JP3045504B2 - Connected LCD game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connection-type liquid crystal game machine which is used alone and connected to a partner device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable liquid crystal (LCD) game machines have become widespread. As this game machine, there are various types of games such as a shooting game and a role playing game. Many of these conventional liquid crystal (LCD) game machines are intended for single use, i.e., single play.

Further, as a two-player game machine, two players operate their respective operation input units to cause their own characters to operate and fight on the same screen, thereby deciding whether to win or lose. Is also known to increase the level of a character and to reduce the level of a losing character.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional liquid crystal game machines include a single use type and a competition type, but have the following tendencies.

[0005] In a single-use liquid crystal game machine, the game progresses under the limitation of the game content built in the game machine in advance, so that the manner of the game tends to be monotonous. On the other hand, in the conventional competitive-type liquid crystal game machine, two players operate their respective operation input units and operate their own characters on the same screen to fight each other. As a result, the progress of the game is completely changed. . However, in this game machine, the whereabouts of winning or losing largely depend on the operation technique of the operation input unit of the player, and it is less interesting for those who have poor operation technique.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a competitive type liquid crystal game machine which has a change in the progress of a game and is interesting.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A connected match-type liquid crystal game machine according to the present invention is a connected match-type liquid crystal game machine used independently and connected to a partner machine. Growth processing means for causing a built-in character to gain virtual experience and grow by interactive operation from an operation input unit by a user; and (b) storing growth degree information of the character grown by the growth processing means. Storage means; (c) a connection terminal for directly and electrically connecting to the partner device; and (d) when the connection to the partner device is used, information on the growth degree of the character of the partner device and the character of the character of the host device. Game processing means for deciding whether to win or lose by causing the character of the own device and the character of the opponent device to compete with each other in a predetermined competition method based on the growth degree information; Growth degree change processing means for performing growth degree change processing for changing the growth degree of the character, and storing growth degree information of the character of the own device in the storage means of the own machine after the growth degree change processing; A liquid crystal display output unit for displaying a growing process of the character of the own device in accordance with an instruction from the growth processing means of the machine and displaying a match result in accordance with an instruction from the growth degree changing processing means. Features.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a connection-type liquid crystal game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the description of the drawings, the same elements will be denoted by the same reference symbols, without redundant description.

FIG. 1 is an external view of an embodiment of a connected match type liquid crystal game machine according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, in order to clarify the connection method of the game machine of the present embodiment, 2
The external configuration of the game machines 11a and 11b from different directions is shown. Here, the game machine 11a and the game machine 11b have exactly the same configuration. Hereinafter, the configuration of the game machine 11a will be described. In the game machine 11b, the same elements as those of the game machine 11a are denoted by reference characters b instead of reference characters a, and the description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, a game machine 11a of the present embodiment comprises (a) an operation input section 20 having keys 21a, 22a and 23a for an operator to input information.
a and (b) a liquid crystal display unit 3 for displaying the process of growing the character of the own machine, the process of fighting with the character of the opponent machine, and the result of the battle
0a and (c) a connecting portion 41a having a plug 42a and a receiving port 43a for directly connecting to a partner device. The operation input unit 20a, the liquid crystal display unit 30a, and the connection unit 41a are connected to the built-in processing unit 50a. Here, the key 21a can be a selection key for selecting an operation item, the key 22b can be a determination key for determining an operation item, and the key 23a can be a cancel key for canceling the determination.

The connecting portion 41a is connected to the plug 42a and the receptacle 4
3a. At the time of connection, the plug 42a and the receptacle 43b are combined with each other, and the plug 42b and the receptacle 43a are combined.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the game machine 11a. As shown in FIG. 2, the processing unit 50a
(A) a growth processing unit 51a that allows the built-in character to gain virtual experience and grow by interactive operation from the operation input unit 20a by the operator when used alone; and (b) growth in the growth processing unit 51a. A storage unit 52a for storing growth degree information of the character grown by the processing, (c) a battle processing unit 59a for performing battle processing when the connection with the opponent machine 11b is used, and (d) a connection state signal CN. Opponent machine 1
1b is determined, and if it is determined that the connection is not established, the growth activation signal GA is set to be significant and the growth processing unit 51
a, the match activation signal FA is set to insignificant to deactivate the match processing section 59a, and when it is determined that the connection state is established, the growth activation signal GA is set to insignificant to deactivate the growth processing section 51a. And the other party 11
b and the control processing unit 55a that activates the battle processing unit 59a with the battle activation signal FA as insignificant when the priority of the battle processing execution of the own device 11a is high. Is provided.

The match processing section 59a includes (i) the opponent machine 11b
At the time of connection use, the growth degree information of the character of the own apparatus 11a stored in the storage section 52a of the own apparatus 11a is read, and the growth degree information of the character stored in the storage section 52b of the partner apparatus 11b is read. Based on the growth information of the character of the machine 11a and the growth information of the character of the opponent machine 11b, the player 11a
And a game processing unit 53a that determines whether to win by losing the character by fighting the character of the opponent machine 11b with the character of the opponent machine 11b. The growth degree changing process for improving the character is performed, the growth degree information of the character of the own device 11a after the growth degree changing process is stored in the storage unit 52a of the own device 11a, and the character of the partner device 11b after the growth degree changing process is stored. A growth degree change processing unit 54a that stores the growth degree information in the storage unit 52b of the partner device 11b.

The storage section 52a preferably includes an electrically erasable read only memory (EEPROM) or a combination of a static random access memory (SRAM) and a backup battery.

The growth operation information GOP of the input information from the operation input unit 20a is input to the growth processing unit 51a, and the battle processing request signal FRQ is input to the control processing unit 55a.
The growth processing unit 51a receives growth degree information from the storage unit 52a. Display information is input to the liquid crystal display output unit 30a from the growth processing unit 51a or the battle processing unit 59a. The storage unit 52a receives growth degree information from the partner machine 11b via the growth processing unit 51a, the growth degree change processing unit 54a, or the connection unit 41a. Game processing unit 53
In a, growth degree information is input from the counterpart device 11b via the storage unit 52a or the connection unit 41a. Control processing unit 5
Competition processing suspension request information is input to 5a from the opponent machine 11b via the connection unit 41a. In the connection part 41a,
Growth degree change information from the storage unit 52a or the growth degree change processing unit 54a, or battle processing suspension request information from the control processing unit 55a is input and notified to the opponent machine 11b.

The game machines 11a and 11b of the present embodiment execute one embodiment of the connected match type game method of the present invention as follows.

First, the game machine 11a and the game machine 11
b is used alone. Hereinafter, the mode of single use of the game machine 11a will be described. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram when used alone. At the time of single use, the connection instruction signal CN becomes insignificant (illustrated by a dotted line) because the partner device 11b is not connected. Since the connection instruction signal CN is insignificant, the control processing unit 55a determines that the connection is in the non-connection state, and sets the growth activation signal GA to be significant (shown by a solid line), so that the growth processing unit 51
While activating a, the battle activation signal FA is made insignificant and the battle processing unit 59a is deactivated. Thus,
According to the growth operation information GOP from the operation input unit 20a,
Operation mode for growing built-in characters (growth mode)
Is set to

Next, in the growth mode, the operator looks at the liquid crystal display output unit 30a and interactively operates the operation input unit 2.
By operating 0a, the growing operation information GOP is input to grow the character. The growth process is displayed on the liquid crystal display output unit 30a to which the growth process information GIG output from the growth processing unit 51a is input. If the character is a monster, an operation to grow this monster (growing operation)
Examples include (i) feeding (restoring life value (physical strength)), (ii) playing (improving experience (for example, improving muscle strength), etc.), and (iii) getting sick or injured. Sometimes injections or herbs are given (removal of growth inhibition factors such as decrease in life value), (i
v) Growing by appropriately selecting various operations such as training (experience). Here, as training, it is possible to compete against one's own alter ego, and to gain experience and grow when winning. By operating the operation input unit 20a according to the judgment of the operator, the growth degree information WSGF1 of the grown character is stored in the storage unit 52a. Note that the growth degree information WSGF1 may be automatically stored in the storage unit 52a each time a growth operation is performed.

Here, the growth degree information can include only a level value corresponding to the total amount of experience acquired by the character through the growth, and further includes an attribute value determined by the amount of experience for each type of experience. It is also possible. For example, experience related to fire (experience with fire, etc.) to improve the attribute value of fire, experience related to water (experience, such as swimming)
To improve the attribute value of water. When growing the character further than in the state stored in the storage unit 20a, first, the operator operates the operation input unit 20a to read the character growth information RSGF from the storage unit 20a to the growth processing unit 51a. Subsequently, starting from the state of the read result of the previous growth operation, the growth operation is performed again to further grow. Then, the operation input unit 20a is operated according to the judgment of the operator, and the growth degree information WSGF1 of the character that has been cumulatively grown is stored in the storage unit 20.
Stored in a.

Next, the counterpart device 11 is connected via the connecting portion 41a.
Connect to b. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram at the time of match processing arbitration. When connected to the opponent machine 11b, the connection state signal CN becomes significant, and based on this, the control processing unit 55a determines that the connection state is established, and the growth activation signal GA and the battle activation signal FA
Is made insignificant and the growth processing unit 51a and the competition processing unit 59
a is deactivated. At the same time, the control processing unit 55b of the opponent machine 11b determines that the connection state is established, and deactivates the growth processing unit 51b and the battle processing unit 59b of the opponent machine 11b.

Thereafter, the control processing section 55a
b and the priority of execution of the battle process are determined. In this process, the control processing unit 55a
In the connection state, when the control processing request FRQ is notified from the operation input unit 20a when the match processing suspension request information FPDI is not received from the opponent apparatus 11b, the own apparatus 11a
Of the opponent machine 11b
Is notified of the battle processing suspension request information FPDO. And
The match processing signal 59 is activated to activate the match processing unit 59a. The activated battle processing unit 59a firstly
The game processing unit 53a performs a game process. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram at the time of the game process.

In the game process, the game processing section 53a stores the growth degree information R of its own character stored in the storage section 52a.
In addition to reading out the SGF, the character growth degree information REGFb stored in the storage unit 52b of the partner device 11b is read via the connection unit 41a, and the character growth degree information of the own device 11a and the character growth degree of the partner device 11b are read. Based on the information, the character of the player's own device 11a and the character of the opponent's device 11b are played against each other by a predetermined fighting method, and a win or loss is determined.

When the growth degree information includes, for example, only the level value, a simple electronic roulette method or a simple electronic dice method which is set according to both level values can be adopted as the predetermined battle method. Further, when the growth degree information includes, for example, a level value and an attribute value, a more complicated electronic roulette method or a more complicated electronic die method set according to both the level value and the attribute value can be adopted. The game processing unit 53a displays the game progress information and the game information FIG1 as the game result on the liquid crystal display output unit 30a.

When the victory or defeat of the battle is determined, the growth degree change processing section 54a performs the growth degree change processing. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram at the time of the growth degree changing process. In the growth degree change process,
The growth degree change processing unit 54a fetches growth degree information and game information of both characters before the battle from the game processing unit 53a. Subsequently, the game processing unit 53a generates growth degree information in which the growth degree of the character determined to be won is improved, and generates growth degree information that directly or reduces the growth degree of the character determined to be lost. For example, for a character determined to win, the experience value is increased, the level is improved, or the attribute value is increased. On the other hand, for a character determined to lose, the character is stopped at the same growth degree, the experience value is reduced, the level is reduced, or the attribute value is reduced. For example, a character determined to lose loses, gets sick or wounds, or degenerates.

After that, the growth degree changing unit 54 a
The growth degree information WSGF2 after the change of the character a is stored in the storage unit 52a, and the growth degree information WEGFb after the change of the character of the partner machine 11b is stored in the storage unit 52b of the partner machine 11b via the connection unit 41b. At the same time, the growth degree change information FIG2 as the battle result is displayed on the liquid crystal display output unit 30a, and the battle process ends. In addition,
As for the display on the liquid crystal display output unit 30a, during the connection, only the progress of the match and the end of the match are displayed, and the match result and the like can be displayed after the connection is changed from the connected state after the end of the match to the disconnected state. is there.

In the connected state, before the control processing unit 55a is notified of the battle processing request FRQ from the operation input unit 20a, the control processing unit 55a receives the battle processing suspension request information FPDI via the connection unit 41a. In this case, the control processing unit 55a subsequently transmits the battle processing request F from the operation input unit 20a.
Even if the RQ is notified, it is determined that the priority of execution of the match process of the own device is low, and the match process request FRQ from the operation input unit 20a
Ignore In other words, the battle processing section 59a performs the battle processing under the initiative of the opponent machine 11b in a state of being inactivated. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the own device 11a at the time of the battle process led by the opponent device 11b.

As shown in FIG. 7, the own machine 11a does not take any active action in the battle process, and the opponent machine 11b
Of the own device 11a stored in the storage unit 52a
Is output to the opponent device 11b via the connection unit 41a, and is changed after the battle notified from the opponent device 11b via the connection unit 41a according to the instruction of the opponent device 11b. The growth degree information WEGFa of the character of the own device 11a is stored in the storage unit 52a.

Thereafter, both the liquid crystal game machines are disconnected, the connection state is changed from the connection state to the non-connection state, and the state is again used independently. In this way, the operator performs the growth operation until the next battle, thereby achieving character growth.

In this way, when used alone, the same manner of enjoyment as in the conventional role-playing game is realized, and when used in connection, a battle with a character whose growth degree is unknown to the user is realized.

Even if the game process is not performed, if a meal or training is neglected for a predetermined time, the state is the same as that of losing, and the experience value is reduced, the level is reduced, and the attribute value is reduced. Or decrease.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified. For example, in the above embodiment, the plug 42 for performing the plug-type connection has a cylindrical shape,
Although the receiving port 43 was adapted accordingly, as shown in FIG.
The plug 45 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the receptacle 4
6, the game machine 12 may be configured. Further, as the plug 45, an energizing rubber 61 as shown in FIG.
And a rubber contact in which the insulating rubber 62 is laminated in a sandwich shape, or as shown in FIG.
A metal contact made of metal 63 may be employed. The use of a similar contact is also possible for the plug 42.
Further, as shown in FIG. 10, it is also possible to provide the game machine 13 which is provided with irregularities in the main body around the connection portion 41 and is physically fixed.

In the above embodiment, the connection instruction signal C
Although the growth mode and the battle mode are switched by determining the significance / non-significance of N, the growth mode and the battle mode may be switched by an operation from the operation input unit 20.

The character to be grown is not limited to the monster, but may be another character such as a pet or a racing car. In such a case, the experience contents and attributes are changed according to the selected character type.

[0034]

As described in detail above, according to the connected match-type liquid crystal game machine and the connected match-type game method of the present invention, when used alone, the same game as that of the conventional role-playing game is carried out. In addition to enjoying the single-player game of growing the character, when the connection is used, it is possible to enjoy the two-player game in which the character raised by oneself and the character raised by a friend are played. As a result, it is possible to enjoy an interesting game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram of an embodiment of a connected match-type liquid crystal game machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of a connected match type liquid crystal game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram when the connected match-type liquid crystal game machine of the embodiment is used alone.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram at the time of match-up arbitration in the connection use of the connection match-type liquid crystal game machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram at the time of a game process in the connection use of the connection match type liquid crystal game machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram at the time of a growth degree change process in the connection use of the connection match type liquid crystal game machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram at the time of a battle process led by the opponent machine.

FIG. 8 is an external configuration diagram of a first modified example of the embodiment of the connected match type liquid crystal game machine of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration example of a plug.

FIG. 10 is an external configuration diagram of a second modified example of the embodiment of the connected match-type liquid crystal game machine of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 12, 13 Connected match-type liquid crystal game machine 20 Operation input unit 30 Liquid crystal display output unit 41, 44, 47 Connection unit 42, 45 Plug 43, 46 Receptacle 50 Processing unit 51 Growth processing unit 52 Storage unit 53 Game processing unit 54 Growth degree change processing unit 55 Control processing unit 59 Competition processing unit

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-8-196744 (JP, A) JP-A-9-140938 (JP, A) JP-A-8-309032 (JP, A) JP-A-4- 176235 (JP, A) JP-A-8-47579 (JP, A) Registered utility model 3042974 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3046554 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3043975 (JP, U) (58) (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 13/10 A63F 13/12 G09B 9/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A connected match-type liquid crystal game machine which is used alone and connected to an opponent machine, wherein when used alone, an interactive operation from an operation input unit by an operator causes a virtual character to be built into a built-in character. Growth processing means for accumulating and growing experience, storage means for storing growth degree information of the character grown by the growth processing means, a connection terminal for directly and electrically connecting with a partner machine, At the time of connection use with the opponent machine, the character of the opponent machine and the character of the opponent machine are played in a predetermined competition method based on the growth information of the character of the opponent machine and the growth information of the character of the own machine. Game processing means for determining whether to win or lose; and performing growth degree change processing for changing the growth degree of the character of the own machine based on the result of the win or loss. Growth degree change processing means for storing the growth degree information of the tractor in its own storage means; and displaying the growth process of the character of the own equipment in response to an instruction from the growth processing means of the own equipment; A connected liquid crystal game machine comprising: a liquid crystal display output unit that displays a match result in response to an instruction from a change processing unit.