Game system and storage medium to be used for the same

• US 20020013166A1
• Filed: 06/21/2001
• Published: 01/31/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshitomi, Kensuke
• Granted Patent: US 6,638,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/7
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/091 for performance evaluation, i.e. judging, grading or scoring the musical qualities or faithfulness of a performance, e.g. with respect to pitch, tempo or other timings of a reference performance
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/141 Games on or about music, i.e. based on musical knowledge, e.g. musical multimedia quizzes teaching of music per se G09B15/00

Abstract

There is provided a game system capable of solving or reducing feeling or wrongness to improve interest of a game such as music game. The game system comprises a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position as a reference in a game; an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data; an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player; an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other; an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and an adjustment execution device for changing the operation timing to be instructed by the operation instruction device based on the adjustment value with the predetermined position in the game being as a reference.

Claims

1. A game system comprising:

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position as a reference in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing the operation timing to be instructed by the operation instruction device based on the adjustment value with the predetermined position in the game being as a reference.

7. The game system according to claim 1, wherein said adjusting value setting device changes the adjustment value based on an amount of an operation by the player to a specific operation portion in the input device.

8. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting value setting device causes the operation instruction device to instruct an operation at predetermined timing with said predetermined position being as a reference, and sets the adjusting value based on a deviation amount between said instructed timing of the operation and an actual timing detected by the operation detection device in response to that instruction.

2. A game system comprising:

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position as a reference in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for adjusting a deviation amount between the timing defined in the reference data and the actual timing detected by the operation detection device based on the adjustment value.

3. A game system comprising:

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position as a reference in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a relationship between a deviation amount of the actual timing detected by the operation detection device to the timing defined in the reference data and an evaluation result by the evaluation device based on the adjustment value.

4. A game system comprising:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being as a reference;

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a position in the tune to be reproduced in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data during the reproduction of the tune;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a deviation amount between the position in the tune and the operation timing to be instructed by the operation instruction device based on the adjustment value when the tune is reproduced.

9. The game system according to claim 4, wherein there is defined, in the reference data, timing of a series of operations to be performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune,

the operation instruction device causes a display device to display on a screen thereof instruction signs which correspond to said series of the operations, respectively, and a predetermined reference sign, and also moves at least one of each instruction sign and the reference sign in a predetermined direction on the screen at a speed corresponding to a tempo of the tune to thereby instruct the player respective timing of said series of the operations through a coincidence of said each instruction sign and the reference sing, and

the adjustment execution device changes, based on the adjustment value, the timing when said each instruction sign and the reference sign coincide with each other with said predetermined position being as the reference.

5. A game system comprising:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being as a reference;

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a position in the tune to be reproduced in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data during the reproduction of the tune;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for adjusting a deviation amount between the timing of the operation defined in the reference date and the actual timing detected by the operation detection device based on the adjustment value.

6. A game system comprising:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being as a reference;

a storage device for storing a reference data defining timing of at least one operation to be performed by a player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a position in the tune to be reproduced in a game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data during the reproduction of the tune;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a relationship between a deviation amount of the actual timing detected by the operation detection device to the timing defined in the reference data and an evaluation result by the evaluation device based on the adjustment value.

10. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position as a reference in a game;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing the operation timing to be instructed by the operation instruction device based on the adjustment value with the predetermined position in the game being as a reference.

16. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 10, wherein said adjusting value setting device changes the adjustment value based on an amount of an operation by the player to a specific operation portion in the input device.

17. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 10, wherein the adjusting value setting device causes the operation instruction device to instruct an operation at predetermined timing with said predetermined position being as a reference, and sets the adjusting value based on a deviation amount between said instructed timing of the operation and an actual timing detected by the operation detection device in response to that instruction.

11. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position as a reference in a game;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for adjusting a deviation amount between the timing defined in the reference data and the actual timing detected by the operation detection device based on the adjustment value.

12. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device in association with an elapsed time from a predetermined position as a reference in a game;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a relationship between a deviation amount of the actual timing detected by the operation detection device to the timing defined in the reference data and an evaluation result by the evaluation device based on the adjustment value.

13. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as;

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being as a reference;

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing during the reproduction of the tune based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a position in the tune to be reproduced in the game;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a deviation amount between the position in the tune and the operation timing to be instructed by the operation instruction device based on the adjustment value when the tune is reproduced.

18. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein there is defined, in the reference data, timing of a series of operations to be performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune,

the operation instruction device causes a display device to display on a screen thereof instruction signs which correspond to said Series of the operations, respectively, and a predetermined reference sign, and also moves at least one of each instruction sign and the reference sign in a predetermined direction on the screen at a speed corresponding to a tempo of the tune to thereby instruct the player respective timing of said series of the operations through a coincidence of said each instruction sign and the reference sing, and

the adjustment execution device changes, based on the adjustment value, the timing when said each instruction sign and the reference sign coincide with each other with said predetermined position being as the reference.

14. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being as a reference;

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing during the reproduction of the tune based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a position in the tune to be reproduced in the game;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution of the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for adjusting a deviation amount between the timing of the operation defined in the reference date and the actual timing detected by the operation detection device based on the adjustment value.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer provided in a game system to serve as:

a tune reproduction device for reproducing a tune with a predetermined position in a game being as a reference;

an operation instruction device for instructing a player operation timing during the reproduction of the tune based on a reference data which defines timing of at least one operation to be performed by the player on an input device during a reproduction of the tune in association with a position in the tune to be reproduced in the game;

an operation instruction device for instructing the player operation timing based on the reference data during the reproduction of the tune;

an operation detection device for detecting actual timing of an actual operation performed on the input device by the player during the reproduction of the tune;

an evaluation device for evaluating the actual operation detected by the operation detection device by comparing the timing of the operation defined in the reference data and the detected actual timing with each other;

an adjustment value setting device for making the player perform a predetermined adjustment value setting operation and for setting an adjustment value to correct an evaluation result based on a result of execution to the adjustment value setting operation; and

an adjustment execution device for changing a relationship between a deviation amount of the actual timing detected by the operation detection device to the timing defined in the reference data and an evaluation result by the evaluation device based on the adjustment value.