WO2007007522A1

WO2007007522A1 - Game program, game machine, and game method

Info

Publication number: WO2007007522A1
Application number: PCT/JP2006/312477
Authority: WO
Inventors: Satoru Okubo
Original assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2005-07-11
Filing date: 2006-06-22
Publication date: 2007-01-18
Also published as: TW200706221A; JP2007014700A

Abstract

The fun of game according to a game program is enhanced while reducing the amount of data for game sounds. In a cheer song creating screen, at step S1, a basic song creating processing of creating a predetermined basic song such as a chance theme is carried out. At step S2, a basic voice creating processing of creating a predetermined basic voice which is a cheer such as “Kattobaseee!” (Hit a home run!) is carried out. At step S3, it is judged whether or not a predetermined game condition is met. At step S4, “a batter character address” which is a predetermined voice is determined. At step S5, “the batter character address” which is a predetermined voice is added after the basic voice which is a cheer such as “Kattobaseee!” (Hit a home run!). At step S7, the basic song created at step S1 is played. At step S8, the basic voice to which a predetermined voice is added at step S5 is superimposed on the basic song and played.

Description

Specification

GAME PROGRAM, GAME DEVICE, AND GAME METHOD

Technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to a game program, and more particularly to a game program for causing a computer to realize a game for operating a game character. The present invention also relates to a game apparatus and a game method realized by the game program.

Background art

[0002] Various games have been proposed. One of them is a battle video game, for example, a baseball game, in which a player character displayed on a monitor is operated to play a game. In this type of baseball game, the player can select one baseball team to which each player character belongs, and can play against other players or computers that have selected other baseball teams.

[0003] In such a baseball game, for example, when a baseball team selected by the player is attacking, a cheer song created for the baseball team selected by the player is played (for example, Patent Document 1, especially see FIG. 13). Also, when the field team selected by the opponent is attacking, the cheering piece created for the baseball team selected by the opponent is played. This type of support song is dedicated to individual baseball teams and is different for each baseball team. In addition, when the baseball team is under attack, it is possible to play cheering songs dedicated to the player characters in the knotter box with only cheering songs dedicated to the baseball team. In addition, such cheering songs are played uniformly at a preset volume so as to reverberate throughout the stadium.

[0004] In addition, such cheering songs are pre-stored as melodies in the memory, or those created by the player and saved in the memory are being attacked by the baseball team selected by the player. At some point, it is automatically played.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-468

Disclosure of the invention

[0005] In the conventional baseball game in which the cheer song can be played, Corresponding dedicated cheer songs are played. However, here, since the dedicated cheer songs corresponding to the baseball team and player characters must be generated for the number of baseball teams and player characters, the total number of data of the game sound becomes enormous, and therefore the memory The storage capacity may be insufficient.

[0006] In addition, in such a cheering piece, there is a case where a cheering voice such as "Kattobaseichi" is played as a cheering piece by simply generating a melody by combining pitches and note lengths. In such a cheering song that also has a singing voice, for example, by inserting “name of player character” after “Kattobaseichi” and playing a cheering song dedicated to the player character, it is possible to further enhance the interest of the game. . However, in this case, since dedicated cheer songs corresponding to the player characters must be generated for the number of names of the player characters, the storage capacity of the memory may be further insufficient.

[0007] An object of the present invention is to increase the interest of a game in a game program while suppressing the number of game sound data.

[0008] A game program according to claim 1 is a program for causing a computer capable of realizing a game for operating a game character to realize the following functions.

[0009] (1) A music creation function capable of creating a predetermined basic music.

[0010] (2) A sound creation function capable of creating a predetermined basic sound.

[0011] (3) A game condition determining function for determining whether or not a predetermined game condition is satisfied.

[0012] (4) A sound adding function for adding a predetermined sound related to a game character to a predetermined basic sound created by the sound creating function when it is determined by the game condition determining function that a predetermined game condition is satisfied.

[0013] (5) A music performance function for playing a predetermined basic music created by the music creation function.

[0014] (6) A voice performance function for playing a predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation function and a predetermined voice related to the game character added by the voice addition function superimposed on a predetermined basic music piece.

[0015] In a game realized by this program, a predetermined basic music is created by the music creation function, and a predetermined basic voice is created by the voice creation function. Here, the predetermined basic music is a music common to groups related to game characters, For example, it is a song that can be generated by a musical instrument having a melody or rhythm. In addition, the predetermined basic voice is a voice that also serves as a common phrase for the game character or the group related to the game character, and is a voice that also has a human voice such as a shout. In the game condition determination function, it is determined whether or not the power satisfies a predetermined game condition. In the sound addition function, when it is determined that the predetermined game condition is satisfied by the game condition determination function, the predetermined sound related to the game character is added to the predetermined basic sound generated by the sound generation function. In the music performance function, the predetermined basic music created by the music creation function is played, and in the voice performance function, the predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation function and the predetermined voice related to the game character added by the voice addition function Is played over a specified basic piece of music

[0016] For example, let us consider a case where a baseball game in which a player character is operated is realized and a cheer song corresponding to the player character is played. Here, the song creation function creates a predetermined basic song that is a cheering song of Rappa Tycho with a melody and rhythm such as a chance theme shared by the team to which the player character belongs. Next, a predetermined basic voice that is a common voice of the team such as “Shitsutoboseichi” is created by the voice creation function. Next, with the game condition judgment function, the power of what the current attacking team name is, the power of what is the name of the player who enters the Battalotas, the runner can be in the scoring area, or can be reversed It is determined whether or not the attacking team such as the power meets a predetermined game condition such as whether the team has a chance. Next, when the attacking team is determined to have a chance by the voice addition function, for example, by the game condition determination function, the player character's predetermined voice related to the game character is “after the player character's voice” “Name” is added. Then, by the music performance function and the voice performance function, a cheering voice such as “Kattobaseichi, the name of the player character” is superimposed on a trumpet or tyco support music having a melody or rhythm such as a chance theme.

[0017] In this game program, a predetermined basic voice is created in the voice creation function, and a predetermined voice related to the game character is added to the predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation function in the voice addition function. . Here, as the predetermined basic voice, For example, “Kattobaseichi” can be used as a common voice for the team, and “name of player character” can be added after “Kattobaseichi” as a predetermined voice. For this reason, it is no longer necessary to create a cheering piece for each player character, “Katsutobaseichi, the name of the player character” as in the past, so the data of the entire game sound can be reduced, and the memory capacity is insufficient. It becomes difficult. In addition, since it is possible to play “Kattobaseichi, the name of the player character” that is different for each player character, it is possible to realize a realistic baseball game close to real-world baseball. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the fun of the game while suppressing the number of game sound data.

[0018] The game program according to claim 2 is the game program according to claim 1, wherein the music creation function or the sound creation function selects one or a plurality of predetermined patterns from a plurality of preset patterns. This is a function for creating a predetermined basic music or a predetermined basic sound.

[0019] Here, for example, a plurality of percussion instruments or singing voices that are stored in advance in the memory of a computer, or that have been created in advance by a player and stored in the memory of the computer, including a melody or not including a melody. Preset pattern power By selecting an arbitrary pattern, the player can easily create music and audio.

[0020] The game program according to claim 3 is the game program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the music composition function includes a pitch setting function for setting a predetermined note to a predetermined pitch, and a predetermined set by the pitch setting function. It has a note length setting function that sets the length of notes, and a melody generation function that generates a melody by arranging a plurality of predetermined notes set by the pitch setting function and the tone length setting function. .

Here, the pitch setting function, the pitch setting function, and the melody generation function, for example, allow a note character representing a predetermined note on the music creation screen to have the same pitch as the pitch of the piano keyboard. Since the pitch, note length, and melody can be set by arranging them in the horizontal direction in the field arranged at, it is possible to provide a user interface that is easy for the player to operate.

[0022] The game program according to claim 4 is the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the predetermined basic music is a music having a predetermined melody. [0023] Here, for example, a predetermined basic music such as a team-specific support song or a chance theme shared by the team has a melody by a musical instrument such as a trumpet, for example, a melody. A rich baseball game with a reality close to that of real world baseball can be realized.

[0024] The game program according to claim 5 is the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the predetermined basic music is a music having a predetermined tone.

[0025] Here, since the predetermined basic music has a tone, i.e., rhythm, by a percussion instrument such as a tycoon, it is close to real-world baseball due to a synergistic effect when the predetermined basic sound is superimposed. In addition, a realistic baseball game can be realized.

[0026] The game program according to claim 6 is the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the predetermined basic sound is a sound having a predetermined shout.

[0027] Here, the predetermined basic voices are the names of teams and players such as “Kattobaseichi”, “Burn! Burn!”, “Let GO! Let's GO!”, “GO GO! Let's GO!”, Etc. Compared to the case where it is composed only of predetermined basic music, the baseball is more realistic than the real world baseball due to the synergistic effect when superimposed on the basic music. A game can be realized.

[0028] In the game program according to claim 7, in the game program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the predetermined sound is a predetermined name sound related to the game character.

[0029] Here, since the predetermined sound is a name sound such as a team name or a player name, the player's degree of attachment to the player character or the degree of immersion is higher than in the case where the predetermined sound is composed of only a predetermined basic sound. Can be improved.

[0030] The game device according to claim 8 is a game device for realizing a game in which a game character is operated. The game apparatus includes music creation means, voice creation means, game condition determination means, voice addition means, music performance means, and voice performance means. The music creating means creates a predetermined basic music, and the voice creating means creates a predetermined basic voice. In the game condition determining means, it is determined whether or not the power satisfies a predetermined game condition. When the sound adding means determines that the predetermined game condition is satisfied by the game condition determining means, A predetermined voice is added to a predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation means. In the music performance means, a predetermined basic music created by the music creation means is played, and in the voice performance means, a predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation means and a predetermined game character added by the voice adding means. The sound is played by superimposing it on the specified basic music.

[0031] A game method according to claim 9 is a game method for causing a computer to realize a game for operating a game character. This game method includes a music creation step, a voice creation step, a game condition determination step, a voice addition step, a music performance step, and a voice performance step. In the music creation step, a predetermined basic music is created, and in the voice creation step, a predetermined basic voice is created. In the game condition determination step, it is determined whether or not the power satisfies a predetermined game condition. In the sound addition step, when it is determined that the predetermined game condition is satisfied in the game condition determination step, the predetermined sound related to the game character is added to the predetermined basic sound generated in the sound generation step. Is done. In the music playing step, the predetermined basic music created in the music creating step is played, and in the voice playing step V, the game added by the predetermined basic voice and voice adding step created in the voice creating step. Predetermined sound related to the character is played with being superposed on the predetermined basic music.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a video game apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram as an example of the video game apparatus.

[FIG. 3] A diagram showing a sound setting support song creation selection screen in a baseball game.

[Fig.4] A diagram showing the sample data selection screen on the support song creation screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a music tone setting screen on the support music creation screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a noise pattern selection screen on the support song creation screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a call pattern selection screen on the support song creation screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the cheering song creation screen when a note character is placed in the note input field. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the support song creation screen when the note character's sound length (horizontal length) is changed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the support song creation screen when the pitch (height position) of the note character is changed.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the support song creation screen when a note character of an echo sound corresponding to the note character is virtually arranged.

FIG. 12 is a view showing a battle screen on which a pitcher character and a batter character in the baseball game are displayed.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart relating to a support song creation process in the baseball game.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart regarding basic music creation processing in the support music creation processing.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart regarding echo creation processing in the support song creation processing.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a game condition determination table used for the game condition determination process in the cheer song creation process.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a predetermined game condition determination table used for the game condition determination process in the cheer song creation process.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the relative relationship between the volume set by the computer and the volume that the player can actually listen to.

Explanation of symbols

1 Control unit

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3 Image display

4 Game sound output

5 Operation input section

7 CPU

13 Speaker

17 Controller

20 Television monitor

25 Sound support song creation selection screen Support song creation screen

Piano keyboard

Note input field

Note character

a Rectangular character

b character

c Graphic character

d selection symbol character

e Virtual rectangle character

Sound pattern selection item a Sound pattern display field Call pattern selection item a Call pattern display field Various mode setting selection items a Selection items for returning to the previous screen b Selection items for saving c Selection items for repeating d Musical tone Setting items

e Sample data selection setting item f Selection item to cancel g Tone setting display item

h Tempo setting display item i Selection cursor

Sample data selection screen Button operation instruction items

Music tone setting screen

Tone setting screen

Tempo setting screen Selection item to decide

Sound pattern selection screen Call pattern selection screen Character display means

Character movement means

Character editing means

Game condition judgment means Basic music creation means

Basic voice creation means

Predetermined voice adding means

Basic music performance means

Basic voice playing means

Echo creation means

Performance position determination means

Performance volume determination means

Performance tempo determination means

Sample data selection means Musical tone setting means

Pitch setting means

Sound length setting means

Melody generation means

Pitcher character

Batter character

Light stand

Left stand

Game condition determination table Predetermined game condition determination table BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[Configuration and Operation of Game Device]

FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, a home video game apparatus will be described as an example of the game apparatus. The home video game apparatus includes a home game machine body and a home television. The home game machine main body can be loaded with the recording medium 10, and the game data is executed by appropriately reading the recording medium 10 game data. The contents of the game executed in this way are displayed on the home television.

[0035] The game system of the home video game apparatus includes a control unit 1, a storage unit 2, an image display unit 3, a game sound output unit 4, and an operation input unit 5, each of which has a bus 6 It is connected via This bus 6 includes an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. Here, the control unit 1, the storage unit 2, the game sound output unit 4 and the operation input unit 5 are included in the home video game machine main body of the home video game apparatus, and the image display unit 3 is used in the home television. Included.

[0036] The control unit 1 is provided mainly for controlling the progress of the entire game based on the game program. The control unit 1 includes, for example, a CPU 7 (Central Processing Unit), a signal processor 8, and an image processor 9. The CPU 7, the signal processor 8 and the image processor 9 are connected to each other via the bus 6. The CPU 7 interprets instructions from the game program and performs various data processing and control. For example, the CPU 7 instructs the signal processor 8 to supply image data to the image processor. The signal processor 8 mainly performs calculations in the three-dimensional space, position conversion calculation from the three-dimensional space to the pseudo three-dimensional space, light source calculation processing, and image and sound data generation processing processing. It is carried out. The image processing processor 9 performs a process of writing image data to be drawn into the RAM 12 based on the calculation result and the processing result of the signal processor 8.

[0037] The storage unit 2 is provided mainly for storing program data, various data used in the program data, and the like. The storage unit 2 includes, for example, a recording medium 10, an interface circuit 11, and a RAM 12 (Random Access Memory). ing. An interface circuit 11 is connected to the recording medium 10. The interface circuit 11 and the RAM 12 are connected via the bus 6. The recording medium 10 is for recording operation system program data, image data, sound data, game data having various program data capabilities, and the like. The recording medium 10 is, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) cassette, an optical disk, a flexible disk, or the like, and stores operating system program data, game data, and the like. The recording medium 10 also includes a card type memory, and this card type memory is mainly used for storing various game parameters at the time of interruption when the game is interrupted. The RAM 12 is used for temporarily storing various data read from the recording medium 10 and for temporarily recording the processing result from the control unit 1. This RAM 12 stores various data and address data indicating the storage location of the various data, and can be read and written by designating an arbitrary address.

[0038] The image display unit 3 is provided mainly for outputting image data written in the RAM 12 by the image processor 9 or image data read from the recording medium 10 as an image. The image display unit 3 includes, for example, a television monitor 20, an interface circuit 21, and a D / A converter 22 (Digital-To-Analog converter). A DZ A converter 22 is connected to the television monitor 20, and an interface circuit 21 is connected to the D / A converter 22. The bus 6 is connected to the interface circuit 21. Here, the image data is supplied to the DZA converter 22 via the interface circuit 21 and is converted into an analog image signal here. Then, the analog image signal is output as an image to the television monitor 20.

Here, image data includes, for example, polygon data and texture data.

Polygon data is the coordinate data of vertices constituting a polygon. The texture data is used to set a texture on the polygon, and consists of texture instruction data and texture color data. Texture instruction data is data for associating polygons and textures, and texture color data specifies the texture color. It is data for. Here, polygon address data and texture address data indicating the storage position of each data are associated with the polygon data and the texture data. In such image data, the signal processor 8 uses the movement data and rotation data of the polygon data (3D polygon data) force screen itself (viewpoint) in the 3D space indicated by the polygon address data. No! It is then converted to polygon data (2D polygon data) in 2D space after coordinate conversion and perspective projection conversion. Then, the polygon outline is composed of a plurality of 2D polygon data, and the texture data indicated by the texture address data is written in the internal area of the polygon. In this way, it is possible to represent an object in which a texture is pasted on each polygon, that is, various characters.

[0040] The game sound output unit 4 is provided mainly for outputting sound data read from the recording medium 10 as a game sound. The game sound output unit 4 includes, for example, a speaker 13, an amplifier circuit 14, a DZA converter 15, and an interface circuit 16. An amplifier circuit 14 is connected to the speaker 13, a DZA converter 15 is connected to the amplifier circuit 14, and an interface circuit 16 is connected to the DZA converter 15. The bus 6 is connected to the interface circuit 16. Here, the sound data is supplied to the D / A converter 15 via the interface circuit 16, where it is converted into an analog sound signal. This analog sound signal is amplified by the amplifier circuit 14 and output from the speaker 13 as a game sound. Examples of sound data include ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation) data and PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) data. In the case of ADPCM data, game sound can be output from the speaker 13 by the same processing method as described above. In the case of PCM data, the game sound can be output from the speaker 13 by the same processing method as described above by converting the PCM data into ADPCM data in the RAM 12.

The operation input unit 5 mainly includes a controller 17, an operation information interface circuit 18, and an interface circuit 19. An operation information interface circuit 18 is connected to the controller 17, and an interface circuit 19 is connected to the operation information interface circuit 18. The bus 6 is connected to the interface circuit 19. [0042] The controller 17 is an operation device used by the player to input various operation commands, and sends an operation signal corresponding to the operation of the player to the CPU 7. For controller 17, ゝ 1st button 17a ゝ 2nd button 17b ゝ 3rd button 17c ゝ 4th button 17d, Up key 17U, Down key 17D, Left key 17L, Right key 17R, L1 button 17L1, L2 Button 17 L2, R1 button 17R1, R2 button 17R2, start button 17e, select button 17f, left stick 17SL and right stick 17SR are provided.

[0043] Up arrow key 17U, down arrow key 17D, left arrow key 17L, and right arrow key 17R, for example, give CPU 7 a command to move a character or cursor up, down, left, or right on the screen of television monitor 20. Used for.

The start button 17e is used when instructing the CPU 7 to load the game program from the recording medium 10. Also, if the start button 17e is pressed while the title screen is displayed on the television monitor 20, a mode select screen for setting various modes will be displayed on the television monitor 20! /, The

[0045] The select button 17f is used to instruct the CPU 7 to select various types of game programs loaded from the recording medium 10.

[0046] The left stick 17SL and the right stick 17SR are stick-type controllers having substantially the same configuration as a so-called joystick. This stick type controller has an upright stick. This stick has a structure in which an upright position force can tilt over 360 degrees including front, back, left and right with a fulcrum as the center. The left stick 17SL and right stick 17SR have the X coordinate and y coordinate values based on the upright position as the operation signal and the operation information interface circuit 18 and interface circuit 19 as the operation signal according to the tilt direction and tilt angle of the stick. Send to CPU7 via.

[0047] The first button 17a 媒体 second button 17b ゝ third button 17c ゝ fourth button 17d, L1 button 17L1, L2 button 17L2, R1 button 17R1 and R2 button 17R2 are loaded with a game program. Various functions are allocated depending on the situation. For example, the second button 17b and the third button 17c are used when instructing the CPU 7 to determine a menu item or to move to the next screen, and the first button 17a and the fourth button 17d are menu items. If you instruct CPU7 to deselect or cancel your eyes or to return to the previous screen Used.

[0048] The buttons and keys of the controller 17 except for the left stick 17SL and the right stick 17SR are turned on when the neutral position force is pressed by an external pressing force, and are neutral when the pressing force is released. Become an on / off switch that returns to the position and turns off!

The general operation of the home video game apparatus having the above-described configuration power will be described below. When a power switch (not shown) is turned on and the game system 1 is turned on, the CPU 7 receives image data, sound data, and program data from the recording medium 10 based on the operating system stored in the recording medium 10. Is read. Some or all of the read image data, sound data, and program data are stored in the RAM 12. Then, the CPU 7 issues a command to the image data and sound data stored in the RAM 12 based on the program data stored in the RAM 12.

In the case of image data, based on a command from the CPU 7, first, the position calculation of the character in the three-dimensional space of the signal processor 8 and the light source calculation are performed. Next, the image processor 9 performs a process of writing image data to be drawn into the RAM 12 based on the calculation result of the signal processor 8. Then, the image data force written in the RAM 12 is supplied to the DZA converter 22 via the interface circuit 21. Here, the image data is converted into an analog video signal by the DZ A converter 22. Then, the image data is supplied to the television monitor 20 and displayed as an image.

[0051] In the case of sound data, first, the signal processor 8 generates and processes sound data based on a command from the CPU 7. Here, for example, processing such as pitch conversion, noise addition, envelope setting, level setting, and reverb addition is performed on the sound data. Next, the sound data is output from the signal processor 8 and supplied to the DZ A converter 15 via the interface circuit 16. Here, the sound data is converted into an analog sound signal. Then, the sound data is output through the amplifier circuit 14 as a speaker 13 power game sound.

[Outline of Various Processes in Game Device]

The game executed in this game machine is, for example, a baseball game. This game machine can realize a game in which a character displayed on the television monitor 20 is operated. It is. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions that play a major role in the present invention. The control unit 1 includes a character display means 50, a character action means 51, a character editing means 52, a game condition determination means 53, a basic music creation means 54, a basic voice creation means 55, and a predetermined voice addition means 56. Basic music performance means 57, basic voice performance means 58, and echo creation means 59 are mainly provided. The echo creating means 59 includes a performance position determining means 60, a performance volume determining means 61, and a performance tempo determining means 62.

The character display means 50 has a function of displaying the pitcher character 70, the batter character 72, and the note character 33 on the television monitor 20. The character display means 50 displays the pitcher character 70 and the batter character 72 shown in FIG. Further, in the character display means 50, the musical note character 33 is displayed on the television monitor 20 on the support song creation screen 30 shown in FIG.

In this means, the pitcher image data corresponding to the pitcher character 70, the batter image data corresponding to the batter character 72, and the note image data corresponding to the note character 33 are stored in the storage unit 2 when the game program is loaded. For example, it is supplied from the recording medium 10 to the RAM 12 and stored in the RAM 12. At this time, the pitcher image data, the pitcher coordinate data, and the note image data are recognized by the control unit 1, for example, the CPU 7. Also, batter coordinate data for displaying batter image data on the television monitor 20, pitcher coordinate data for displaying pitcher image data on the television monitor 20, and note image data on the television monitor 20 are displayed on the television monitor 20. Coordinate data force for musical notes for display Storage unit 2 For example, supplied from the recording medium 10 to the RAM 12 and stored in the RAM 12. At this time, the batter image data, batter coordinate data, and note image data are recognized by the control unit 1, for example, the CPU 7. Then, the batter image data, pitcher image data, and note image data stored in the RAM 12 are supplied to the television monitor 20 via the image processor 9 based on an instruction from the CPU 7. The batter image data, pitcher image data, and note image data are displayed at predetermined positions on the television monitor 20 based on the batter coordinate data, pitcher coordinate data, and note coordinate data. Note that the CPU 7 gives an instruction to display the batter image data, the pitcher image data, and the musical note coordinate data at a predetermined position on the television monitor 20. The character action means 51 has a function of moving the pitcher character 70 and the batter character 72. In the character action means 51, the pitcher character 70 and the batter character 72 are moved.

In this means, when a signal from the controller 17 for operating the pitcher character 70 and the batter character 72 is recognized by the control unit 1, for example, the CPU 7, the pitcher is based on an instruction from the CPU 7. The pitcher image data corresponding to the character 70 and the batter image data force control unit 1 corresponding to the batter character 72 are processed by the signal processor 8 and the image processing processor 9, for example. Then, the processed image data is supplied from the RAM 12 to the television monitor 20, and the pitching motion of the pitcher character 70 and the swing motion of the batter character 72 are displayed on the television monitor 20 as moving images.

The character editing means 52 has a function of moving and deforming the note character 33. In the character editing means 52, the note character 33 is moved and deformed.

In this means, when a signal from the controller 17 for moving and transforming the note character 33 is recognized by the control unit 1, for example, the CPU 7, the note corresponding to the note character 33 is based on an instruction from the CPU 7. The image data for processing is processed by the control unit 1, for example, the signal processing processor 8 and the image processing processor 9. Then, the processed image data is supplied from the RAM 12 to the television monitor 20, and the pitch changing operation due to the movement of the musical note character 33 and the tone length changing operation due to the deformation are displayed on the television monitor 20 as a moving image.

[0059] The game condition determining means 53 has a function of determining whether or not a predetermined game condition is satisfied in a baseball game. The game condition determining means 53 refers to the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16 stored in the storage unit 2 in accordance with the baseball game trial situation, and uses a predetermined game condition determination table 95 shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the power meets the game conditions. Here, the fact that the predetermined game condition is satisfied is determined by the control unit 1 such as the CPU 7 as the predetermined game condition, where the performance position or performance volume is b and the volume of the b. The state that is. Each variable in the game condition determination table 90 and the game condition determination table 95 changes according to the game situation of the baseball game, and various data are stored in the RAM 12. [0060] The basic music creation means 54 has a function of creating a predetermined basic music. In the basic music creation means 54, a predetermined basic music that is a trumpet or a tune that has a rhythm or rhythm such as a chance theme common to the team to which the batter character 72 belongs is created. The basic music creation means 54 is a pitch setting means 65 for setting the note character 33 at the pitch position of the note input field 32 and the note character set by the pitch setting means 65 on the support music creation screen 30 shown in FIG. And a melody generating means for generating a melody by arranging a plurality of note characters 33 set by the pitch setting means 65 and the pitch setting means 66. have. Further, the basic music creation means 54 includes sample data selection means 63 for selecting music including a melody (melody) stored in advance in the storage unit 2 on the sample data selection screen 37 shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. The music tone setting screen 40 further includes music tone setting means 64 for setting the tone and ten of the music. Here, the basic music data of the created support music is stored in the RAM 12.

[0061] The basic sound creating means 55 has a function of creating a predetermined basic sound. In the basic voice creation means 55, “Kattobaseichi”, “Burn! Burn!”, “Let's GO! Let's GO!”, “GO GO! Let's GO!” A predetermined basic voice is created. The basic voice creation means 55 is created by the player selecting the call pattern selection item 46a on the call pattern selection screen 46 shown in FIG. Is stored in RAM 12.

[0062] The predetermined sound adding means 56, when it is determined by the game condition determining means 53 that the predetermined game condition is satisfied, is based on the predetermined sound regarding the batter character 72 and the team to which the batter character 72 belongs. A function for adding to a predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation means 55 is provided. In the predetermined sound adding means 56, when the predetermined game conditions are satisfied by the game condition determining means 53, “Katto Boseichi”, “Burn! Burn!”, “Let's GO! Let's GO!”, “GO GO! After the call of “Let's GO!” Or the like, “name of the batter character 72”, which is a predetermined sound relating to the game character, is added. The predetermined voice adding means 56 is shown in FIG. 16 stored in the storage unit 2 according to the game situation of the baseball game. Referring to the game condition judgment table 90, a predetermined voice “name of the batter character 72” is read out and automatically added to the basic voice data of the cheering music, and the basic voice data of the cheering music to which the predetermined voice is added. Is stored in RAM 12.

The basic music playing means 57 has a function of playing a predetermined basic music created by the basic music creating means 54. In the basic music playing means 57, predetermined basic music data which is a trumpet or rhythm supporting music of the trumpet or Tyco having a melody or rhythm such as a chance theme shared by the batter character 72 to which the batter character 72 to which the batter character 72 belongs created by the basic music creating means 54 is stored. The speaker 13 outputs a predetermined basic music that is a cheering song of the trumpet or Tyco through the interface circuit 16, the DZ A converter 15, and the amplifier circuit 14 of the game sound output unit 4.

[0064] The basic voice performance means 58 includes a predetermined basic voice created by the basic voice creation means 55 and a predetermined voice related to the team to which the batter character 72 and the batter character 72 added by the predetermined voice addition means 56 belong. And a function to superimpose them on a predetermined basic music. The basic voice performance means 58 includes trumpet and Tyco support songs with melodies and rhythms such as chance themes, “Katto Boseichi, the name of the batter character 72”, “Burn! Burn! The name of the batter character 72”, “Let's” “GO! Let's GO! Batter Character 72 Name”, “GO GO! Let's GO! Batter Character 72 Name”, etc. Here, the basic sound data of the cheering song with the predetermined sound added by the predetermined sound adding means 56 is read from the RAM 12, and the interface circuit 16 of the game sound output unit 4, the D / A converter 15, the amplification Through the circuit 14, the speaker 13 outputs a predetermined basic music that is a cheering song of a trumpet or a Tyco to the outside.

[0065] Here, in the basic voice creation means 55, a common voice for teams such as "Kattobaseichi", "Burn! Burn!", "Let's GO! Let's GO!", "GO GO! Let's GO!" In the predetermined voice adding means 56, after a common voice of the team such as “Kattobaseichi”, “Burn! Burn!”, “Let's GO! Let's GO!”, “GO GO! Let's GO!” “Name of batter character 72”, which is a predetermined voice, is added. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to create a cheering piece for each batter character 72 as in the past, so the data for the entire game sound is reduced. Therefore, the memory capacity of the memory is insufficient. In addition, since “butterfly one, the name of the batter character 72” which is different for each batter character 72 can be played, it is possible to realize a baseball game with a reality close to that of the real world baseball.

The echo creating means 59 includes a performance position determining means 60, a performance volume determining means 61, and a performance tempo determining means 62. The echo creating means 59, when the game condition determining means 53 determines that the predetermined game condition is satisfied, the predetermined music related to the game character is played at the performance position determined by the performance position determining means 60. The generated game sound is played by the basic music performance means 57 and the basic voice performance means 58.

[0067] The game condition determination means 53 refers to the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16 stored in the storage unit 2 in accordance with the game situation of the baseball game, and uses the predetermined game condition determination table 95 shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the game conditions are satisfied. Here, satisfying the predetermined game conditions such as player name, team name, stadium name, home team or away team, dome stadium or outdoor stadium, attacking or defensive, chance state, etc. It is judged whether or not the power is

[0068] In the performance position determination means 60, when the game condition determination means 53 determines that the predetermined game condition is satisfied! /, A predetermined theme such as a batter character 72 or a chance theme common to the team to which the batter character 72 belongs, etc. The performance position for performing the song is determined. For example, when the player's team is a home team with many cheering teams on the light stand side and is attacking (see FIG. 16), the position where the cheering piece is played by the playing position determining means 60 Is determined on the light stand side (see Fig. 17).

[0069] In the performance volume determining means 61, when the game condition determining means 53 determines that the predetermined game condition is satisfied! /, A predetermined theme such as a batter character 72 or a chance theme common to the team to which the batter character 72 belongs, etc. The predetermined performance volume for playing the music is determined. For example, when the player's team is in a chance state, specifically, when the batter character 72 is the main batter and the runner is in the scoring area (see FIG. 16), the performance volume determination means 61 supports the player. The volume at which the song is played is determined to be higher than the left stand side (see Figure 17). Also, when the spherical shape is a dome stadium (see Figure 16), the performance volume The determining means 61 determines the overall volume at which the cheering piece is played (see FIG. 17).

[0070] In the performance tempo determination means 62, when the game condition determination means 53 determines that the predetermined game condition is satisfied, a predetermined theme such as a batter character 72 or a chance theme common to the team to which the batter character 72 belongs, etc. A predetermined performance tempo for playing the music is determined. For example, when the player's team is in a chance state, specifically, when the batter character 72 is the main batter and the runner is in the scoring area (see FIG. 16), the performance tempo determination means 62 performs the support song Is determined so that the tempo at which the is played is fast (see Figure 17).

The basic music data and basic audio data of the cheering music determined by the performance position determining means 60, the performance sound volume determining means 61, and the performance tempo determining means 62 are stored in the RAM 12.

[0072] The basic music performance means 57 and the basic voice performance means 58 receive the basic music data and basic voice data of the cheering music determined by the performance position determination means 60, the performance volume determination means 61, and the performance tempo determination means 62. A game sound that is read out from the RAM 12 and played through the interface circuit 16 of the game sound output unit 4, the D / A converter 15, and the amplifier circuit 14 is played by the speaker 13 on the light stand side. Is output to

Here, a predetermined music piece related to the batter character 72 is played by the basic music performance means 57 and the basic voice performance means 58 on the light stand side which is the performance position determined by the performance position determination means 60, for example. A game sound is generated. Therefore, a game sound is generated as if a cheer song is being played on the light stand side, so that a baseball game with a reality close to that of the real world can be realized, and the game's The presence can be enhanced.

[Outline of Supporting Music Creation Process in Baseball Game]

Next, the specific contents of the support song creation process in the baseball game will be described in detail using a display screen displayed on the television monitor 20 shown in FIG.

[0075] In this baseball game, when the player creates a cheer song, the player of the controller 17 By pressing the start button 17e, the sound setting support song creation selection screen 25 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the television monitor 20. The sound setting support song creation selection screen 25 has a sound setting screen selection item 26 arranged on the left side and a support song creation screen selection item 27 arranged on the right side of the sound setting screen selection item 26.

[0076] In the sound setting screen selection item 26 and the support song creation screen selection item 27, the sound setting and support song creation characters are arranged in the upper part of the substantially rectangular frame, and are different in the lower part of the substantially rectangular frame. Character figures are arranged. Around the sound setting screen selection item 26 and the support song creation screen selection item 27, there is a selection cursor 2 8 indicating that either the sound setting screen selection item 26 or the support song creation screen selection item 27 has been selected. ing. The selection cursor 28 is arranged to be movable left and right by the operation of the left arrow key 17L and the right arrow key 17R.

[0077] When the selection cursor 28 is placed around the sound setting screen selection item 26 by operating the left direction key 17L and the right direction key 17R, and the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed in this state, Move to the sound setting screen. In the sound setting screen, set the stereo setting to select stereo or monaural, the surround setting to turn surround on and off, and the volume of live, Miss Udais, referees, cheer songs, cheers, etc. at large, medium, and small It is possible to set the volume level. Make various settings, move the selection cursor to a selection item for determination (not shown), save the various settings in RAM 12, and return to the sound setting support song creation selection screen 25.

[0078] When the selection cursor 28 is placed around the cheering song creation screen selection item 2 7 by operating the left direction key 17L and the right direction key 17R, and the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed in this state, The screen shifts to the support song creation screen 30 shown in FIG.

[0079] As shown in FIG. 8, the support song creation screen 30 has a piano keyboard 31 arranged so as to extend in the vertical direction on the left side, and a pitch on the right side of the piano keyboard 31 at the same height as the pitch of the piano keyboard 31. Note input field 32 arranged in such a way, multiple note characters 33 arranged at each pitch position of note input field 32, and sound pattern selection arranged above and below note input field 32 Item 34 and voice pattern selection item 35, and multiple selection items arranged side by side above the note input field 32 Various mode setting selection items 36 are provided.

[0080] As shown in FIG. 8, the various mode setting selection items 36 are arranged side by side with the left end force directed to the right, and the selection item 36a for returning to the previous screen where the graphic power of the return symbol is also displayed. A selection item 36b to perform, a selection item 36c to repeat, a music tone setting item 36d, a sample data selection setting item 36e, and a selection item 36f to cancel. In addition, on the right side of the various mode setting selection items 36 are a tone setting display item 36g and a tempo setting display item 36h for displaying the current tone and tempo set on the song tone setting screen 40 (see FIG. 5). They are arranged side by side. As shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, each of these selection items is obtained by selecting a selection cursor 36i arranged around each selection item as a sample data selection setting item 36e (see Fig. 4) or a music tone setting item 36d (Fig. 5). Browse) to select. Here, the left cursor key 17L and the right cursor key 17R are operated to move the selection cursor 36i to the left and right, and the selection cursor 36i is selected as the sample data selection setting item 36e (see Fig. 4) or the music tone setting item 36d (see Fig. 5). ) And press the second button 17b or the third button 17c to select each setting item.

In FIG. 8, when the selection cursor 36i is set to the sample data selection setting item 36e and a selection operation is performed, a sample data selection screen 37 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. The sample data selection screen 37 is a screen on which a melody including a melody (melody) pre-stored in the storage unit 2 can be selected, and a plurality of sample data selection items 37a arranged in a row above and below, and a sample And a selection cursor 37b arranged around the data selection item 37a.

[0082] In the sample data selection item 37a, as shown in FIG. 4, the title of the sample data is displayed in character characters. For example, in FIG. 4, characters such as “Puropro (registered trademark) 11 theme song” are shown. Has been. The sample data selection item 37a displays graphic characters indicating upward and downward arrows, and other sample data not displayed on the sample data selection screen 37 can be obtained by aligning the selection cursor 37b with the graphic character. The data selection item 37a can be sent out and displayed.

[0083] Here, the up cursor 17b and the down arrow 17D are operated to move the selection cursor 37b up and down, and the selection cursor 37b is moved to a sample such as “PAPROPRO (registered trademark) 11 theme song”. When the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed according to the data selection item 37a, desired sample data is selected. When the desired sample data is selected, the screen shifts to the support song creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8, and the note character 33 corresponding to the sample data, the sound pattern selection item 34 and the call pattern selection item 35 are automatically input. It becomes a state.

[0084] In addition, when the selection cursor 37b is moved to the sample data selection item 37a and the start button 17e is pressed by pressing the start button 17e on the sample data selection screen 37, the music of the selected sample data selection item 37a is played. It has become so. In addition, a button operation instruction item 38 having a character power of “START: Play” is arranged at the lower right of the sample data selection screen 37. Here, the player can easily perform various operations simply by following the instructions of the button operation instruction item 38.

In FIG. 8, when the selection cursor 36i is set to the music tone setting item 36d and a selection operation is performed, a music tone setting screen 40 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. The music tone setting screen 40 includes a tone setting screen 41 arranged on the upper side for setting the tone, and a tempo setting screen 42 arranged on the lower side of the tone setting screen 41 for setting the tempo. In addition, a selection item 43 for determining the character character power of “OK” is arranged below the tone setting screen 41 and the tempo setting screen 42. In addition, the music tone setting screen 40 displays a selection cursor 44 that is arranged around each item on the tone setting screen 41 and the tempo setting screen 42 and the selection item 43 to be determined and can be moved in the vertical and horizontal directions. And

[0086] As shown in FIG. 5, the tone setting screen 41 includes a tone selection item 41a arranged in a plurality of rows on the left and right sides, and a selection symbol consisting of arrow symbol forces arranged facing the top and bottom of the tone selection item 41a. 41b. The tone selection item 41a is composed of two items, “16th note score” and “triplet score”. In FIG. 5, the selection symbols 41b are arranged above and below the tone selection item 41a of the “16th note score”, and the tone selection item 41a of the “16th note score” is selected.

[0087] As shown in FIG. 5, the tempo setting screen 42 includes a tempo selection item 42a arranged in a plurality of rows on the left and right sides, and a selection symbol 42b that also has arrow symbol power arranged opposite to the top and bottom of the tempo selection item 42a. And have. The tempo selection item 42a is “Fast”, “Normal”, “Slow” It is composed of three items. In FIG. 5, selection symbols 42b are arranged above and below the “normal” tempo selection item 42a, and the “normal” tempo selection item 42a is selected.

[0088] In this state, when the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed according to the selection item 43 for determining the selection cursor 44, these tunes are set. When the desired tune is selected, the screen shifts to the cheering song creation screen 30 shown in FIG. Lactor is displayed.

[0089] In the tone setting screen 41, when the desired symbol selection item 41a and the tempo selection item 42a are respectively placed above and below the selection symbol 41b and the selection symbol 42b and the start button 17e is pressed, the selection is made. Music is played at the tone and tempo. In addition, a button operation instruction item 38 having a character character of “START: Play” is arranged at the lower right of the tone setting screen 41. Here, the player can easily perform various operations simply by following the instructions of the button operation instruction item 38.

[0090] When the selection cursor 33d of the note character 33 (to be described later in FIG. 8) is set to the sound pattern selection field 34a of the sound pattern selection field 34a, the sound pattern selection screen 45 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. . The sound pattern selection screen 45 is a screen that allows selection of Tyco's striking patterns that do not have a melody, and a plurality of sound pattern selection items 45a arranged around the top and bottom and surroundings of the sound pattern selection items 45a. And a selection cursor 45b arranged on the screen.

[0091] As shown in FIG. 6, the noise pattern selection item 45a is displayed by combining a character character such as “Pattern 1:”, a graphic figure of a Tyco character, and a blank, for example, FIG. “Pattern 1: Tyco figure, blank, Tyco figure, blank, Tyco figure, blank, Tyco figure” is written. Here, a Thai graphic character means a Thai hit, and a blank means a rest. Any combination of these hit patterns can be set. In addition, in the noise pattern selection item 45a, graphic characters indicating upward and downward arrows are displayed, and they are not displayed on the noise pattern selection screen 45 by placing the selection cursor 45b on them. It is possible to send out and display other noise pattern selection items 45a. Here, the up cursor key 17U and the down arrow key 17D are operated to move the selection cursor 45b up and down, and the selection cursor 45b is moved to “Pattern 1: Tyco figure, blank, Tyco figure, blank, Tyco figure, When the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed in accordance with the sounding pattern selection item 45a such as “blank, Thai figure” or the like, a desired Thai batting pattern is selected. When a desired Tyco hitting pattern is selected, the screen shifts to a support song creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8, and the set Tyco hitting pattern is displayed in the sound pattern display field 34a.

[0092] On the sound pattern selection screen 45, when the selection cursor 45b is moved to the sound pattern selection item 45a and the start button 17e is pressed, the music of the selected drum hit pattern is played. ing. In addition, a button operation instruction item 38 having a character character power of “START: playback” is arranged at the lower right of the sound pattern selection screen 45. Here, the player can easily perform various operations simply by following the instructions of the button operation instruction item 38.

[0093] When the selection cursor 33d of the note character 33 (to be described later in FIG. 8) is placed and the selection operation is performed according to the call pattern display field 35a of the item 35, the call pattern selection screen 46 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. . On the call pattern selection screen 46, “Katsutobaseichi”, “Burn! Burn!”, “Let's GO! Let's GO!”, “GO GO! Let's GO!”, Etc. The selectable screen has a calling pattern selection item 46a arranged in a plurality of rows vertically and a selection cursor 46b arranged around the calling pattern selection item 46a.

[0094] Call pattern selection item 46a, as shown in Fig. 7, "Pattern 1: Let's Go!", "Pattern 2: Let's GO! Let's GO!", "Pattern 3: GO GO! Let's GO!" Character Character is indicated. Here, the character character means a sound pronounced by a real person, and the sound is emitted according to the written character character. In addition, in the power 4-na voice pattern selection item 46a, graphic characters indicating upward and downward arrows are displayed, and when the selection cursor 46b is aligned with these, other voice characters that are not displayed on the call pattern selection screen 46 are displayed. Calling pattern selection item 46a, for example “Pattern 4: Burn! Burn!” Etc. can be sent out and displayed. Here, the up arrow key 17U and the down arrow key 17D are operated to move the selection cursor 46b up and down, and the selection cursor 46b is moved to the second voice call pattern selection item 46a such as “Pattern 1: Fast and fast”. When the button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed, a desired call pattern is selected. When the desired call pattern is selected, the screen shifts to the support music creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8, and the set call pattern is displayed in the call pattern display field 35a.

[0095] On the call pattern selection screen 46, when the selection cursor 46b is pressed and the start button 17e is pressed in accordance with the call pattern selection item 46a, the music of the selected Tyco hit pattern is played. . In addition, a button operation instruction item 38 having a character character power of “START: Play” is arranged at the lower right of the power 4 voice pattern selection screen 46. Here, the player can easily perform various operations simply by following the instructions of the button operation instruction item 38.

[0096] Next, the piano keyboard 31, note input field 32, and note character 33 on the support song creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8 will be described.

[0097] As shown in Fig. 8, the piano keyboard 31 is composed of a graphic character that looks like an actual piano keyboard, and includes a black key 31a and a white key 31b arranged in a vertical direction at predetermined pitch positions. Have. The piano keyboard 31 has the normal color tone of the black key 31a and the white key 31b when the note character 33 of the pitch corresponding to the black key 31a and the white key 31b is selected (pitch position of # in FIG. 8). It further has a different selection key 31c (the black key position of # in FIG. 8). By providing such a selection key 31c, it is possible to immediately recognize which musical note character 33 is selected by the player.

[0098] As shown in FIG. 8, the note input field 32 is arranged side by side so as to be perpendicular to the pitch reference line 32a and the pitch reference line 32a that also has a linear force in the horizontal direction arranged side by side. It has a sound length reference line 32b that also has a vertical linear force. The pitch reference line 32a is formed to be the same as the interval between the white keys 31b of the piano keyboard 31, and is connected to the upper and lower lines of the white keys 31b. The pitch reference line 32b is provided so that the thickness is different from the other lines for every four lines, and one measure is added for every 16 lines. It is provided so that the thickness and color tone are different from other lines. The current and next measure number 32c is arranged at the upper left position and the upper right position of the note input field 3 2 (4 and 5 measures in FIG. 8). The bar position can be moved to the previous bar and the next bar by operating the L1 button 17L1 and the R1 button 17R1 of the controller 17, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 8, the note character 33 can be placed at any position of the pitch reference line 32a and the pitch length reference line 32b of the note input field 32. Here, the pitch is set according to the height position of the note character 33 in the vertical direction, the pitch is set according to the length of the note character 33 in the horizontal direction, and a melody (melody) is set by combining these. As shown in FIG. 8, the note character 33 includes a rectangular character 33a having a rectangular shape and a rectangular character 33a that is slightly smaller than the interval between the pitch reference lines 32a and has a short side and the length of the long side can be changed. Character character 33b, which is located approximately in the center of 33a and expresses the pitch, graphic character 33c, which is placed in the approximate center of rectangular character 33a and also has graphic power such as a trumpet, and provided at the four corners of rectangular character 33a And a selection cursor 33d indicating that the rectangular character 33a has been selected.

[0100] The rectangular character 33a is a substantially rectangular character with four corners chamfered, and the height position is on the pitch reference line 32a (black key 3 la position) or the height position is between the pitch reference lines 32a ( White key 31b position) can be placed, and the pitch is set by this. Further, the rectangular character 33a can arbitrarily change the length in the horizontal direction, and the sound length is set accordingly. For example, in FIG. 8, the horizontal length of the rectangular character 33a at the # pitch position is 4 squares, whereas in FIG. 9, the horizontal length of the rectangular character 33a at the # pitch position is Is 2 squares, and thus the sound length can be changed arbitrarily.

[0101] To change the horizontal length of such a rectangular character 33a, operate the up key 17U, the down key 17D, the left key 17L, and the right key 17R to move the selection cursor 33d. Move to the position of the rectangular character 33a at the pitch position of #. Then, if the left direction key 17L and the right direction key 17R are operated while pressing the second button 17b or the third button 17c, the right position of the rectangular character 33a can be moved in the horizontal direction (see FIG. 8). While pressing the second button 17b or the third button 17c, press the left arrow key 17L and the right arrow key 17R. When the horizontal length of the rectangular character 33a reaches the desired length by the operation, if the pressing operation of the second button 17b or the third button 17c is released, the horizontal length of the rectangular character 33a is The position is fixed (see Fig. 9). Here, since the horizontal length of the rectangular character 33a is determined by the operation of releasing the pressing operation of the second button 17b or the third button 17c, the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed again. Compared to the case, the player can easily operate.

[0102] Further, to change the vertical position of the rectangular character 33a, the up cursor 17d, the down key 17D, the left key 17L, and the right key 17R are operated to select the selection cursor 33d. Is moved to the position of the rectangular character 33a at the pitch position of #. Then, when the up key 17U or the down key 17D is operated while pressing the second button 17b or the third button 17c, the rectangular character 33a can be moved in the vertical direction (see FIG. 8). When the vertical key 17U or the down key 17D is operated while the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed down, and the vertical height of the rectangular character 33a reaches a desired position, the second button 17b or When the pressing operation of the third button 17c is released, the vertical height of the rectangular character 33a is fixed at that position (in FIG. 10, the pitch position of the face). Here, since the vertical height of the rectangular character 33a is determined by the operation of releasing the pressing operation of the second button 17b or the third button 17c, the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed again. Compared to the case, the player can easily operate. In FIG. 10, since the selection cursor 33d is arranged around the rectangular character 33a at the pitch position of the fa, the white key position of the fa is a selection key 31c different from the normal color tone.

[0103] In this way, by arranging a plurality of rectangular characters 33a while changing the height in the vertical direction and the length in the horizontal direction, a basic user interface with a melody can be obtained by a user interface that is easy for the player to operate. You can easily create music.

[0104] The music created by the player in this way is given a batter by naming the storage unit 2 by selecting and operating the selection cursor 36i on the selection item 36b for saving in the various mode setting selection items 36. Can be saved as data associated with character 72. Thus, when the batter character 72 enters the batter box, the music created by the player is automatically played. Also, the music created by the player can be read arbitrarily. It can be re-edited, deleted, or converted into a random passphrase of hiragana and exchanged with other players.

[0105] In addition, when the start button 17e is pressed on the cheering song creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8, a sound of a tycoon or a shout is superimposed on the completed song. In addition, a button operation instruction item 38 having a character character of “START: Play” is arranged at the lower right of the support song creation screen 30. Here, the player can easily perform various operations simply by following the instructions of the button operation instruction item 38.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, the music created by the player on the cheering music creation screen 30 is a rectangular character 33a placed by the player at a rest position where the rectangular character 33a does not exist (in FIG. So that the vertical height and horizontal length are the same combination, and the performance volume is lower than the performance volume of the rectangular character 33 a placed by the player. A virtual rectangular character 33 e arranged so as to be shifted to is automatically created. Specifically, at the rest position on the right side of the rectangular character 33a of LA and SO pitch positions arranged by the player, two sets of virtual rectangular characters 33e of LA and SO pitch positions are automatically created. . In addition, at the rest position on the right side of the rectangular character 33a at the player's pitch position, the virtual rectangular character 33e at the player's pitch position is automatically created (see FIG. 11). (Only the virtual rectangular character 33e at the pitch of Les is shown). The string number automatically created by the virtual rectangular character 33e is automatically determined such that the virtual rectangular character 33e is arranged up to the start position of the rectangular character 33a arranged next by the player.

[0107] Furthermore, the performance volume of the virtual rectangle character 33e at the first pair of La and Seo pitch positions (volumes 4 and 3 in Fig. 11 respectively) is the same as that of the rectangular character 33a at the La and Seo pitch positions arranged by the player. The performance volume (volume 2 and 1) of the virtual rectangle character 33e in the second set of Ra and Seo's pitch position (volume 2 and 1 respectively) is lower than the performance volume (volume 5 and each). It is set to be smaller than the performance volume (volume 4 and 3 respectively) of the virtual rectangular character 33e at the position of So. The performance volume of the virtual rectangular character 33e at the pitch position of 1 string and the pitch position of the virtual character 33e (volume 4 and 3 respectively) is the volume of the performance of the rectangular character 33a at the pitch position of 5) It is getting smaller. Here, the virtual rectangular character 33 Since the performance volume decreases as the set of e is positioned to the right, the performance volume near the performance end time can be faded out.

[0108] Further, the performance volume of the virtual rectangular character 33e at the pitch position of each pair of the So (volumes 3 and 1 respectively) is the performance volume of the virtual rectangular character 33e at the pitch position of the pair of Ra (volumes 4 and 2 respectively). ) It is getting smaller. Further, the performance volume (volume 3) of the virtual rectangular character 33e at the pitch position of “do” is smaller than the performance volume (volume 4) of the virtual rectangular character 33e at the pitch position of “d”. Here, the performance volume decreases as the pitch S of the performance volume of the virtual rectangular character 33e decreases.

[0109] The music composed of the virtual rectangular character 33e is set to have a lower performance volume than the music composed of the rectangular character 33a, and corresponds to an echo sound in the baseball game. Is. Here, the virtual rectangular character 33e is automatically generated just by placing the rectangular character 33a by the player, so that the player can easily create a realistic supportive tune that is closer to the real world baseball without performing complicated operations. Can be created. Note that the virtual rectangular character 33e and the pitch and performance volume described in the virtual rectangular character 33e are virtually displayed for the purpose of explanation that is not displayed on the actual support song creation screen 30. .

[0110] [Various processing flows when executing support song creation processing in a baseball game]

The cheering song creation process in the baseball game of the present embodiment will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

[0111] First, in the sound setting support song creation selection screen 25 shown in FIG. 3, the selection power one sol 28 is arranged around the support song creation screen selection item 27 by operating the left direction key 17L and the right direction key 17R. When the second button 17b or the third button 17c is pressed in this state, the support music creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed and the support music creation process shown in FIG. 13 is started.

[0112] The cheering song creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8 creates a predetermined basic music that is a cheering song of a trumpet or Tyco that has a melody or rhythm such as a channel theme shared by the team to which the batter character 72 belongs. The basic music creation process shown is performed (S 1).

[0113] The basic music creation process of step S1 is performed as shown in FIG. Sample data selection process to select a song containing a melody (melody) pre-stored in the storage unit 2 on the data selection screen 37 (Sl l) o When predetermined sample data is selected, the selection cursor in FIG. 36i is selected according to the music tone setting item 36d, and the music tone setting screen 40 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, and the music tone setting for setting the tone and tempo of the basic music is performed (S12).

Next, in the basic song creation process shown in FIG. 14, in the cheering song creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of note characters 33 are arranged in the note input field 32 so as to have an arbitrary pitch and length. Then, pitch setting (S13), tone length setting (S14), and melody generation (S15) for creating a basic music having a melody are performed. In the pitch setting in step S13, the pitch is set by operating the up direction key 17U and the down direction key 17D to move the height position of the note character 33 up and down (see FIG. 10). In the sound length setting in step S14, the sound length is set by operating the left direction key 17L and the right direction key 17R to change the horizontal length of the note character 33 (see FIG. 9). In the melody generation in step S15, a melody is generated by a combination of a plurality of note characters 33 arranged by the pitch setting in step S13 and the sound length setting in step S14.

[0115] In addition, when the selection cursor 33d of the note character 33 in FIG. 8 is selected in accordance with the sound pattern display field 34a of the sound pattern selection item 34, the sound pattern selection screen 45 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. A noise pattern selection process is performed to select a strike pattern of! /, NA! / And Tyco with a melody (S16).

[0116] In the basic music creation process shown in FIG. 14, when the start button 17e is pressed on the support music creation screen 30 shown in FIG. 8, the completed basic music is played ( S17). The completed basic music is saved as data associated with the batter character 72 in the storage unit 2 by selecting and operating the selection cursor 36i on the selection item 36b for saving in the various mode setting selection items 36 ( S18), the process returns to the support song creation process shown in FIG.

[0117] When the basic music is generated in step S1 shown in FIG. 13, when the selection cursor 33d of the note character 33 in FIG. 8 is applied to the call pattern display field 35a of the call pattern selection item 35, the selection operation is performed. The call pattern selection screen shown in Figure 7 46 Is displayed, and “Katto Baseichi”, “Burn! Burn!”, “Let's GO! Let's GO!”, “GO GO! Let's GO!”, Etc. A basic voice creation process for selecting and creating a voice is performed (S2).

[0118] When the basic sound is generated in step S2 shown in FIG. 13, it is determined whether or not the power satisfies a predetermined game condition (S3). The predetermined game condition is a condition determined by the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 16, the game condition determination table 90 includes a game condition item 91, game condition data 92 that is data included in the game condition item 91, and game condition data 92. Also has a selected game condition 93 which is selected data. The game condition item 91 is a variety of condition items such as team name, player name, stadium name, stadium shape, stadium layout, home power awayer, attacking / defending, chance, chance condition. The name of the player, the stadium, the home or away is determined by the team name, and the stadium shape and stadium layout are determined by the stadium name. For example, if the player's team name is A team, it is determined that it is the home A baseball stadium, and if it is determined that it is the A baseball stadium, the baseball stadium shape and the baseball constellation is the dome baseball stadium on the right side It is determined. If the name of the player belonging to Team A is B, who is the main hitter, the main hitter item is selected as the chance condition.

In step S3 shown in FIG. 13, it is determined in the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16 whether, for example, the game condition that the player's team is attacking is satisfied (S3). If the player's team is attacking, the process proceeds to step S4. If the player's team is defending, the process proceeds to step S6.

[0121] In step S4 shown in FIG. 13, in the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. "Is decided as" name of B player "(S4). Then, the process proceeds to step S 5, and batter characters such as “Kattobaseichi”, “Burn! Burn!”, “Let's GO! Let's GO!”, “GO GO! Let's GO!”, Etc. created in Step S 72 After the basic voice, which is a common voice for the team to which the player belongs, “name of player B”, which is the predetermined voice determined in step S4, is added (S5). In step S5, the basic voice is When added, the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6 shown in FIG. 13, when it is determined that the predetermined game condition is satisfied in the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16, it is determined by the predetermined game condition determination table 95 shown in FIG. An echo creating process is performed to generate a game sound in which a predetermined musical piece related to the batter character 72 is played on the light stand side, for example, at the performance position, performance volume and performance tempo (S6).

In the echo creating process in step S6, as shown in FIG. 15, it is determined whether or not the power satisfies a predetermined game condition (S21). The predetermined game condition is a condition determined by the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16 and the predetermined game condition determination table 95 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 17, the predetermined game condition determination table 95 includes a game condition item 96, game condition data 97 that is data included in the game condition item 96, and game condition data 97. The medium power also has selected game conditions 98 which are selected data. The game condition item 96 is a variety of condition items. The performance position is selected from “right side”, “left side”, or “whole” meaning both the right side and the left side. The performance volume is selected from one of “High”, “Normal”, and “Low”. The performance tempo can be selected from “Fast”, “Normal”, and “Slow”. Here, in the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16, when the team name of the player is A team, it is determined that the home is the A stadium, and if it is determined that it is the A stadium, the stadium shape and the stadium arrangement are changed. Since the right side is determined to be the home dome stadium, the performance position is determined to be “right side” and the performance volume is determined to be “high” in the predetermined game condition determination table 95 shown in FIG. . In the game condition determination table 90, if the runner is in the scoring area and the player name is the main hitter in the game condition, the performance volume is set to “high” in the predetermined game condition determination table 95 shown in FIG. And the performance tempo is determined to be “fast”.

In step S21 shown in FIG. 15, it is determined whether or not the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16 satisfies the game condition that the player's team is attacking and in the chance state, for example. (S21). If the player ’s team is in a chance If the player's team is in a non-chance state, the process returns to the cheering piece creation process shown in FIG.

In step S22 shown in FIG. 15, when the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16 determines that the stadium shape and stadium layout is the dome baseball stadium on the right side, the predetermined game shown in FIG. The performance position is determined to be “right side” by the condition determination table 95 (S22). In step S23 shown in FIG. 15, it is determined by the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16 that the ballpark shape is a dome ballpark, the runner is in the scoring area, and the player name is the main batter in the chance condition. When this is done, the performance volume is determined to be “high” by a predetermined game condition determination table 95 shown in FIG. 17 (S23). In step S24 shown in FIG. 15, when it is determined by the game condition determination table 90 shown in FIG. 16 that the runner is in the scoring area and the player name is the main batter in the game condition, FIG. The performance tempo is determined to be “fast” by the predetermined game condition determination table 95 shown (S24).

In step S25 shown in FIG. 15, the basic music created in step S1 is read (S2 5), and in step S26 shown in FIG. 15, the basic voice created in step S2 or the predetermined voice in step S5 is received. The added basic voice is read (S26). Then, in step S27 shown in FIG. 15, basic music data change processing is performed for changing the basic music data so that the performance position, performance volume, and performance tempo determined in steps S22, S23, and S24 are achieved (S 27) In step S28 shown in Fig. 15, basic audio data change processing is performed to change the basic audio data so that the performance position, performance volume, and performance tempo determined in steps S22, S23, and S24 are achieved ( S28), the process returns to the support song creation process shown in FIG. Here, in the battle screen in which the pitcher character 70 and batter character 72 in the baseball game shown in FIG. 12 are displayed, the performance volume on the right stand 80 side is larger than the performance volume on the left stand 82 side. .

[0128] In addition, in the basic music data change process in step S27 shown in FIG. 15 and the basic audio data change process in step S28 shown in FIG. 15, it is not only necessary to change the performance volume on the light stand 80 side, which is the localization position. It also changes the performance volume on the left stand 82, which is the echo position. Specifically, the volume and preset value set by the computer shown in FIG. This will be described with reference to a graph showing the relative relationship with the sound volume that can be actually heard.

[0129] In FIG. 18, the horizontal axis is the volume set by the computer, the vertical axis is the volume that the player can actually listen to, and the volume that the player can actually listen to is set by the computer. It is set to about 50% of the volume. The volume set by the computer has 256 parameters as a whole, and parameters from 0 to 255 can be set. Note that in Fig. 18, for the convenience of calculation, the maximum value is set to 256 parameters, and the actual computer is replaced with an offset parameter.

[0130] The maximum volume A of the volume set by the computer is 256 parameters, the volume set by the computer is 256 parameters, and the volume of the volume that can be heard by the player is 50% of the 256 parameters 126 parameters It is. The maximum volume B when the computer is started is a parameter of the volume power 230 set by the computer, and the volume that the player can actually hear is 115 parameters which are 50% of the 230 parameters.

[0131] The performance volume C on the light stand 80 side is set to about 70% of the maximum volume B when the computer starts, and 160 parameters that are 70% of the volume 230 parameter set on the computer. That is, there are 80 parameters that are 50% of the parameters of the volume power 160 that the player can actually hear. The performance volume D on the left stand 82 side is set to about 70% of the performance volume C on the right stand 80 side, and the volume set on the computer is 128%, which is 70% of the 160 parameters. The volume that the player can actually hear is 64 parameters, which is 50% of 128 parameters.

[0132] Right stand The performance sound of the 80 side is reflected and the left stand The performance sound of the 82 side Light stand The echo performance volume E of the 80 side E is about 50% of the performance volume C of the right stand 80 side The volume set on the computer is 80 parameters, which is 50% of 160 parameters, and 50% of the 80 parameters that the player can actually listen to. It is a parameter. Also, the sound performance F of the left stand 82, which is the performance sound of the left stand 82 side, which is played by reflecting the performance sound of the left stand 82 side, is a standard that is 50% of the performance volume D of the left stand 82 side. Volume is set to be larger than G, and 50% of the 128 parameters set by the computer. These are 72 parameters with 8 parameters added to 64 parameters, and the volume that the player can actually hear is 36%, which is 50% of the 72 parameters. Here, by adjusting the echo performance volume F on the left stand 82 side, which is originally a small performance volume, by adding a parameter of 8 and correcting it, it is possible to change to an appropriate performance volume that the player can actually hear. Note that the correction volume is not limited to 8 parameters. If the echo performance volume F on the left stand 82 side is not larger than the echo performance volume E on the right stand 80 side, it can be arbitrarily set, for example, to about 30 parameters. Can be set.

In step S 7 shown in FIG. 13, the basic music created in step S 1 or the basic music created in step S 1 is played on the basic music created in step S 6 (S 7). . In step S7, predetermined basic music data, which is a trumpet or a tune that has a melody or rhythm such as a common theme for the team to which the batter character 72 belongs, is read from the storage unit 2 and the speaker of the game sound output unit 4 is read. In step 13, a predetermined basic music that is a cheering song of trumpet or Tyco is output to the outside.

[0134] In step S8 shown in Fig. 13, the basic voice created in step S2, the basic voice with the predetermined voice added in step S5, or the basic voice created in step S2 is created in step S6. The basic voice modified and created in the process or the basic voice modified in the echo creation process in step S6 is played on the basic music added with the predetermined voice in step S5 (S8). In step S8, “Kattobaseichi, the name of the batter character 72”, “Burn! Burn! The name of the batter character 72”, “Let's GO! Let's GO! Predetermined basic voice data that also has a voice like `` Name of character 7 2 '' is read from storage unit 2, and predetermined basic music that is a cheering song of trumpet or Tyco is output to the outside by speaker 13 of game sound output unit 4 Is done.

[0135] Here, trumpet and Tyco basic songs that have melodies and rhythms such as chance themes, "Katto Boseichi, the name of the batter character 72", "Burn! Burn! Call the batter character 72", "Let's GO! The basic voices that are also called voices such as “Let's GO! Batter Character 72” and “GO GO! Let's GO! Therefore, the cheering song “Kattobase-ichi, the name of the batter character 72” as in the past is used. Since it is no longer necessary to create each character 72, the data of the entire game sound can be reduced, resulting in insufficient memory capacity. Also, since different “battobetsuichi, the name of the batter character 72” can be played for each batter character 72, it is possible to realize a baseball game with a reality close to that of baseball in the real world.

[Other Embodiments]

(a) In the above embodiment, the power game device showing an example in which a home video game device as an example of a computer to which the game program can be applied is used is not limited to the above embodiment, and a monitor is separately Game devices configured on the body, game devices with an integrated monitor, personal computers that function as game devices by executing game programs, portable game devices, mobile phones, PDAs, or The same can be applied to arcade game devices.

(B) The present invention includes a program for executing the game as described above and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded. As this recording medium, in addition to force cartridge, for example, computer-readable flexible disk, semiconductor memory, CD-ROM, DVD, BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disk-ROM), UMD, ROM cassette, etc. Can be mentioned.

(C) In the above embodiment, a baseball game has been described as an example of a game to be executed on a game machine. However, the game to be executed is not limited to this and is applied to various games. be able to. For example, the present invention can be similarly applied to various sports games such as soccer and martial arts, simulation games, shooting games, and role playing games.

Industrial applicability

[0139] According to the present invention, in the game program, a predetermined basic voice is created by the voice creation function, and a predetermined basic voice related to the game character is created by the voice creation function by the voice addition function. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the fun of the game while reducing the number of game sound data.

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] A computer capable of playing games that operate game characters.

A music creation function that can create a predetermined basic music,

A voice creation function that can create a predetermined basic voice,

A game condition determination function for determining whether or not a predetermined game condition is satisfied; and when the game condition determination function determines that the predetermined game condition is satisfied, a predetermined voice related to the game character is A voice addition function for adding to the predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation function;

A music performance function for performing the predetermined basic music created by the music creation function;

A voice performance function for playing the predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation function and the predetermined voice related to the game character added by the voice addition function superimposed on the predetermined basic music;

A game program to make it happen.

[2] The music creation function or the voice creation function is a function for creating the predetermined basic music or the predetermined basic voice by selecting one or a plurality of predetermined patterns from a plurality of preset patterns. The game program according to claim 1, wherein

[3] The music creation function is

A pitch setting function for setting a predetermined note to a predetermined pitch;

A sound length setting function for setting the length of a predetermined note set by the pitch setting function;

3. The game program according to claim 1, further comprising a melody generation function for generating a melody by arranging a plurality of predetermined notes set by the pitch setting function and the pitch setting function.

4. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the predetermined basic music is a music having a predetermined melody.

5. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the predetermined basic music is a music having a predetermined tone.

6. The game program according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined basic voice is a voice having a predetermined voice.

7. The game program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the predetermined sound is a predetermined name sound related to the game character.

[8] A game device for realizing a game for operating a game character,

A music creation means capable of creating a predetermined basic music;

A voice creation means capable of creating a predetermined basic voice;

Game condition determining means for determining whether or not a predetermined game condition is satisfied; and when the game condition determining means determines that the predetermined game condition is satisfied, a predetermined sound related to the game character is Voice adding means for adding to the predetermined basic voice created by the voice creating means;

Music playing means for playing the predetermined basic music created by the music creating means;

Voice performance means for performing performance by superimposing the predetermined basic voice created by the voice creation means and the predetermined voice related to the game character added by the voice adding means on the predetermined basic music;

A game device comprising:

[9] A game method for causing a computer to execute a game for operating a game character.

A music creation step capable of creating a predetermined basic music;

A voice creation step capable of creating a predetermined basic voice;

A game condition determining step for determining whether or not a predetermined game condition is satisfied; and when the game condition determining step determines that the predetermined game condition is satisfied, a predetermined sound related to the game character is A voice adding step for adding to the predetermined basic voice created by the voice creating step;

A music performance step of playing the predetermined basic music created by the music creation step;

The predetermined basic voice and the voice attached created by the voice creating step A voice performance step of performing a performance by superimposing a predetermined sound related to the game character added by the adding step on the predetermined basic music;

A game method comprising: