JP2002301267A - Method for controlling baseball game, game program, recoding medium and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a baseball game control method by which a batter side game player speculates on the pitching of a pitcher character. SOLUTION: A defense side game player inputs a ball kind pitched by the pitcher character by a left analog sick. An offense side game player inputs a prediction ball kind predicted to be pitched by the pitcher character by a right analog stick. When the pitching ball kind agrees with the prediction ball kind, a meet cursor 51 is guided to permit the ball within an offence guide range 54 to enter a part inside the meet cursor 51 and, then, the batter character is permitted to perform an attach (B). When the both ball kinds disagree, a meet cursor 56 is reduced compared with the meet cursor 51 when the offense side game player does not input the prediction ball kind (A and C). Then winning and missing in speculation are expressed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a baseball game control method, a game program, a recording medium, and a game device, and more particularly to a baseball game in which a batter hits a ball thrown by a pitcher character with a bat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, various video game software are provided on CD-
It is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM and sold by various companies. Among such video game genres, there are those based on sports, and among them, video games based on baseball are particularly popular. In a baseball game, a player generally enjoys a game by playing the role of a player or a manager. A baseball game is usually played by one or two players, but when played by two players, each plays one of the opposing teams and plays while changing the defender and the attacker. In addition, when performing alone, the computer takes charge of the action of the opposing team. The player (or computer) in charge of the defense makes the pitcher character pitch the ball so that the batter character does not hit or hits the ball. On the other hand, the player (or computer) in charge of the attacker sets the bat-shaped cursor on the position of the incoming ball in consideration of the starting situation, out count, and ball count, and the ball comes to the home plate. It is general that the batter character swings the bat to hit the ball by pressing the hitting button after checking the timing.

In such a conventional baseball game, there has been a video game in which a player can freely switch the hitting method such as "swinging", "pitcher return", and "pulling". The size of the bat-shaped cursor for judging is always fixed or fixed by the player character.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-167252 discloses hitting attribute data of a batter character by determining the hit of a bat and a ball by changing the size of a collision object (effective range of strike) according to the attribute data of the batter character. A technique for reflecting the result is disclosed.

[0004]

However, in the conventional baseball game, even if the attacking player predicts the pitch of the ball thrown by the pitcher character, the player cannot always hit the ball with the bat properly. It was not possible to reflect the player's expectation on the result of the blow, so to speak. Also, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-167252
In the technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. H10-209, the size of the collision object is changed according to the attribute data of the player character, and the size can be changed at the time of the first hit by the player's selection. It was not something.

In view of the above-mentioned proposal, the present invention enables a batter-side player to pitch a pitcher character's pitch and to control a baseball game capable of expressing the best hit. It is an object to provide a method, a game program for executing the control method, a recording medium on which the game program is recorded, and a game device.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a baseball game in which a batter character hits a ball thrown by a pitcher character with a bat. The pitching ball type that is input or selected by the player or computer on the pitcher character side and pitched by the pitcher character, and is input or selected by the player or computer on the batter character side, and the pitcher character is expected to pitch. The expected ball type and the size are set in advance, and the center position of the hitting allowable range that allows hitting of the batter character is captured,
And expanding the size of the permissible hit range when the pitch type matches the expected pitch type.

In this embodiment, the type of pitch that the pitcher character pitches is input from the player on the pitcher character side or selected by the computer. In addition, the expected pitch type that is input by the player on the batter character side or selected by the computer and is predicted to be pitched by the pitcher character and the size is set in advance and the permissible range of the permissible range for permissible hitting of the batter character. The center position is captured. Then, when the pitched ball type and the predicted ball type match, the size of the permissible hit range is expanded. According to this aspect, when the pitched pitch type and the predicted pitch type match, the size of the permissible hit range is enlarged, so that the ball can be hit easily, and so-called slapping can be achieved. . Therefore, a baseball game that imitates the psychology of a real baseball player can be realized. Conversely, if the pitching pitch type and the expected pitch type do not match, if the size of the permissible hitting range is reduced, it is possible to incorporate the so-called out of range into the baseball game. In addition, when the pitching ball type and the expected ball type match, the size is set in advance and the hitting tolerance range is guided so that the ball falls within the hitting tolerance range. If at least the outer frame of the permissible hitting range and the batting guidance range are displayed together with a strike zone corresponding to the attribute information of the batter character on the display device, the permissible hitting range is guided within the batting guidance range. Therefore, the attacking player can dynamically visually recognize that a hit has occurred according to the permissible hit range that moves on the display screen of the display device. Further, at the time of input by the player on the batter character side, if at least the outer frame and the strike zone of the permissible hitting range are displayed on the display device, the input operation can be easily performed.

[0008] If the permissible hitting range is expanded by consuming the permissible hitting range expansion that is held corresponding to the batter character and allows the permissible hitting range to be expanded, the permissible hitting range expansion is achieved. Thus, the hitting batter can be taken into consideration, or the permissible range of the permissible hitting range can be consumed at the very first time so as to expand the permissible hitting range, thereby allowing the pitcher character to enjoy bargaining with the player or computer. Also, if the permissible hit range expansion amount is increased or decreased according to the history of the hitting result of the batter character, the player on the batter character side can perform a per-bat hit to increase the permissible hit range expansion amount. Since it is important, it is possible to enjoy the difficulty of hitting when the permissible hit range expansion amount decreases and the enjoyment of hitting when the permissible hit amount increases.

A second aspect of the present invention is a game program that allows a computer to execute the control method for a baseball game according to the first aspect described above, and a third aspect of the present invention implements a game program according to the second aspect. The recorded computer-readable recording medium. In a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a game device for a baseball game in which a batter character hits a ball thrown from a pitcher character with a bat, an input section for a player to input, and a game on the pitcher character side The pitch type that is input or selected by the player or the computer and pitched by the pitcher character, and the expected pitch type that is input or selected by the player or computer on the batter character side and is expected to be pitched by the pitcher character, and Is set and captures the center position of the permissible hitting range that allows the hitting of the batter character,
When the captured pitch type matches the predicted pitch type, a control unit that enlarges the size of the hitting allowable range, and a display unit that displays at least the hitting allowable range, a pitcher character and a batter character. , Is provided. Also,
An input unit for the player to input, a pitch type that is input or selected by the player or computer on the pitcher character side and pitched by the pitcher character, and an input or selection by the player or computer on the batter character side The pitcher character predicted to be pitched by the pitcher and the center position of a hitting tolerance range that has been set in advance and allows the hitting of the batter character are fetched, and the fetched pitching ball type and the expected When the ball type coincides with the ball type, a control unit that guides the hitting allowable range within a hit guiding range that guides the hitting allowable range so that the ball enters the hitting allowable range is set in advance. And a display unit for displaying at least the hitting allowable range, the hitting guide range, the pitcher character and the batter character. It is a non-system. Further, an input section for a player to input, and a center position of a permissible hitting range which is input or selected by the player or the computer on the batter character side and whose size is set in advance and which allows the hitting of the batter character. A control unit that expands the permissible hitting range by consuming a predetermined amount from a permissible hitting range expansion allowable amount that is captured and held in correspondence with the batter character and that allows the permissible hitting range to be expanded; A display device for displaying a range, a pitcher character, and a batter character.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a baseball game executed on a home video game device will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Construction) As shown in FIG. 1, a home video game apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment has a game apparatus main body 2 as a control section, a display device having a built-in speaker 5, or a television monitor 4 as a display section. And a controller pad 3 as an input unit. The game device body 2
It has a medium reading section on which a recording medium 1 such as a CD-ROM can be mounted (see FIG. 3). FIG. 1 shows a case where two controller pads 3 are used, assuming that a baseball game is played by two players.

As shown in FIG. 2A, a start button 3 for starting a game is provided on the controller pad 3.
0, a □ button 31 for operating a game character or responding to an input inquiry from the game apparatus main body 2;
A button 32, a circle button 33, a cross button 34, a left analog stick 39, a right analog stick 40 which can be input by tilting, and a cross constituted by an upper button 35, a right button 36, a left button 37, and a lower button 38. Direction button set is arranged. Also, as shown in FIG. 2B, an L1 button 43 and an L2 button 45 are arranged on the front of the controller pad 3 as viewed from the direction of arrow A on the cross button set side.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game apparatus main body 2 includes a CPU block 20 for controlling the entire apparatus.
The CPU block 20 includes an SCU (System Control Unit) that mainly controls data transfer with each unit in the game apparatus main body 2.
nit), a CPU that operates with a high-speed clock as a central processing unit, a ROM in which basic control operations of the game apparatus main body 2 are stored, a game program that functions as a work area of the CPU and is recorded on the recording medium 1 and various data. It is composed of a RAM for temporarily storing and an internal bus connecting them.

An external bus 25 is connected to the SCU. The external bus 25 includes an input receiving unit 21 that receives an input from the controller pad 3 and transfers input information to the CPU block 20, and a sub CPU (not shown).
A medium reading unit 22 such as a CD-ROM drive for reading a game program recorded in the CPU and transferring the same to the CPU block 20;
An image processing unit 23 that renders an image in accordance with the information transferred from the block 20 and a sub-CPU (not shown) that is connected to, for example, an audio processing unit 24 that processes sounds such as back music and sound effects. The input receiving unit 21 is provided on the controller pad 3 with the image processing unit 23.
Is the TV monitor 4, and the sound processing unit 24 is the TV monitor 4.
Are connected to the speakers 5 built in the.

(Operation) Next, the operation of the home video game device 10 of the present embodiment will be described. Note that the home video game apparatus 10 executes a baseball game according to a game program recorded on the recording medium 1 and two players are assumed to be in charge of the attacking side and the defending side.

When the home video game apparatus 10 is powered on and the recording medium 1 is mounted on the medium reading section 22, the sub CPU of the medium reading section 22 reads image data, sound data and program data from the recording medium 1. Is read out and sent to the CPU block 20.
The CPU of the CPU block 20 stores the sent game program in the RAM of the CPU block 20, and transfers a part of the image data and the sound data to the image processing unit 23, respectively.
And the RAM of the sound processing unit 24. The program data includes pitcher data such as pitchable pitch type of the pitcher character, ball speed, pitching right / left, etc., batting average of each player character, number of home runs (HR), hitting point (RBI), right / left hit, etc. , And attribute data such as height for setting a strike zone.

When one of the players inputs the charge of the first attack and the second attack by operating the controller pad 3, the player names, the defensive positions, the batting order, the above-described attack data, and the preset player characters of the nine player characters of each team are set in advance. In the case of a pitcher character, the pitcher data described above is displayed on the television monitor 4 together with those of the reserve player character. Each player can change the nine player characters described above to another player character by operating the controller pad 3. When the player character is determined, the out count, strike, and ball count are each set to 0.
Then, the defensive player character is arranged at each defensive position, the batter character with the batting order No. 1 on the attacking side is arranged at the bat and displayed on the television monitor 4, and the baseball game is started.

Thereafter, the CPU executes the game program stored in the RAM and the player
The baseball game is advanced based on the contents indicated by the various buttons and the analog stick. That is,
The CPU receives an operation signal transmitted from the controller pad 3 in response to a button operation or an analog stick operation on the controller pad 3 by the player, and executes commands for drawing and sound output as appropriate according to the game program. It is sent to the processing unit 23 and the sound processing unit 24. As a result, the image of the baseball game is displayed on the television monitor 4, and the sound related to the baseball game is output from the speaker 5. The CPU operates for 1/60 second (1
At 6.6 milliseconds), it is determined whether or not a vertical retrace interrupt has been made in the vertical retrace cycle called from the television monitor 4 at one cycle, and when the determination is affirmative, arithmetic processing is executed according to the game program. Input receiving unit 2 in case of negative judgment
The main processing such as processing for the input information transferred from 1 and sound processing for causing the sound processing unit 24 to synthesize the game sound effect is executed. Also, on the television monitor 4, a field including an infield area and an outfield area, a pitcher character,
An image of a baseball game including a catcher character, a batter character, a runner character, a ball, and the like is displayed, but the infield area is displayed larger than the outfield area from a perspective view from the perspective of the rear or upper side of the home base referee.

By operating various buttons and analog sticks on the controller pad 3, the player in charge of the defender inputs the pitch type and course of the ball to be thrown by the pitcher character, and the catcher character catches the ball. Ball. On the other hand, the player in charge of the attacking side operates the various buttons and the analog stick of the controller pad 3 to determine the pitching type and course of the pitcher character and determine the hitting position. The batter character hits the ball at the timing of passing the ball.

In a real baseball game, a batter hits a pitcher's pitch type or course and hits the ball, and when a hit occurs and a bat swing occurs, the batter often hits or runs home. Conversely, when the mountain comes off, the bat swing cannot be performed at all, or the bat swings. For this reason, the batter straddles the pitching pitch while struggling with the pitcher to aim for the timing of the hit. Hereinafter, an operation for realizing this on the home video game device 10 will be mainly described.

After the CPU causes the image processing section 23 to draw the batter character in the batting order of the attacking side, as shown in FIG. 4, the strike zone 50 having a rectangular frame shape and the strike zone 50 are obtained from the attribute data of the batter character. A cursor movement range 55 (see also FIG. 5) in a rectangular frame shape, which is one size larger, is drawn on the home base. The horizontal width of the strike zone 50 is the same as the width of the home base (corresponding to six balls), and the upper limit of the vertical width is a horizontal line between the upper part of the shoulder of the batter character and the height of the waist (the upper part of the pants). ,
The lower limit of the vertical width is the horizontal line above the knee of the batter character. Cursor movable range 55 is horizontal width A, vertical width B
The width A is 1/4 of the width of the strike zone 50, and the height B is 1/4 of the length of the strike zone 50. The players on the defense side and the attack side can move the cross cursor or the meet cursor within the cursor movable range 55 as described later.

Further, the CPU reads the pitchable pitches of the pitcher data and, as shown in FIG. 5, places a pitch type CG 60 in which the pitchable pitch type that the pitcher character can pitch is indicated by an arrow on one side of the pitcher character. Display. Further, the CPU reads out the batting data and the player name of the batter character,
As shown in the figure, the permissible hit range expansion amount (hereinafter referred to as the permissible expansion amount), which is represented by the player name, batting average (.304), number of home runs (42), hit points (100), and the number of bats
The batter performance CG 70 with the cursor displayed is the cursor movable range 5
5 and on one side of the batter character. Note that the expansion allowance is initially set to 0 (books),
Hit 1 (or double or triple) to get 1
(Books), 2 (books) increased by hitting a home run,
It can be increased to a maximum of 5 (books).

Next, the CPU waits until the left analog stick (hereinafter, referred to as a left stick) 39 of the defensive player is tilted and pressed. When the left stick 39 is tilted and pressed, the CPU is tilted. Direction information,
A predetermined pitch type is stored in the RAM in accordance with the direction information. As shown in FIG. 7, the correspondence between the direction information and the pitch type is such that when the left stick 39 is tilted upward and pressed down, the ball speed is large and the ball changes so that the ball rises in front of the batter character. Corresponding to When depressed while being inclined to the right, one of a slider that makes a large horizontal turn while sliding while taking advantage of the speed, and an H slider that changes faster than the slider corresponds. At this time, the pitch type that the pitcher character can pitch is one of the slider and the H slider, and the pitch type data uniquely determines which of the two types corresponds.

When the left stick 39 is depressed while being tilted obliquely downward to the right, it corresponds to one of a curve that falls while bending in front of the batter character and a slow curve whose ball speed is slower than the curve. When the left stick 39 is tilted downward and pressed down, the ball is formed in front of the batter character with a straight ball and the ball falls sharply. Palm, fall in front of the batter character like a fork, but SFF (split fingered first ball), which is faster than the fork This is one of the change-ups in which the ball speed decreases in the foreground, and is also uniquely determined by the pitcher data. When the left stick 39 is depressed while being inclined obliquely downward to the left, one of a sinker that falls while bending in the opposite direction to the curve and a screw that bends more than the sinker corresponds to the sinker. When the left stick 39 is tilted to the left and pressed down, a shot that turns in the opposite direction to the curve or slider corresponds.

The above-mentioned pitch type CG60 simply indicates, by arrows, pitch types that the pitcher character can pitch among these pitch types. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the pitch type of the pitcher character can be pitched. Throwing pitches are (i) straight, (i)
i) a slider or an H slider, and (iii) one of a fork, a palm, S / F / F, knuckle and change-up. The correspondence between the direction information and the pitching pitch shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 is for a right-throwing pitcher character, and in the case of a left-throwing pitcher character, the inclination direction of the left stick 39 is set to the left-right symmetric direction. Become. The defensive player can release the once-set pitch type by returning the left stick 39 to the neutral position and pressing it down.

After storing the pitch type in the RAM, the CPU displays a cross cursor 53 at the center of the strike zone 50 via the image processing unit 23 as shown in FIG.
It waits until the X button 34 is pressed by the defensive player. The X button 34 after displaying the cross cursor 53
When the left stick 39 is tilted by the defensive player until is pressed, the cross cursor 53 is moved and displayed within the cursor movable range 55 according to the degree of tilt and the tilt direction. When the left stick 39 is tilted to the maximum, the cross cursor 53 is displayed at the position of the outer frame of the cursor movable range 55, and the degree of tilt and the moving distance to the outer frame of the cross cursor 53 have a linear relationship. . Therefore, the defensive player can move the cross cursor 53 to an arbitrary position within the cursor movable range 55 by inclining the left stick 39 in an arbitrary direction. The left stick 39 automatically returns to the neutral position when the player releases his hand, and the cross cursor 53 is also positioned at the center of the strike zone 50. Left stick 3
It is necessary to hold 9 at an inclined position. CPU
When the X button 34 is pressed, the direction information of the left stick 39 is fetched, the position of the cross cursor 53 corresponding to the direction information is stored in the RAM as a pitch target, the cross cursor 53, the pitch CG 60 and the batter score CG 70 Is released on the television monitor 4, and the pitcher character starts pitching as described later.

The above is the CPU for the input by the defensive player.
The operation in response to the input from the attacking player is also performed in parallel. By the time the defensive player presses the X button 34, the attacking player arbitrarily makes an input regarding the expected pitch and / or the schmitte described later. here,
The expected pitch type refers to the pitch type in which the pitcher character is expected to pitch. The attacking player refers to the pitch type CG 60 and presses the right analog stick (hereinafter, right stick) 40 in an inclined manner. Is input by
The input of the expected pitch type is the same as the input of the pitch type of the defending player described above, except that the input is made using the right stick 40.

The CPU uses the right stick 4 of the attacking player.
When 0 is tilted and pressed, the tilted direction information is fetched, and the pitch determined according to the direction information is stored in the RAM as the predicted pitch. At this time, the pitch in the direction in which the arrow is not indicated in the pitch CG 60 is the pitch type in which the pitcher character cannot pitch, and when the direction information in which the arrow is not indicated is input, the CPU determines the pitch type. Is determined to have not been entered. After the X button 34 of the defensive player who instructs the start of the pitch is pressed, the right stick 40 of the attacking player who instructs the input of the expected pitch is pressed.
It is determined that the expected ball type has not been input even if is pressed. When the L1 button 43 or the L2 button 45 of the attacking player is pressed, a predetermined amount (for example, the batter score CG70)
It is determined whether or not there is more than the bat 1 (book) displayed in (1), and only when the determination is affirmative, a scheat flag for performing schmit, which will be described later, is set.

After the X button 34 of the defensive player is depressed, the CPU executes the L1 button 43 of the attacking player.
Alternatively, it is determined that there is no input even if the scheat is input by the L2 button 45. By pressing the L1 button 43 or the L2 button 45 again,
It is possible to return the schmitt flag that has been set to its original state (it is assumed that the schmitt flag is not set). The input of the expected pitch is different from the input of the schamite, and the input of the scheat may be performed after the input of the predicted pitch, or the input of the schamite may be performed without inputting the predicted pitch. Furthermore, the input of the expected pitch and the input of the shamite by the attacking player are optional, and do not necessarily have to be input.

The CPU instructs the image processing section 23 to draw pitching motion data of the pitcher character, and causes the television monitor 4 to display the pitching motion of the pitcher character.
Thereby, the pitching motion of the pitcher character is started. That is, in the VRAM of the image processing unit 23, a plurality of sets of motion data for animation obtained by using motion capture or the like are prepared.
The PU instructs the sub CPU of the image processing unit 23 which motion data to use. The pitching motion does not directly calculate the displacement of the pixel in real time,
A sequence of data obtained by sampling the movement of a real baseball player in advance is used, and the action of the pitcher character can be expressed more realistically.

The data structure of a general three-dimensional motion data includes a scale value indicating the size of each character object, a rotation angle with respect to each XYZ axis in a three-dimensional virtual space, and an XYZ component indicating a moving distance from the origin. Each of the motions can be represented by the number of frames of the motion. Note that a frame refers to a time unit of image display processing, and corresponds to a so-called “frame”.

The position at which the pitcher character separates the ball from the hand (the pitching position) is predetermined as pitcher data.
The CPU reads the position of the cross cursor 53 stored in the RAM as a pitch target, and calculates a ball muscle determined by the pitch position and the position of the cross cursor 53. In addition, XY of the ball thrown from the pitcher character every 1/60 second
The amount of change in the Z direction and the ball speed are predetermined as pitcher data corresponding to the pitching pitch type. The CPU calculates the position of the ball every 1/60 second from the position of the ball 1/60 second ago, the above-described ball streak, the amount of change, and the ball speed, and performs image processing on the position data of the ball every 1/60 second. To the image processing unit 23 to cause the image processing unit 23 to draw the ball. Thus, a state in which the ball moves every 1/60 second is displayed on the television monitor 4.

Here, a description will be given of a meet cursor related to the attacking player. As shown in FIG. 8, the meet cursor 51 indicates a permissible range of permissible hitting of the batter character, and the center position of the meet cursor 51 indicates a point where the bat of the batter character hits the ball. Since the CPU regards the ball as a point, it is difficult for the bat to hit the ball if the bat is a point. For this reason, the concept of a meat cursor is introduced as a range in which the ball can be hit with the bat, and if the ball is within the meat cursor 51 on the home base, the bat hits the ball and the batter character can be hit. The meet cursor 51 is a circle having a size whose radius is ４ of the horizontal width of the strike zone 50. The meet cursor 51 is displayed by the defensive player as the X button 34.
Is not displayed until the player presses the button, and is displayed at the center of the strike zone 50 when the defensive player presses the X button.

The CPU determines the left tick 39 of the attacking player.
When the (or cross direction button set) is tilted, the meet cursor 51 is moved and displayed within the cursor movable range 55 according to the degree of tilt and the tilt direction. When the left stick 39 is tilted to the maximum, the meet cursor 51 is displayed at the position of the outer frame of the cursor movable range 55, and the degree of tilt and the movement distance to the outer frame of the meet cursor 51 have a linear relationship. . Accordingly, the attacking player tilts the left stick 39 in an arbitrary direction to obtain the position shown in FIG.
As shown in (5), the meet cursor 51 can be moved to an arbitrary position within the cursor movable range 55. The left stick 39 automatically returns to the neutral position when the player releases his hand, and the meat cursor 51 is also positioned at the center of the strike zone 50. It is necessary to hold the left stick 39 in the inclined position until the user presses the left button.

After instructing the image processing section 23 to draw pitching motion data of the pitcher character and display the meet cursor 51, the CPU determines whether or not the schmitt flag is set. It is determined whether or not the expected pitch is input by the side player, and if so, whether the pitch type input by the defensive player matches the expected pitch input by the attacking player By judging whether or not the pitch is not set, the expected pitch is not input, the pitched pitch matches the expected pitch, or the pitched pitch does not match the expected pitch. Is determined, and the determination result is stored in the RAM.
To be stored.

The CPU determines whether or not the ball has reached the midpoint between the pitcher character and the catcher character every 1/60 second after the ball has left the hand of the pitcher character. Indicates that the size of the meet cursor 51 is 1
The display is continued with a circle having a radius of / 4. Note that the position of the intermediate point is predetermined in the program data. On the other hand, when the determination is affirmative, the determination result stored in the RAM is read, and the size of the meet cursor 51 is maintained or changed as described below.

When the schmitt flag is set, as shown in FIG. 10, the radius of the meet cursor 51 is multiplied by 1.5 (3/8 of the horizontal width of the strike zone 50).
The display is enlarged and displayed on the meet cursor 52. Thus, shamiet means increasing the radius of the meet cursor to increase the likelihood of the bat hitting the ball. When the expected pitch is not input, the radius of the meet cursor 51 is kept as it is (1/4 of the horizontal width of the strike zone 50) as shown in FIG.
indicate. If the pitch and expected pitches match,
As shown in FIG. 11B, the radius of the meet cursor 51 is maintained as it is (the width of the strike zone 50 is 1).
/ 4), and displays a batting guidance range 54 which is concentric with the meet cursor 51, is translucent, and has a radius 1.5 times that of the meet cursor 51. When the ball is within the hit guiding range 54 on the home base, the hit guiding range 54
In the meat cursor 51 itself.
When the ball is guided so as to enter the ball 1 and the ball is outside the hit guiding range 54 on the home base, the meat cursor 5 is moved to a position closest to the ball within the hit guiding range 54.
Induce 1 Therefore, when the pitching pitch type and the expected pitch type coincide with each other, the meat cursor 51 is automatically guided so that the ball enters the meat cursor 51 to indicate a so-called “yama hit”. Can be hit. The guidance of the meet cursor 51 within the hitting guidance range 54 is started when the ball reaches an intermediate point between the pitcher character and the catcher character.
The process ends (stops) when the button 34 is pressed. The moving speed of the meet cursor 51 in the hitting guidance range 54 is set to be the same as the moving speed of the meet cursor 51. In the case where the pitched pitch type and the predicted pitch type do not match, in order to indicate so-called “Yama-no-to”, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a meet cursor 56 in which the radius of the meet cursor 51 is reduced to 2/3 times (1/6 of the horizontal width of the strike zone 50) is displayed.

As described above, the display of the meet cursor 51 is started when the defensive player presses the X button 34, and the size is changed when the ball reaches an intermediate point between the pitcher character and the catcher character ( The maintenance) display or the hit guiding range 54 is displayed, and the display is released when the ball reaches the catcher character (or when the X button 34 is pressed by the attacking player as described below). In addition, since the CPU determines the schmitt flag first, even if the attacking player inputs both the expected pitch and the schmitt, the display of the batting guidance range 54 based on the input of the predicted pitch can be performed. Reduced meat cursor 56
Is not displayed (Schmiet has priority).

After the defensive player presses the X button 34 and the pitcher character starts pitching the ball, the CPU determines whether or not the X button 34 has been pressed by the attacking player. When the player depresses the X button 34, the left stick 39 takes in the directional information on the inclination, and the position corresponding to the directional information is set as the center position of the above-mentioned meet cursor. Therefore, the attacking player is ×
The position of the meet cursor can be moved until the button 34 is pressed. If the X button 34 is pressed by the attacking player after the ball reaches the catcher character, it is determined that the X button 34 has not been pressed.

When the X button 34 is pressed by the attacking player, the CPU instructs the image processing section 23 to draw the batter motion data of the batter character, and displays the batter motion of the batter character on the television monitor 4. Let it. When the schmitt flag is set, the CPU sets the predetermined amount (for example, the bat 1 (book) displayed on the batter score CG 70) from the permissible enlargement amount when the X button 34 is pressed by the attacking player. The corresponding amount)
The enlargement allowable amount obtained by the subtraction is set as the enlargement allowable amount of the batter character, and the schmiet flag is returned to a state where it is not raised. Thus, in the next batting count (or bat), the number of bats in the batter score CG70 is reduced by one and displayed. Further, by pressing the o button 33 instead of the x button 34, the batter character can bunt. When the ボ タ ン button 33 is pressed, the CPU instructs the image processing unit 23 to draw bunt motion data of the batter character, and causes the television monitor 4 to display the bunt motion of the batter character.

The CPU sets the X button 3 by the attacking player.
Immediately after the 4 or ○ button 33 is pressed, the direction information of the left stick 39 being tilted is fetched, and the hit ball is separated. As shown in FIG. 12, in the hitting process, the correspondence between the inclination of the left stick 39 and the hit ball is such that when the left stick 39 is tilted upward, the fly is performed, when the left stick 39 is tilted downward, the grounding is performed. When tilted in the left-right direction, they respectively correspond to the left-right direction. Thus, for example, when the left stick 39 is tilted obliquely upward to the right, the fly is a rightward fly.

The CPU operates the X button 34 or the O button 33
Is pressed, a swing determination is made as to whether the bat hit the ball. If neither the X button 34 nor the O button 33 is pressed, the judge determination is made as to whether the ball thrown by the pitcher character is a strike or a ball. I do.

In the swing determination, the CPU determines whether the bat hits the ball by determining whether the ball is inside the meet cursor 51, 52 or 56 on the home base. That is, when the position of the ball is not within the meet cursor 51, 52, or 56, it is determined that the bat has not hit the ball, it is determined that the bat is missed, and the strike count is increased by one. On the other hand, when the position of the ball is within the meat cursor 51, 52 or 56,
It is determined that the bat has hit the ball, and the hit ball determination process is performed from the ball quality, the timing of the hitting swing, and the above-described designated direction of the hitting ball, which are predetermined as pitching data of the pitcher character. For such a hitting ball determination process, a known hitting process can be used. For example, in the case of a right-hitting batter character, if the timing of the hitting swing is earlier than the timing of the ball passing on the home base, the ball may be turned leftward. It is also possible to make it easy to fly to the right, and to fly rightward when it is slow. When the ball is hit in the field between the first base line and the third base line and the ball is not captured by the defensive player character, it is determined to be a hit and the base is made in accordance with the running power of the batter character. . When the batter character goes on the base or when there is a runner character on the base, the base advance processing is performed on each runner character. A well-known processing can be used for such advance processing. On the other hand, when the ball hits outside the field, it is determined to be foul. When the result of the swing determination in this manner is a hit or home run, the enlargement allowable amount is increased as described above.

In the judge judgment, the CPU judges a strike or a ball based on the range of the strike zone 50 and the position at which the ball thrown by the pitcher character passes on the home base. When it is determined that 1/2 or more of the ball is included in the range of the strike zone, the strike is determined, and the strike count is increased by one. When the strike count becomes three, the batter character is determined to be out, the out count is increased by one, and the next batter character is placed at the turn at bat.
When the out count becomes three, it is determined that the offense and defense change or the match is over. On the other hand, when it is determined that at least half of the ball is not included in the range of the strike zone, it is determined that the ball is a ball, and the ball count is increased by one. When the ball count becomes four, it is determined that the ball is a foreball, the batter character is made to base, and the next batter character is placed at the bat. When the batter character is made to base, if there is a runner character on the base, a known advance processing is performed on the runner character.

As described above, in the home video game apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to express that the attacking player enters the ball in the same manner as in real baseball by inputting the expected pitches, When the pitch type entered by the player matches the expected pitch type entered by the attacking player, the batting guidance range is displayed, and the bat easily hits the ball,
Conversely, when the pitched pitch type and the expected pitch type do not match, the radius of the meet cursor is displayed small and the bat becomes difficult to hit the ball, so that hitting and falling off the ball are reflected more clearly in the impact Thus, it is possible to enjoy the mental state of the batter character, and to enjoy the exhilaration of hitting when hitting the mountain.

Also, in the present embodiment, the attacking player
By consuming (subtracting) the enlargement allowance held corresponding to the batter character, the meet cursor can be enlarged at the time of the first hit, so that it is possible to enjoy bargaining with the defensive player. it can. Furthermore, since the enlargement allowable amount increases or decreases according to the batter character's hitting result,
Attacking players will now pay more attention to hits at each bat in order to increase the expansion allowance, and will be able to enjoy the difficulty of hitting when the expansion allowance decreases and the enjoyment of hitting when increasing the expansion allowance it can.

In this embodiment, the meat cursor 5
Since the display of 1 is displayed after the defensive player presses the X button 34 (after the pitcher character starts the pitching operation), the bat is directed immediately toward the ball after the pitcher pitches and the ball is immediately hit. You can imitate the actual state of baseball.

In this embodiment, a baseball game by two players has been described as an example, but a computer may be in charge of the opposing team. When the computer is in charge of the defending team, a random selection is made using a random number, for example, from a plurality of sets of pitching types and pitching targets that can be pitched by the pitcher character included in the program data in advance. When the computer is in charge of the attacking team, a random number may be obtained and selected from among the expected ball type, scheat, and the center of the meat cursor included in the program data in advance. .

Further, in this embodiment, when the schmitte is input, the schmitt is prioritized without judging whether or not the expected pitch matches the pitching pitch, but the expected pitch and the pitching pitch are determined. May be further determined whether or not the values match, and the radius of the meet cursor 52 may be changed based on the determination result. By this, in addition to putting up a mountain,
Because the player can make a more advantageous impact by the choice of the player,
The fun of hitting can be further increased. Furthermore, when the pitching ball type and the expected ball type coincide with each other, a hitting guide range 54 is determined, and an example is shown in which the meet cursor 51 is guided within the range and the ball can be hit. The size need not be limited. Thereby, when the pitched ball type and the predicted ball type match, it is possible to hit a ball at any position, so that the hitting can be made more advantageous. Further, when the pitched pitch type and the predicted pitch type match, the meet cursor 51 may be enlarged, or the meet cursor 51 may be enlarged and further guided. As a result, a more advantageous impact can be achieved, and the enjoyment of the impact can be further increased. At this time, the hitting guidance range 54 and the meat cursor 51
May vary depending on the hitting ability of the batter character. Thereby, the hitting ability of the batter character is reflected together with the expected result of the pitch, so that the pleasure of hitting can be increased. Conversely, when the pitched pitch type does not match the predicted pitch type, the bat may not hit the ball without displaying the reduced meat cursor 56.

Further, in this embodiment, the meat cursor 5
The display of 1 is an example in which the defensive player presses the X button 34 and then displays the image. However, the display may be performed in the center of the strike zone 50 from when the batter character stands at the bat. After the X button 34 is pressed by the player, the movement of the meet cursor 51 within the cursor movable range 55 may be allowed to be displayed on the television monitor 4. By doing so, the attacking player can see the meet cursor 51 on the television monitor 4,
Immediately after the movement is permitted, the user can move to an arbitrary position, thereby improving operability. Further, in the present embodiment, the meet cursor 51 within the hitting guidance range 54
Is performed from an intermediate point between the pitcher character and the catcher character, but the hitting guidance range 54 may be displayed immediately after the match between the pitched ball type and the predicted ball type is determined. As a result, the judgment result of the expected pitch can be visually recognized quickly, so that the pleasure of hitting can be increased. In addition, although the description has been made assuming that the meet cursor is a circle, the shape is not particularly limited and may be a rectangle, a rhombus, or the like. In the present embodiment, the strike zone, the cursor movable range, the meet cursor, and the hitting guidance range are illustrated as two-dimensional planes, but may be, for example, a three-dimensional three-dimensional shape such as a rectangular parallelepiped shape or a spherical shape. By doing so, it is possible to enjoy a blow with a more three-dimensional effect.

Further, in the present embodiment, the meat cursor is hit with the schmiet cursor which is enlarged by 1.5 times by consuming a predetermined amount of the enlargement allowable amount. The size of the cursor may be changed (for example, the size of the meat cursor can be further increased when 2 (books) are consumed). May be held in advance. For example, when performing the initial setting process, by using a random number, the random number can be held when the random number is equal to or more than a predetermined value, or can be held by skillful hitting force, tone, or the like based on the hitting performance of the batter character. In this way, the attacking player becomes aware of the increase / decrease of the permissible expansion amount, and also considers the appointment of the player, so that the timing of using a different size cursor can be achieved. Can increase the fun of bargaining.

In the present embodiment, the baseball game is exemplified. However, when the hitting of the pitch is hit, the meet cursor is expanded or the meet cursor is guided toward the ball so that the hitting becomes advantageous. The concept of the present invention can be applied to, for example, service receiving in a tennis game. In this case, when the course of service from the character of the opponent is predicted and the prediction is correct, the character on the receiving side may be guided to the position of the ball and received. Similarly, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to other ball games such as table tennis and soccer.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example has been described in which various calculations are executed every 1/60 second that coincides with the vertical retrace period. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The calculation may be performed at predetermined intervals by an internal clock linked to the clock of the CPU, or may be calculated by half every 1/60 second to reduce the load on the CPU.

Further, in the present embodiment, the baseball game in the home video game apparatus 10 has been described as an example. However, the game apparatus main body and the other game apparatuses are connected to each other by using a communication cable, and the I It may be configured to further include a communication processing unit that processes transmission / reception of data to / from the / O controller, the buffer memory, and another game device. In this way, a so-called communication game can be realized. Here, in the communication game, for example, a plurality of game devices are directly connected using a relatively short communication cable, and a plurality of game devices located in different places are connected via communication means such as an intranet or the Internet. Various modes are conceivable, such as a game server connected to a game server that centrally manages the progress of the game of each game device via communication means such as the Internet. And
In these communication games, one TV monitor is not divided and displayed on a screen as in a game in which a large number of players play at the same time. Instead, a screen is displayed on a television monitor for each player from a unique viewpoint for each player. You may do so.

Further, in such a baseball communication game,
A game in which each player corresponds to each player character of the same or different team or a part of player characters (in this case, other player characters are automatically played by a computer), or each player is made to correspond to each team. Game. Here, in the case where the player is made to correspond to the baseball team, the two players become the attacking side or the defensive side as one set, and the player operates all the player characters of the baseball team to fight each other. Allows another pair of players to compete against each other, sending and receiving information on the progress of other virtual stadiums to and from the game devices of all the pairs of players connected by communication cables, as well as league matches and tournament matches For example, it is possible to realize a play style unique to a communication match, which is more than simply playing with two players.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the game program of the baseball game is recorded on the recording medium 1 has been described as an example, but the game is stored on a hard disk built in its own personal computer via the Internet or the like. It is possible to download the program independently, or if the baseball game is a network-compatible communication game, a mode in which the baseball game can be enjoyed together with other players at a remote place can be considered. A game program is also included in the game program of the present invention.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
When the pitching pitch and the expected pitch match, the size of the permissible hitting range is increased, so that it is possible to stretch the pitch and realize a baseball game that simulates the psychology of a real baseball player. Can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a connection mode of a home game device.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show an input device used for a home-use game device, wherein FIG. 2A is a plan view and FIG. 2B is a front view when viewed from the direction of arrow A in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of a game device main body according to an embodiment to which the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a relationship between a strike zone and a size of a cursor movable range.

FIG. 5 is a halftone image when the vicinity of the pitcher character displayed on the television monitor is viewed from the viewpoint behind the catcher.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a batter score CG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a pitching pitch type of a right throwing pitcher character associated with a tilt direction of a left analog stick.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic shape of a meet cursor.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a movable range of a meet cursor.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic shape of a meet cursor when a scheat is input and displayed.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a meet cursor, and FIG.
Is an outline of a meat cursor when no predicted pitch is input, (B) when the pitched pitch matches the predicted pitch, and (C) when the pitched pitch and the predicted pitch do not match. Shape.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a ball hitting direction associated with a tilt direction of a left analog stick.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording medium 2 Game device main body (control part) 3 Input device (input part) 4 Television monitor (display device, display part) 10 Home video game device (game device) 20 CPU block (part of control part)

Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Komitsu Komine 1-18-18 Minowa-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa F-term in Koei Co., Ltd. (reference) 2C001 AA00 AA05 BA00 BA02 BA05 BA06 BB01 BB02 CA01 CA06 CB01 CB04 CB06 CB08 CC02

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A method for controlling a baseball game in which a batter character hits a ball thrown by a pitcher character with a bat, the pitch being input or selected by a player or a computer on the pitcher character side and pitched by the pitcher character. The type of pitch, and the type of pitch that is input or selected by the player or computer on the batter character side, and the type of pitch expected to be pitched by the pitcher character and the size are set in advance, and the hitting allows the hitting of the batter character. A method of controlling a baseball game, comprising: capturing a center position of an allowable range, and expanding the size of the hit allowable range when the pitched pitch type and the predicted pitch type match. 2. A method of controlling a baseball game in which a batter character hits a ball thrown from a pitcher character with a bat, wherein the pitcher character is input or selected by a player or a computer on the pitcher character side and the pitcher character throws the ball. The type of pitch, and the type of pitch that is input or selected by the player or computer on the batter character side, and the type of pitch expected to be pitched by the pitcher character and the size are set in advance, and the hitting allows the hitting of the batter character. The center position of the allowable range is taken in, and when the pitch type and the predicted type match, the size is set in advance and the hit allowable range is guided so that the ball falls within the hit allowable range. Guiding the hitting allowable range within the hitting guide range to perform the baseball game. Method. 3. The baseball game control according to claim 1, wherein the size of the permissible hitting range is reduced when the pitching pitch and the expected pitch do not match. Method. 4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein after the pitcher character pitches, at least an outer frame of the permissible hitting range and the hitting guidance range are displayed on a display device together with a strike zone corresponding to attribute information of the batter character. 2
Alternatively, the baseball game control method according to claim 3. 5. A method for controlling a baseball game in which a batter hits a ball thrown from a pitcher character with a bat, wherein the size is previously input or selected by a player or a computer on the batter character side. By capturing the center position of the permissible hitting range that allows the hitting of the batter character, and consuming a predetermined amount from the permissible hitting range expansion allowable amount that is held corresponding to the hitting character and that allows the permissible hitting range to be expanded. Expanding the permissible hit range. 6. The baseball game control method according to claim 5, wherein the permissible hit range expansion amount increases or decreases in accordance with a history of hitting results of the batter character. 7. The display device displays at least an outer frame of the permissible hitting range and a strike zone corresponding to attribute information of the batter character when a player on the batter character side inputs. To claim 6
The control method of a baseball game according to any one of the above. 8. A game program capable of causing a computer to execute the baseball game control method according to claim 1. Description: 9. A computer-readable recording medium on which the game program according to claim 8 is recorded. 10. A game device for a baseball game in which a batter character hits a ball thrown by a pitcher character with a bat, an input unit for a player to input, and an input or input by a player or a computer on the pitcher character side. The pitching pitch type selected and pitched by the pitcher character, and the expected pitch type and size which are input or selected by the player or computer on the batter character side and are expected to be pitched by the pitcher character are set in advance. A control unit that captures a center position of a permissible hitting range that allows the hitting of the batter character, and expands the size of the permissible hitting range when the captured pitch type matches the expected pitch type; A display unit for displaying at least the permissible hitting range, a pitcher character, and a batter character. Device. 11. A game machine for a baseball game in which a batter hits a ball thrown from a pitcher character with a bat. An input unit for a player to input; The pitching pitch type selected and pitched by the pitcher character, and the expected pitch type and size which are input or selected by the player or computer on the batter character side and are expected to be pitched by the pitcher character are set in advance. The center position of the hitting allowable range that allows the hitting of the batter character is captured, and when the captured pitch type matches the expected pitch type, the size is set in advance and within the hitting allowable range. Guiding the hitting tolerance within a hit guiding range for guiding the hitting tolerance so that the ball enters. A control unit, the game device comprising at least the striking tolerance, striking induction range, and a display unit that displays the pitcher character and batter character, a. 12. A game machine for a baseball game in which a batter hits a ball thrown by a pitcher character with a bat. An input section for a player to input, and a player or a computer on the side of the batter character. The center of the permissible hit range, which is selected and the size is set in advance and allows the hitting of the batter character, is captured, and the permissible range of the permissible hitting range which is held corresponding to the batter character and allows the permissible hitting range to be expanded is set. A game device comprising: a control unit that expands the hitting allowable range by consuming a predetermined amount from a capacity; and a display unit that displays at least the hitting allowable range, a pitcher character, and a batter character.