it is carried up and ``/'' is added to the number of clears, and the count value that should be displayed on the number display section of the score storage section is cleared accordingly. The value becomes °'0'' and the game continues from 0 again. The score at the end of the game is displayed along with the highest score using a 13-character pattern in the game display area as shown in FIG. The highest score is obtained by storing the highest score among the game scores obtained up to that point by operating the game device, and reading and displaying the highest score.

In the above game, the moving speed of the bar Q is designed to vary depending on the position of colliding block components and the number of times the block is cleared, thereby increasing the enjoyment of the game. The display control of the paddle P, bar Q, and block B, as well as the counting of scores, etc., for the above-mentioned game operations can be configured by using a microcomputer.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to configure a game using a white character pattern that can display numbers, it is possible to make a small game device that can be used as a calculator, a clock, etc., and the electrode pattern of the display part, etc. can also be constructed from extremely simple shapes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an electrode pattern of an embodiment according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the display area at the start of the game in the same embodiment, FIG. 3(a)-L(e> and FIG. 7(a)-(dl)
5(a) to 5(o) are diagrams illustrating the relationship between the paddle P and the bar Q of the same embodiment, FIGS. Figure 2(a)~
(f) is a diagram showing the movement of the bar Q to prevent the permanent routine in the same embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the score display state in the same embodiment. /: Electronic game device 1.2: Game display area, 3, G:
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A part of the display area includes a block display section based on a letter-shaped pattern that can display numbers, and a part of the 6-letter pattern described above, and the display position moves in a predetermined direction in response to operation input. A paddle display section and a bar display, which is made of one component of the above-mentioned 8-shaped pattern and moves within the display area, and moves at a predetermined rate of 1 upon collision with the area wall, the above-mentioned block, and the paddle are provided. Electronic game device featuring features.