JP2006198134A - Game device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reflect a player's feeling of letting a specific racing object related to a player win in a last racing game which the specific racing object can participate, to the result of the last racing game. <P>SOLUTION: When an operation acceptance means accepts a predetermined participation command operation, this game device progresses a racing game in which the specific racing object related to the player participates. When the specific racing object of the player is determined to satisfy a predetermined condition and participates in the racing game (the last racing game), this game device prohibits the specific racing object to participate in the subsequent racing games. However, this game device increases a probability of the specific racing object to win the last racing game. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device that executes a competitive game in which a plurality of competition objects compete with each other, and a program for causing a computer provided in the game device to function.

  As this type of game apparatus, for example, a horse racing game apparatus that executes a horse racing race (competition game) in which a plurality of racing horse characters (competition targets) compete with each other in rank is widely known (for example, Patent Document 1). In the horse racing game apparatus described in Patent Document 1, a racehorse character (specific competition target) related to a player's horse can be run in the horse race. The player's horse that satisfies the condition (predetermined condition) that the GI race prepared in the horse racing game apparatus is won three times or more, or the number of medals (lifetime winning prize) exceeds 2000. The racehorse character can be retired when the player performs an operation to retire (predetermined condition). When this retirement process is performed, although there is no specific description in Patent Document 1, participation in a subsequent horse race is prohibited for the racehorse character related to the player's horse. Therefore, when the process of retiring the racehorse character related to his / her own horse is performed, the player cannot thereafter participate in the racehorse race.

JP 2002-95870 A

Like the horse racing game apparatus described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, in a horse racing game apparatus that prohibits the race horse character from participating in the race after retreating the race horse character related to the own horse, the effect of retiring as described above. When the above operation is performed, the race in which the racehorse character participates immediately before is the last race (retirement race) for the racehorse character. Regarding such a retirement race, there is a tendency that the player particularly wants to win the racehorse character. If such a player's feeling can be reflected in the result of the retirement race, the game performance is enhanced.
However, in the conventional horse racing game apparatus, even if the racehorse character's retirement race is related to the player's horse, the probability that the racehorse character will win is not a special process because it is a retirement race. That is, even if the race is a retirement race of the racehorse character, the probability that the racehorse character wins does not change at all. For this reason, the conventional horse racing game apparatus cannot reflect the player's feelings as described above in the result of the retirement race, and there is a problem that the game performance is low.

In addition, there is a conventional horse racing game device that performs a retirement race of a racehorse character after performing an operation to retire the racehorse character related to the horse, but even in this horse racing game device, the probability that the racehorse character wins. Does not do any special treatment just because it is a retirement race. Therefore, the above problem occurs even in this horse racing game apparatus.
Further, not limited to a horse racing game device, it is configured to repeatedly execute a competition game in which a plurality of competition objects compete with each other, and the same specific competition object can participate in the competition game multiple times, The same problem as described above may also occur for a game device that prohibits participation of a specific competition object after a competitive game in which a specific competition object that satisfies a predetermined condition has participated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to express the player's feeling that he / she wants to win the specific competition object in the last competition game in which the specific competition object related to the player can participate, To provide a game apparatus and a program that can be reflected in the result of the last competitive game.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 is to repeatedly execute an operation accepting means for accepting an operation of a player and a competition game in which a plurality of competition objects compete with each other, and the operation accepting means When the participation instruction operation is accepted, the game progress means for proceeding with the competition game in which the specific competition object associated with the player identification information for identifying the player participates, and the same specific competition object is repeated a plurality of times. In a game device configured to be able to participate in a competitive game, a determination unit that determines whether or not the specific competition target satisfies a predetermined condition, and a determination that the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied Temporary processing means for performing processing for temporarily increasing the probability of winning for the specific competition target only for the competition game in which the competition target participates, and the temporary processing And a participation prohibiting means for prohibiting the participation of the specific competition object to be processed in the competition game after the competition game progressed by the game progressing means after performing the above process. To do.
In this game apparatus, when a specific competition object of a player is determined to satisfy a predetermined condition by the determination means and participates in the competition game (the last competition game), the participation of the specific competition object for the subsequent competition games Is prohibited. In this game apparatus, processing for increasing the probability of winning the specific competition object is performed for the last competition game. That is, in the last competitive game, the probability that the specific competition target of the player wins is higher than when the competitive game is a normal competitive game (a competitive game that is not the last competitive game).

The invention according to claim 2 is the game device according to claim 1, wherein the competitive game is a competitive race in which the plurality of competitive objects compete with each other in rank, and a winning rate indicating a probability that each competitive object wins in the competitive race. Based on the data, it has rank determining means for determining the rank of each competition object in the competitive race by lottery, and the process performed by the temporary processing means determines that the determination means satisfies the predetermined condition. The game progression means advances the competition race so that each competition object has a rank determined by the rank determination means. Is.
As the above-mentioned competitive game, a game in which a plurality of competition targets such as baseball, soccer, martial arts, etc. are competing and one of the competition targets wins, and the order of competition such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, etc. There are things related to such a race. The competitive game performed in this game apparatus is related to the latter race, and the rank of the competitive race is determined in advance by lottery by the rank determining means, and the competitive race proceeds so that the determined rank is obtained. And according to this game device, about such a competition race, the probability that the specific competition object wins in the last competition race in which a specific competition object can participate increases.

The invention according to claim 3 is the game device according to claim 1, wherein capability information relating to winning or losing in the competitive game is stored for each competition object, and the capability information relating to the specific competition object is stored. It has ability information storage means for storing it in a state associated with the player identification information, and the game progress means advances the competitive game based on the ability information of each race target participating in the competitive game. The process performed by the temporary processing means is a process for enhancing the ability information of a specific competition target that is determined by the determination means to satisfy the predetermined condition.
In this game apparatus, the competitive game proceeds based on the ability information of each race target participating in the competitive game. And in the last competitive game about a specific competition object of a certain player, the capability information of the specific competition object is temporarily raised so that the probability that the specific competition object will win increases. Therefore, in the last competitive game, the probability that the specific competition target of the player wins is higher than that in the case where the competitive game is a normal competitive game.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game device according to the third aspect, the competitive game is a competitive race in which the plurality of competitive subjects compete with each other for ranking, and each competitive subject wins in the competitive race based on the ability information. Winning rate data indicating the probability is calculated, and ranking determining means for determining the ranking of each competition target in the competitive race based on the calculated winning rate data by lottery. The competitive race is advanced so that the respective ranks determined by the rank determining means are obtained.
The competitive game performed in this game apparatus relates to a race that competes for the order of race such as horse racing, bicycle racing, and boat racing, and the ranking of the competitive race is determined by lottery in advance by the rank determining means, and the determination is made. Competitive races are progressed in order. According to this game apparatus, the probability that the specific competition object wins in such a competitive race in the last race in which the specific competition object can participate increases.

The invention according to claim 5 is the game device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein when the operation accepting unit accepts a predetermined ability information update instruction operation, the ability information storage associated with the player specifying information related to the player. And capability information updating means for updating the capability information in the means.
In this game apparatus, when the player performs a predetermined ability information update instruction operation on the operation accepting means, the ability information of the specific competition object associated with the player identification information related to the player is changed. This change in capability information corresponds to a task in which a player virtually trains and raises a specific competition object on the game. In this way, with regard to the specific competition object that the player has nurtured by himself, there is a strong desire to win the specific competition object in the last competition game in which the specific competition object can participate. According to the present game device, the probability that the specific competition target wins in the last competitive game of the specific competition target that has a strong feeling toward the player can be increased.

The invention according to claim 6 is the game device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein win / loss result information indicating a win / loss result of a competitive game in which the specific competition object has participated in the past is indicated as the specific competition object. And the win / loss history storage means for storing the information in a state associated with the player specifying information, and the predetermined condition is that the win / loss result information corresponding to the specific competition object to be determined by the determining means is a predetermined win / loss result condition. It is characterized by including the condition of satisfying.
In this game apparatus, when the winning / losing result information indicating the winning / losing result condition of the competitive game in which the specific competitive object has participated in the past satisfies the predetermined winning / losing result condition, the determining means determines that the specific competitive object is the last competitive game. When participating in the competition game, the participation of the specific competition object is prohibited for the subsequent competitive games, and the probability that the specific competition object wins temporarily in the last competition game is increased. Thereby, it is determined whether or not the probability of winning the last competitive game is increased for the specific competition object according to the result of the competition game in which the specific competition object participated in the past. The predetermined condition may be only this condition as long as it includes a condition that the winning / losing result information corresponding to the specific competition object which is the determination target of the determining means satisfies the predetermined winning / losing result condition. A combination of this condition and another condition different from this condition may be used.

The invention according to claim 7 is the game device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein the predetermined condition includes a condition that the operation receiving means receives a specific operation. It is what.
In this game apparatus, it is possible to determine whether or not the competition game in which the specific competition object of the player participates is the last competition game, according to the player's wish. Note that the predetermined condition may be only a condition that the operation accepting unit accepts a specific operation, or a combination of this condition and another condition different therefrom.

The invention of claim 8 is a program for causing a computer provided in the game device of claim 1 to function, wherein the game progress means, the determination means, the temporary processing means, and the participation prohibition means, The computer is made to function.
When this program is executed by a computer provided in the game apparatus of claim 1, the game progress means, the determination means, the temporary processing means, and the participation prohibition of the game apparatus of claim 1 described above. It can function as a means.

As described above, according to the first to eighth aspects of the present invention, the player's feeling that he / she wants to win the specific competition object in the last competitive game in which the specific competition object related to the player can participate is determined as a result of the last competition game. There is an excellent effect that it can be reflected.
In particular, according to the inventions of claims 2 and 4, with respect to a competitive race that competes for the arrival order of horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, etc., the probability that the specific competition object wins in the last race in which the specific competition object can participate increases. An excellent effect is achieved in that the player's feelings as described above can be reflected in the final race result.
According to the invention of claim 3, in the competitive game progressed based on the ability information of each race object, the probability that the specific competition object wins in the last competition game in which the specific competition object can participate increases. The player's feelings like this can be reflected in the final race result.
Further, according to the invention of claim 5, there is an excellent effect that the player can have a strong feeling that he wants to win his / her specific competition object in the final competition game.
Further, according to the invention of claim 6, it is possible to obtain a profit that the probability that only a part of specific competition objects limited by the result of the past competition game wins in the last competition game is increased, and the game performance is improved. An excellent effect of increasing is achieved.
In addition, according to the invention of claim 7, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to decide whether or not the competition game in which the specific competition object of the player participates is the last competition game, according to the player's desire. The

  Hereinafter, the present invention is applied to an arcade game machine (hereinafter referred to as an “arcade game machine”) that executes a horse racing race (competition race) in which a plurality of racing horse characters (competition targets) compete with each other for ranking. A form is demonstrated.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of the arcade game machine 1 according to the present embodiment.
The arcade game machine 1 includes a field 2 provided in the center portion and a plurality of stations 10 provided so as to surround the field 2. The field 2 is provided with a racetrack 4 having a race gate 3, and a plurality of model horses (not shown) run in the racetrack 4 to develop a racetrack. Around the field 2, a plurality of speakers 5 for delivering the actual race and cheers are arranged. Above the field 2, a display unit 6 for displaying a game name and the like, and an illumination device 7 for illuminating the field 2 are arranged. The display unit 6 and the illumination device 7 are supported by a support column 8.

  The station 10 is provided with a display 11 for displaying a game screen corresponding to the progress of the game, and a touch panel 12 superimposed on the display surface of the display 11. When the player touches a predetermined position on the game screen displayed on the display 11 in accordance with an instruction on the game screen, the position is detected by the touch panel 12, and the operation content of the player is recognized in the arcade game machine 1. In addition, the station 10 has a medal insertion unit 13 into which medals as game values are inserted by the player, a medal payout opening 14 through which medals are paid out to the player, and a magnetic card insertion slot 15 into which a magnetic card is inserted. Is provided.

  In the arcade game machine 1, the player can participate in the game as the horse of the competitive horse character. Specifically, the player can select a favorite racehorse character from a plurality of racehorse characters prepared, and can acquire the racehorse character by paying a predetermined number of medals. The acquired name of the racehorse character may be created by combining a name selected from previously recorded in the arcade game machine body and a player name (for example, the player's name) input by the player. . Then, the player can train (train) to increase the ability of the acquired competitive horse character, and train the competitive horse character. Details of this training process will be described later. In addition, the trained racehorse character can start running in the race he desires. In the above arcade game machine 1, in order to ensure the continuity of the game when the player participates in the game as a horse owner, the continuation of the game is resumed on another day by using a magnetic card distributed to the player. be able to.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a main control unit for controlling the operation of the arcade game machine 1 in an integrated manner.
FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a station control unit provided for each station 10.
As shown in FIG. 3, the main control unit 100 arranged on the field 2 side includes a main control device 101, a field control device 102 for controlling the running of a model horse in the field 2, and the lighting device 7. Lighting control device 103 to be controlled, acoustic control device 104 for controlling sounds such as cheers and live music to be played by the speaker 5, SRAM 105 and flash memory 106 for recording various data for each player, and programs necessary for the game And a ROM 107 in which various databases are stored. The main control device 101 is connected to the field control device 102, the illumination control device 103, the acoustic control device 104, the SRAM 105, the flash memory 106, and the ROM 107, respectively. The ROM 107 stores a database of horse name data and voice data prepared in advance, selected by a player who plays as a horse owner, various data related to each horse, race schedule, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, the station control unit 200 provided in each station 10 temporarily records a station control device 201, a medal management device 202 that manages the payout of medals, and various data of players. A RAM 203, a magnetic information reading device 204 that reads magnetic information of a magnetic card inserted into the magnetic card insertion slot 15, and a magnetic information writing device 205 for writing various information such as an ID code to the magnetic card are provided. The station control device 201 is connected to the medal management device 202, the RAM 203, the magnetic information reading device 204, and the magnetic information writing device 205, respectively. Further, the station control device 201 includes a medal insertion sensor (not shown), a magnetic card insertion, which is provided in the station 10 and detects a medal inserted through the display 11 and the touch panel 12 and the medal insertion unit 13 shown in FIG. Each is also connected to a magnetic card driving device (not shown) for driving the magnetic card inserted into the port 15.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the station control device 201 on each station 10 side is connected to the main control device 101 on the field 2 side, and necessary communication is possible between them. .

  FIG. 5A is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of player data recorded and managed for each player. This player data includes an ID code as player identification information assigned to each player, personal information about the player, horse information about the player's horse (specific competition target), and the date the player last played the game. It includes last play date information for specifying, rewrite information for recording data update, check code for the purpose of preventing denitrification of the magnetic card, and the like. In addition to the game history information of the player, the player data includes information such as a screen layout that is not related to the game progress. The ID code is a number assigned only to one player, and is set so that the ID does not overlap with other player data. The personal information, the horse information, and the last play date information are used as game history information for ensuring the continuity of the interrupted game. This player data is stored in the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106 shown in FIG.

The personal information includes information related to the individual player such as the player name and the total number of plays. This personal information is used as data reflected in the game contents so that the player name is used as the crown name of the horse, or is used as customer management data.
In the above-mentioned horse information, for each horse, the horse name code for identifying the name of the horse, the horse type information for identifying the growth force that indicates the characteristics of the growth method, gender, age, number of starts , Speed, stamina, condition, accumulated amount of winnings, information on winning and losing results (for example, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or outside). The horse name code is associated with each horse name data in the horse name data database stored in the ROM 107. Based on the horse name code, the horse name data is read out and used in the game.

  FIG. 5B is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of write data written to the magnetic card when the player interrupts play. A part of the player data is recorded in the write data. Specifically, the ID code, the check code, and information such as a screen layout not related to the game progress are recorded.

  A player who plays as a horse owner inserts the magnetic card at an arbitrary station 10 in order to resume the game. As a result, the check code recorded on the magnetic card is read to determine whether the information written on the check code is normal, and then the ID code recorded on the magnetic card is read. Then, the player data corresponding to this ID code is read from the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106 shown in FIG. The read player data is read into the RAM 203 shown in FIG. 4 in the station 10 and used for predetermined processing. Thereby, the player can resume the game at any time by using the magnetic card, and can continuously enjoy the game by using the racehorse character that he / she has trained.

  In the arcade game machine 1, races having the same name as the actual central horse race are sequentially held according to a predetermined cycle. Approximately 60 races are prepared as one year of races, and for each race, a race is performed by a model horse, a time for betting medals, that is, a time for purchasing a voting ticket (a betting ticket) on the game. Time is secured for displaying the race results. The player can predict the winning horse for each race and can freely purchase a betting ticket. The betting ticket is purchased by betting medals, and if the purchased betting ticket matches the result of the race, the number of medals according to the number of bets and odds are paid out as a dividend. In the arcade game machine 1, four types of voting methods are prepared: single win, horse run, single horse, and wide, and the player uses any one of the voting methods to select a competitive horse character to be a winning horse. Predict and bet on the competitive horse character.

Hereinafter, the retirement process of the racehorse character related to the player's horse, which is a characteristic part of the present invention, will be described.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the arcade game machine 1 in the present embodiment.
The arcade game machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes operation receiving means, game progress means, ability information storage means, determination means, temporary processing means, and participation prohibition means. Further, the arcade game machine 1 has rank determining means, ability information updating means, win / loss history storing means, bet determining means, game value receiving means, and game value paying means.

The operation accepting means is for accepting a player's bet operation, start operation (participation instruction operation), retirement instruction operation (specific operation), training instruction operation (ability information update instruction operation), etc. The touch panel 12, the station control device 201, and the main control device 101 are configured. When the player performs a bet operation, the display 11 of the station 10 includes an odds table, an operation button image for selecting two racehorse characters to be bet by the player, and inputting the number of medals to bet on the bet target. Is displayed. The player operates the touch panel 12 according to the display content of the display 11 and performs a bet operation.
Further, when the player performs a run operation, a run instruction screen is displayed on the display 11 of the station 10, and the player operates the run button on the run instruction screen, so that the racehorse character related to his own horse is displayed. , You can run in the race you want.
Further, when the player performs a retirement instruction operation, a retirement instruction screen is displayed on the display 11 of the station 10, and the player operates a retirement button on the retirement instruction screen, whereby the racehorse character related to his own horse is displayed. Can be retired. This retirement process will be described later.
Further, when the player performs a training instruction operation, a training screen is displayed on the display 11 of the station 10, and the player operates various training instruction buttons on the training screen, whereby the racehorse character related to his own horse is displayed. Can be trained. Details of this training process will also be described later.

  The game progression means proceeds in a horse racing race in which the eight racing horse characters that run compete for each other in rank, and a prediction game in which the player predicts a horse character that will win in these races. This game progression means is mainly constituted by the main control unit.

The rank determining means is mainly constituted by the main control device 101. The rank determining means determines, by lottery, the racehorse character that is ranked first in the race in which the game progress means proceeds based on the winning percentage data of the eight racehorse characters that run in the race, and the remaining racehorses Among the characters, the racehorse characters up to the lowest are sequentially determined by lottery using the corrected winning rate data X ′ of the remaining racehorse characters obtained from the following formula (1).
X ′ = X / (1-Y) (1)
However, X is the winning percentage data of each racehorse character to be calculated, and Y is the sum of the winning percentage data of racehorse characters whose ranks have already been determined.

The specific operation of the rank determining means will be described. First, a lottery table is generated using the winning percentage data of each racehorse character as the lottery probability data of each racehorse character. In this lottery table, all random numbers that can be generated by the main control device 101 are apportioned according to the ratio of the winning rate data of each racehorse character, and are associated with each racehorse character. Then, the main control device 101 generates one random number to determine the racehorse character that is ranked first, compares the generated random number with the lottery table, and identifies the racehorse character corresponding to the random number. . Thereby, the game progress means advances the race so that the racehorse character is ranked first.
Next, the main control device 101 substitutes the winning rate data of the racehorse character determined as the first place and each winning rate data of the remaining racehorse characters into the above formula (1), and the remaining racehorse Character corrected winning percentage data X ₁ ′ to X ₇ ′ are respectively calculated. Then, a new lottery table is generated using the calculated corrected winning percentage data X ₁ ′ to X ₇ ′ as the lottery probability data of the racehorse characters. Thereafter, the main control device 101 generates one random number to determine the second-placed racehorse character, compares the generated random number with the new lottery table, and determines the racehorse character corresponding to the random number. Identify. Thereby, the game progress means advances the race so that the racehorse character is ranked second.
Thereafter, the racehorse characters up to the final rank are determined in the same manner.

  The capability information storage means stores capability information related to winning or losing in the horse racing race for each racehorse character, and the capability information related to the player's horse (specific competition target) is the ID of the player. It is stored in a state associated with the code (player specific information). This capability information storage means is mainly constituted by the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106 of the main control unit. As capability information in the present embodiment, basic information (medal value information), condition information, jockey information, age information, and the like are used. The medal value information is numerical data indicating the overall ability of the racehorse character, and roughly corresponds to the number of medals spent by the player performing the training process described later on the racehorse character. . Condition information, jockey information, and age information are information for determining how much the numerical value of the medal value information is to be lowered when calculating win rate data as will be described later. Note that information used as capability information is not limited to these pieces of information, and is appropriately selected.

  Here, the winning percentage data used by the rank determining means is calculated using the ability information stored in the ability information storing means. Specifically, if the main control device 101 determines eight racehorse characters to run in the race before the game progress means starts the prediction race, the ability information corresponding to each racehorse character is used. The winning percentage data of each racehorse character is calculated. Specifically, first, a numerical value related to the medal value information of each racehorse character, or a numerical value obtained by multiplying this numeric value by a coefficient common to each racehorse character, is the maximum parameter value of the racehorse character. From the numerical value, a subtraction value determined by a predetermined calculation formula is subtracted from the condition information, jockey information, and age information at the time of the race, and this is used as the parameter value of the racehorse character at the time of the race. And the ratio of the parameter value of each racehorse character with respect to the total value of the parameter values of all the racehorse characters that run in the race is calculated, and each calculated value is used as the win rate data of each racehorse character. This win rate data indicates the probability that each competing horse character running in the race is ranked first in the race. The winning percentage data of each racehorse character varies depending on the numerical value of the ability information of other racehorse characters running in the race, and the winning percentage data varies from race to race even for the same racehorse character.

  In the present embodiment, for the medal value information of each racehorse character, a numerical value obtained by multiplying the numeric value related to the medal value information of each racehorse character by the above coefficient is subtracted by entering the race. To explain with a specific example, when a racehorse character whose medal value information is 100, for example, starts running in a race, the coefficient set for each race or the coefficient set uniformly regardless of the race is, for example, 10%. Then, the medal value information of the racehorse character is 100− (100 × 10%) = 90. It should be noted that the medal value information that has declined after the race can be increased by paying medals through a training process described later. In this way, the medal value information of the racehorse character is lowered by entering the race, so that the expected value of the medal acquisition rate for all the racehorse characters related to the horses of all players is made substantially equal. It becomes possible. Here, the “medal acquisition rate” is the ratio of the number of medals consumed by the racehorse character's training process to the number of medals acquired by the racehorse character in the race.

  Explaining this point in detail, a racehorse character with high medal value information has a high probability of winning the race as described above, and therefore has a high probability of obtaining a predetermined number of medals (prize) by winning the race. . However, since such a racehorse character has a large rate of decrease in medal value information due to running in the race, a large number of medals are spent in recovering the decreased medal value information in the subsequent training process. Become. On the other hand, for racehorse characters with low medal value information, the probability of winning the race is low as described above, so the probability that a predetermined number of medals (prize) will be obtained by winning the race is low. However, since such a racehorse character has a small rate of decrease in medal value information by running in the race, the number of medals spent to recover the decreased medal value information in the subsequent training process is small. I'll do it. As a result, although there is a difference that the number of medals related to acquisition and consumption is large for racehorse characters with high medal value information and the number of medals related to acquisition and consumption is small for racehorse characters with low medal value information, the above coefficient By appropriately setting the prize money, the number of medals to be paid for the training process, etc., the expected value of the medal acquisition rate can be made substantially equal between the two racehorse characters.

  As described above, the expected value of the medal acquisition rate for all racehorse characters related to the horses owned by all players can be made substantially equal. As a result, the payout rate in the arcade game machine can be maintained at a desired payout rate.

  The capability information update unit updates the capability information in the capability information storage unit associated with the ID code associated with the player when the operation reception unit receives a training instruction operation. This capability information update means mainly comprises a station control device 201 and a main control device 101. Specifically, operation data indicating the content of the training instruction operation performed by the player is sent from the touch panel 12 of the station 10 to the main control device 101 via the station control device 201.

The specific contents of the processing (training processing) by the capability information updating means are as follows.
When the player performs an operation for training on the touch panel 12, the station 10 shifts to the training mode, a training screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display 11, and the player performs various training instruction operations. It becomes possible. As shown in FIG. 6, an image of the player's horse is displayed on the training screen. At the bottom of the training screen, buttons for selecting five types of training methods of “turf”, “wood chip”, “dirt”, “slope”, and “sand play” are displayed. The player can perform the training process by the training method on the racehorse character related to his own horse by touching any of the training method buttons. Specifically, in the training process using “turf”, “woodchip”, and “dirt”, for example, by spending two medals, the value of the medal value information of the racehorse character related to his own horse is changed. be able to. These training processes are different in the amount of change in medal value information. For example, in the training process for “turf”, the value of medal value information changes by one of the numerical values 0 to 4, and “wood chip”. In the training process, the value of the medal value information always changes by 2, and in the “dirt” training process, the value of the medal value information changes by one of the numerical values of −1 to 5. Note that the amount of change in the value of the medal value information in the training process for “turf” and “dirt” is determined by random number lottery. On the other hand, in the training process by “slope” and “play with sand”, for example, by spending two medals, the numerical value of the condition information of the racehorse character related to his own horse can be changed. The condition information is a numerical value of 0 to 100%. If this numerical value is 100%, the numerical value subtraction amount of the medal value information by the condition information is 0 when calculating the parameter value at the time of the race. When calculating the parameter value at the time of the race, the numerical value subtraction amount of the medal value information based on the condition information is a predetermined maximum value by which the numerical value of the medal value information is subtracted from the condition information.

  The numerical value (age) of the age information in the ability information cannot be changed by the training process, and increases by one year each time the race cycle of one year is completed. When the numerical value of the age information exceeds a predetermined numerical value (for example, 3 years old), the numerical value subtraction amount of the medal value information is gradually increased.

  The win / loss history storage means associates a past battle record which is a win / loss result information indicating a win / loss result of a race in which a racehorse character (specific competition target) related to a player's horse has participated in the past with an ID code of the player. Memorize in the state. This win / loss history storage means is mainly constituted by the SRAM 105 or the flash memory 106. From the past results, the GI race that the racehorse character has won can be identified.

  The determination means determines whether or not the racehorse character (specific competition target) related to the player's horse satisfies a predetermined retirement condition (predetermined condition). This determination means is mainly constituted by the main control device 101. In this embodiment, the retirement condition is to win the predetermined race of the 60 races performed on the arcade game machine 1 as described above, so that the three stallions, the three mares, the Emperor Award complete conquest, the Grand Prix complete conquest, There are two conditions: to achieve one of the five major races, sprint conquest, and mile conquest (first condition), and a player's retirement instruction operation (second condition). Specifically, when the player performs a retirement instruction operation on the touch panel 12, first, the second condition is satisfied, and the determination means is associated with the ID of the player from the win / loss history storage means in response to this. Read the past battle record of the racehorse character in the player data, identify the GI race that the racehorse character won from the information of this race record, and the above three horse stallions, three mare crowns, the Emperor Award complete conquest, the Grand Prix complete It is determined whether or not the above first condition is satisfied that either the conquest, the conquest of the five old horses, the sprint conquest, or the mile conquest has been achieved.

If it is determined that the first condition is satisfied, the determination means determines that all the retirement conditions are satisfied, and sends the determination result to the game progress means. In response to this, the game progress means is, for example, “Arima Memorial, this is the retirement race of“ XXX ””, ““ XXX ”, Retirement effects such as outputting live audio from the speaker 5 such as “Can you make my legs come off!”
Further, the determination means that has determined that all the retirement conditions are satisfied also sends the determination result to the temporary processing means and participation prohibition means described later.

In the final race in which the racehorse character that the determination means has determined to satisfy all the retirement conditions participates, the temporary processing means causes the game progress means to increase the probability that the racehorse character will win. The ability information of the racehorse character used when proceeding with the race is temporarily changed only for the last race. This temporary processing means is mainly constituted by the main control device 101.
Specifically, for example, age information for determining a parameter value used when the rank determining means calculates win rate data of each racehorse character in the last race is changed to 3 years old. More specifically, in general, a retired racehorse character has a large numerical value of age information, and the subtraction value increases accordingly, so the parameter value is low and the winning rate data tends to be low during the retirement race. Therefore, conventionally, it has been difficult for a racehorse character related to a player's horse to win a retirement race. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the numerical value of the age information is changed to 3 years old with the smallest subtraction value. Thereby, the parameter value of the racehorse character becomes a value close to the numeric value (maximum value of the parameter value) related to the medal value information of the racehorse character, and the winning percentage data is high.

As another method, for example, by adding a predetermined value to the calculated parameter value of the racehorse character or multiplying by a predetermined coefficient greater than 1, the parameter value is increased and the win rate data of the racehorse character is increased. A method is conceivable. In this case, the parameter value itself becomes the ability information of the racehorse character. Thereby, the parameter value of the racehorse character can be a numeric value close to or greater than the numeric value (maximum value of the parameter value) related to the medal value information of the racehorse character.
As another method, after obtaining the winning percentage data of each racehorse character in the same manner as in a normal race, the winning percentage data itself is increased so that the winning percentage data of the racehorse character determined to satisfy all the above retirement conditions is increased. It may be changed. With this method, for example, the winning percentage data is calculated by a method different from the method for calculating the winning percentage data based on the ability information as in the present embodiment, that is, the method for calculating the winning percentage data without using the ability information. Even in such a case, the probability that the racehorse character wins in the retirement race can be increased.

  The participation prohibition means prohibits the racehorse character related to the player's horse from participating in the race after the retirement race. This participation prohibition means is mainly composed of a main control unit. Specifically, for races after the retirement race, the operation data relating to the start operation of the retired racehorse character is rejected. As another method, the operation accepting unit may not accept the start operation by disabling the start button on the start instruction screen displayed on the display of the station 10. As still another method, the horse information of the retired racehorse character may be deleted.

  The betting determination means selects a number of racehorse characters corresponding to the voting method based on the betting operation accepted by the operation acceptance means, and determines the number of medals to bet on the selected racehorse character. Specifically, in the case of a win, a bet is made in units of one racehorse character, and in the case of horses, horses, and wide, bets are made in units of two racehorse characters. The bet determination means mainly includes a station control device 201 and a main control device 101. Specifically, operation data indicating the content of the bet operation performed by the player is sent from the touch panel 12 of the station 10 to the main control device 101 via the station control device 201. The main control device 101 selects a racehorse character based on the operation data, and determines the number of medals to bet on the selected racehorse character. Such bet contents of the player are stored in the SRAM 105 and the flash memory 106 for each player.

  The game value receiving means is for receiving medals corresponding to the number of medals determined by the betting determination means from the player who performed the betting operation. Specifically, the player counts the number of medals inserted into the medal insertion unit 13 of the station 10 and manages them as medal data by the medal management device 202. The medal management device 202 manages medals exchanged between the player and the arcade game machine 1. When receiving a medal from a player, the medal management device 202 performs a process of reducing the count value of the player's medal data by the number of medals received. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the game value receiving means is mainly constituted by the station control device 201 and the medal management device 202.

  The game value paying means determines a winning horse in each voting method based on the rank of the racehorse character determined by the rank determining means, and determines the number of medals bet on the competitive character related to the winning horse, The number of medals obtained by multiplying the corresponding odds is paid out to that player. Specifically, the medal management device 202 performs a process of increasing the count value of the player's medal data by the number of medals to be paid out. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the game value payout means is mainly composed of the station control device 201 and the medal management device 202. The odds used by the game value payout means are calculated based on the winning rate data of the racehorse character running in the race.

In the arcade game machine 1 having the above configuration, as a result of the player repeatedly running in the race while training the racehorse character related to his own horse, for example, the Emperor Prize complete conquest is achieved, and the display 11 of the station 10 is achieved. When the retire button on the displayed retirement instruction screen is operated, it is determined by the determining means that the retirement condition is satisfied. Then, the player selects a race (retirement race) in which the racehorse character will run last, and performs run registration. In calculating the winning percentage data in the retirement race, since the age of 3 years old is used as the numerical value of the age information of the racehorse character, the parameter value of the racehorse character increases compared to the normal race, and the winning percentage data Get higher. As a result, the winning probability of the racehorse character increases in the draw order lottery of the retirement race, and the probability that the racehorse character wins the retirement race increases. When the retirement race is over, even if the player performs a start operation, it is prohibited to register the racehorse character for the subsequent race. Therefore, the racehorse character that has performed the retirement race cannot run in the subsequent races.
The horse information of the racehorse character that has performed the retirement race may be deleted as described above. For example, when uploading to a ranking page published on a Web server on the Internet and registering the ranking You may make it available to. In addition, the arcade game machine 1 is added with a blending processing function for generating one new racehorse character using the horse information of the two racehorse characters, the stallion and the mare, so that the racehorse character that performed the retirement race has The horse information may be used for the blending process.

In the present embodiment, the horse racing game apparatus has been described as an example, but a competition game in which a plurality of competition objects compete with each other is repeatedly executed, and the same specific competition object can participate in the competition game multiple times. If the game device is configured in such a manner as to prohibit the participation of the specific competition object after the competition game in which the specific competition object that satisfies the predetermined condition has participated, the other game device It may be. Therefore, the type of the competitive game is related to races such as bicycle races and boat races that compete for the same order as in the horse race game, as well as multiple competition subjects such as baseball, soccer, martial arts, etc. It may be related to a competition in which one competition object wins.
Moreover, although this embodiment demonstrated the case where this invention was applied to the arcade game machine 1, this invention is applicable also to other game devices, such as a consumer game machine. For example, when applied to a home game machine, a program that causes the computer of the home game machine to function as the game progress means, the determination means, the temporary processing means, and the participation prohibition means, A program to which functions of determining means, ability information updating means, win / loss history storing means, bet determining means, game value receiving means, and game value paying means are added is distributed via a communication network or recorded on a recording medium and distributed. And can be provided to players. In this case, the game value is electronic data relating to a virtual currency used for betting in the game.

The functional block diagram which shows the structure of the principal part of the arcade game machine which concerns on embodiment. The external view which shows the same arcade game machine. The control block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the main control part of the same arcade game machine. The control block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the station control part of the same arcade game machine. Is an explanatory view showing the data structure of player data. FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure of write data written to the magnetic card. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the training screen displayed on a display at the time of the training process in the same arcade game machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Arcade game machine 10 Station 11 Display 12 Touch panel 13 Medal insertion part 14 Medal payout opening 15 Magnetic card insertion slot 100 Main control part 101 Main control apparatus 105 SRAM
106 Flash memory 107 ROM
200 Station control unit 201 Station control device 202 Medal management device

Claims (8)

Operation accepting means for accepting a player's operation;
When a competition game in which a plurality of competition objects compete with each other is repeatedly progressed and the operation accepting unit accepts a predetermined participation instruction operation, the specific competition object associated with the player identification information for identifying the player is A game progression means for proceeding with the competitive game to participate,
In a game device configured to allow the same specific competition object to participate in the competition game multiple times,
A determination means for determining whether the specific competition object satisfies a predetermined condition;
Temporary processing means for performing a process of temporarily increasing the probability of winning the specific competition object only for a competitive game in which the specific competition object determined that the determination means satisfies the predetermined condition;
The temporary processing means has participation prohibiting means for prohibiting the participation of the specific competition object to be processed in the competitive game after the competitive game performed by the game progressing means after performing the above processing. A game device characterized by the above. The game device according to claim 1,
The competition game is a competition race in which the plurality of competition objects compete with each other for ranking.
Based on win rate data indicating the probability that each competitive object wins in the competitive race, and has a rank determining means for determining the ranking of each competitive object in the competitive race by lottery,
The process performed by the temporary processing unit is a process of increasing the winning percentage data corresponding to the specific competition object that is determined by the determination unit to satisfy the predetermined condition,
The game apparatus characterized in that the game progress means advances the competitive race so that each competition object has a rank determined by the rank determination means. The game device according to claim 1,
Ability information storage means for storing capability information related to winning or losing in the competitive game for each competition target, and storing capability information related to the specific competition target in a state associated with the player specifying information. Have
The game progression means proceeds the competitive game based on the ability information of each race target participating in the competitive game,
The game apparatus characterized in that the process performed by the temporary processing means is a process for increasing the ability information of a specific competition target that is determined by the determination means to satisfy the predetermined condition. The game device according to claim 3.
The competition game is a competition race in which the plurality of competition objects compete with each other for ranking.
It has ranking determining means for calculating win rate data indicating the probability that each competitive object wins in the competitive race from the ability information, and determining the ranking of the competitive objects in the competitive race by lottery based on the calculated winning rate data And
The game apparatus characterized in that the game progress means advances the competitive race so that each competition object has a rank determined by the rank determination means. The game device according to claim 3 or 4,
And a capability information update unit that updates capability information in the capability information storage unit associated with the player specifying information related to the player when the operation reception unit receives a predetermined capability information update instruction operation. Game device to play. The game device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5,
A win / loss history storage means for storing win / loss result information indicating a win / loss result of a competitive game in which the specific competition object has participated in the past in a state associated with the player specific information related to the specific competition object,
The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition includes a condition that the winning / losing result information corresponding to a specific competition object which is a determination target of the determining means satisfies a predetermined winning / losing result condition. The game device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6,
The predetermined condition includes a condition that the operation accepting unit accepts a specific operation. A program for causing a computer provided in the game device of claim 1 to function,
A program for causing the computer to function as the game progress means, the determination means, the temporary processing means, and the participation prohibition means.