JPH0447589B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a video game device. Various game devices have been put into practical use in which two players play against each other while looking at the content displayed on the screen of a video display, but the content of the competition is simple and does not require any thinking. Moreover, there was a problem in that if the players were not present, the game on the device itself could not be enjoyed.

Therefore, we developed a video display device that displays video signals on a screen, a means that allows the player to control the position of the video object while viewing the displayed content, and a method that allows the player to control the position of the video object while viewing the displayed content, and To enjoy a game that involves thinking by one person by providing a recording medium that records unit signals of 1 and a means for giving the next unit video signal from the medium based on the position control result of the athlete. A game device has been proposed that is capable of However, such conventional devices have used a personal computer, magnetic tape, or the like as a recording medium. However, with a personal computer, it takes a considerable amount of time to store and retrieve data and/or images, and not only is it not possible to process them quickly, but the images created with a personal computer are not very beautiful. Also, with magnetic tape, when you want to freely search for a desired image, you can rewind the tape,
The drawback is that it takes time to search for a desired portion, and high-speed processing is not possible.

The present invention provides a video game device that solves the above problems, and will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment of a Go game shown in the drawings. As shown in Figure 1, the basic configuration of the device of this embodiment is a disc-shaped rotary disk-shaped recorder in which a unit video signal containing the progress status of each track is recorded together with a code signal on each of a plurality of tracks. A magnetic recording and reproducing machine 1 equipped with an access means 8 capable of filling a medium 6 and individually accessing each head 7, and a video display for displaying the unit video signal from this reproducing machine. means 3, such as a digitizer, which allows the contestant to manually control the position on the plane by looking at the display contents of the display, and generates a position signal according to the specified position; A controller 4 is provided which compares the position signal from the generating means and the code signal and derives an access command signal for driving the access means based on the matching signal.

In the recording medium, unit video signals to be respectively displayed on the screen of the video display device 2 as shown in FIG. When the device is set in operation, the contents of the first track shown in FIG. 2A are displayed on the screen. When the contestant sees this display and places the cursor 5 corresponding to a Go stone (black stone) on the digitizer shaped like a Go board, the position signal is input to the controller 4, and the position signal corresponds to the contents of the first track. When the procedure is not appropriate, that is, when the procedure is not correct, the controller sends an NG signal to the video display after a predetermined time lag to display that fact, and superimposes the cursor position on the content shown in FIG. 2A. On the other hand, if the position is appropriate (that is, the correct procedure), a match is detected between the position signal and the code signal of the first track, and the above-mentioned signal transmission from the controller to the video display is stopped. , magnetic recording/reproducing machine 2
An access command signal is transmitted to the player to control the access means provided therein, and the player causes the player to display the contents of the next track, ie, the contents of FIG. 2B, on the screen of the video display. By repeating these actions, you can play the Tsumego game according to the correct answer procedure. In order to simplify the explanation, the above configuration shows a system in which the display contents are changed only when the contestant instructs the correct answer procedure, but the position signal generating means is included in the code signal of each track. By providing a position signal from a track position signal and a track position command signal corresponding thereto, and by configuring the access means to perform random access based on the command, it is possible to play a Go game not only for correct answer steps but also for failure steps. You can also do it.

Further, by providing the position signal generating means with not only a position signal generating function but also a function of determining the contents of the cursor, it is also possible to play a Tsume Shogi game.

As described above, according to the present invention, a disk-shaped rotary disk is used as the recording medium, and random access can be performed by moving the head for picking up signals from the recording medium in the radial direction. Therefore, compared to devices using conventional magnetic tapes, personal computers, etc., it has the effect of allowing high-speed access. It also has the advantage of being able to reproduce clearer, higher-fidelity images compared to images from computers. Note that it is also possible to record the audio signal and play it back simultaneously with the video signal, and in that case as well, it is possible to obtain audio with higher fidelity than audio created by a personal computer.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the basic configuration of the device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the device. 1...Magnetic recording/reproducing machine, 2...Video display device, 3
...Position signal generating means. 4... Controller, 6
. . . recording medium, 7 . . . head, 8 . . . head access means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A position signal generating means for allowing an athlete to manually control a position on a plane and generating a position signal in accordance with a designated position; A randomly accessible recording medium that records a unit video signal for each step of the game, a device that reproduces the unit video signal of the recording medium, and a video display that displays the reproduced video signal. an access command generation unit that specifies the track position where the next unit video signal is recorded based on the position signal specified by the position signal generation means; and a display for displaying messages regarding the progress of the game to the players. A video game device comprising a controller including a signal generator.