JPS59120184A - Television game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention is a device that records unique information such as the player's name along with the score when the game score is high. It concerns a fully equipped video game device.

As is well known, when playing games on a video game device,
The results are displayed as points. In this case, among the game results played by a plurality of players in the past, a recording device is added to record the name of the player along with the score for a game with a high ranking of Ai7 points.

However, conventionally, the names of such high score earners are configured to be recorded by sequentially selecting all desired characters from a set of alphabets prepared in advance using a joystick lever or the like. For this reason, characters with special patterns such as Chinese characters, Hangul characters, Greek characters, Arabic characters, etc. cannot be recorded and may not match the player's wishes.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a video game device that is capable of recording not only characters in any pattern but also pictures according to the will of the player. .

To this end, the present invention displays a drawing cursor on the TV screen, and the cursor is configured to be freely movable in both the X and Y directions using a joystick lever. The cursor is configured to record an image of a predetermined shape at the current cursor position, and by turning the recording of the image of the predetermined shape, a desired pattern of characters or pictures can be recorded.

Hereinafter, a detailed explanation of the invention will be given based on the illustrated embodiment.) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention,
A game control device 1 that controls the entire game, a cathode ray tube display device (hereinafter referred to as CRT) 2 that displays game contents,
A video memory 3 that stores the contents (images) to be displayed on the RT 2, a naming control device 4 that controls the recording of the acquirer's unique information to the high rank 951, and a naming control device 4 that controls the recording of the acquirer's unique information to the high rank 951, and the SIII rank acquirer's unique information along with the score. A non-memory memory 5 for storing information, a joystick lever (hereinafter referred to as J-LV) 6 for moving a drawing cursor, and an operation switch (hereinafter referred to as LV/5W) for instructing recording of an image of a predetermined shape.
It consists of 7.

Figure 2 is a display image diagram of the CRT2 showing the state of drawing, and if the game is over and the score is within the 8th place, the symbol C is displayed.
A pencil-shaped cursor indicated by 8L is displayed on the screen of the CRT 2. This cursor C8L is
By tilting the LV6 in a desired direction, it is configured to move llfI at a predetermined speed in the direction indicated by that direction. Therefore, when recording a desired pattern of characters or pictures, first the position of the cursor C3L (in this embodiment, the tip of the pencil-shaped cursor) is determined by operating J-LV6'i, and then the LV -8W7 is turned on. Then, an image of a predetermined shape (a rectangle of a predetermined size in this embodiment) is displayed at the cursor position determined by J-LV6. By repeating such operations, a desired pattern of characters or pictures can be displayed. In this case, cursor C3LirEND
Move to the display position of the function letter J, and press LV-8W.
7, the image information for one screen is stored in the memory area MEM(N) corresponding to the scoring order of naming memory 5.
(N=1 to 8).

Also, move the cursor C8L to the display position of the function character rERAsEJ and turn on t, v -sw 7 k to enter the erase mode, and then turn the cursor C8L
The image specified by will be deleted. In this erase mode, move the cursor C8L to the display position of the character rWRITEj,
It is canceled by turning on the LV-8W7, and the operation mode returns to the drawing mode. Also, cursor C8
After moving L to the display position of the function letters ``RJJGJ'' and ``B'', turn on SW7 and the colors of the drawn image will be red and green.

Sometime in the evening, you can also specify the color of the drawn image.

The desired letter or picture recorded in this way is displayed during the spectacular waiting period for the game, as shown in Figure 3. ! 1 Application 1 will be deleted.

FIG. 54 is a flow chart showing the operation of the embodiment of FIG. The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described below with reference to this flowchart.

First, control related to normal game play is performed by the game control unit 1, and the display image is transferred to the video memory 3 and then read out from the memory 3 in synchronization with the horizontal scanning signal of the CRT 2 and the direct synchronization signal ]1j. and C R T
displayed on the second screen.

Geno, the play is over and the score is within 8th place.
In this case, the game control device 1 is the naming control device ifi'
Start 4. As a result, the CRT 2 and video memory 3 will be
will be controlled by.

When the naming control device 4 is activated by the game control device 1, it sequentially executes operations as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, first, in step 40, the operation mode MD is set to the drawing mode WR, and then in the next step 41, the cursor C8L is displayed on both sides of x=o and y=o. Next, in the switch scan process of step 42, the operating states of J-LV6 and LV-8W7 are detected. After that, in the next step 43, it is detected whether the operating states of J-LV6 and LV-8W7 have changed compared to the previous switch scan processing, and if there is no change, the process returns to step 42 and the switch is switched. Execute the scan process. However, if there is a change in the operating state of J-LV6 and LV SW7, it is detected in the next step 44 whether or not there is a change in the operating state of J-LV6, and further, in the next step 46, LV-8
It is detected whether there is a change in the operating state of W. As a result, if there is a change in the operating state of J-LV6, in step 45 the position of the cursor C8L is moved a predetermined distance in the direction in which J, -LV6 is tilted, and then the process returns to step 42. and execute the switch scan process again. Therefore, as the J-LVS continues to be tilted in the desired direction, the processes of steps 42, 44, and 45 are repeatedly executed during this time, and the cursor C8L moves at a predetermined speed toward the desired direction.

However, for the platform where only the operating state of Lv-sw has changed, it is detected in step 47 whether or not the operation mode MD has become the drawing mode WR.

As a result, if the operation mode MD is set to the drawing mode WR, an image of a predetermined shape is displayed on the screen designated by the cursor C8L in step 48. In this case, when the color mode CL is, for example, the red mode R, the displayed image becomes red. When the drawing process in step 48 is completed, the process returns to step 42 and the entire switch scan process is executed again.

Therefore, operate J-T and V6 to move the cursor C8L position b.
' After setting the LV-8W7, turn on the LV-8W7, and a predetermined shape of both IL characters will be displayed at the screen position specified by the cursor C3L. By repeating this operation, you can create the desired pattern of characters. Or you can create a pattern on the CBr4 screen.

However, if the operation mode MD is not in the drawing mode WR, it is detected in step 49 whether or not the erase mode is ER, and if it is in the erase mode ER, in the next step 50, the current position of the cursor C8L is 1)j
The image having the specified predetermined shape is erased, and then the process returns to the switch scanning process of step 42. Conversely, if the erase mode is not ER, the position of cursor C8L is r WRIT
EJ.

r ERASE j, rRJ, rGJ, r
Step 51. Select which display position of the function characters BJ and rENDJ is to be moved to.
Detected at 53, 55, 57, 59.61. As a result,
If the position of the cursor C8L has moved to the display position of the function character rWRI T El, in step 52, the city mode MD is switched to the drawing mode WR, and if the position has been moved to the display position of the function character rERAsEJ. In step 54! ll! 1
The erase mode of the 1ll-do MD is changed to E'RKvJ and the process returns to step 42. It's a trench, cursor C8L is at r
If you have moved to the display position of the function character "R", "rni", rB", step 56.58
．． At 60, the color mode CL is switched to red mode R1, green mode G, and 1 color mode B, respectively, and the process returns to step 42. Furthermore, the position of cursor C8L is “
If the color mode CL has been moved to the display position of the function character "END", the color mode CL is set to white/black mode W in step 62, and the color mode CL is set to white/black mode W in the next step 63.
Image data for one side displayed on Br4? 4J
The numbers 1 to 1 corresponding to the point ranking N are stored in the memory area MEM(N). Thereafter, in the next step 64, the game control device u1 is activated. As a result, the recording operation of the unique information of the high score earner is all completed, and the CBr 4 is placed under the control of the game control device 1 and enters a data waiting state.

In this game waiting state, there are 5ils as shown in Figure 3.
lfi (the unique information of high scorers up to Dake is CBr4
displayed on the screen.

In the above-described embodiment, the drawn image is stored in the naming memory 5, but the blank space may be omitted and stored. In this way, the capacity of the naming memory 5 can be saved, which is very effective. Furthermore, the subjects whose unique information can be recorded need not be limited to those who have obtained high scores up to the 8th rank. Furthermore, those who have obtained further position points in a certain ranking can have the unique information ÷ [φ recorded in the naming memory 5, but those who have obtained a score of 61μ in the lower order can only have the unique information displayed on the screen of the CRT 2. As described above, the present invention has configurations 1 to 1 in which the positions of images of a predetermined shape are sequentially designated by the drawing kerf.
Therefore, by moving the drawing cursor 4 and ψ, the desired pattern of characters or C1-pictures is drawn 11. - Can be recorded as unique information of the person who obtained the 4th position point.

As a result, it becomes possible to record the unique information of each person including kanji, which has the effect of making the game play even more enjoyable.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a display image [λ■] showing how drawing is done, and Fig. 3 is a display image showing how unique information is displayed by score ranking. , I., 4[ψI is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 1. 1... Game control device, 2... Cathode ray tube display device, 4... Naming control device, 5... Naming memory, 6... Joystick 1/bar 7
Misery...operation switch, C8L...cursor for drawing ii+ii. Special Applicant Cheetaist Co., Ltd. Agent
Masaki Yamakawa (and 1 other person)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A cursor display means for displaying a drawing cursor on a television screen in a television game device equipped with a recording device that records unique information of high ranking score earners along with scores;
a first operator for moving the position of the drawing cursor; a cursor position detection means for detecting the position of the drawing cursor; a second operator for instructing recording of an image of a predetermined shape; an image display means for displaying an image of a predetermined shape at the position of the drawing cursor detected by the cursor position detection means when the operator is operated; and an image display means for storing the image displayed on the television screen by the image display means. A video game device having 46 storage means for storing data.