Recording medium of game program and game device using card

• US 20030060248A1
• Filed: 08/08/2002
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega
• Inventors: Yamashita, Nobuyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,452,279 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/49 Saving the game status; Pausing or ending the game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/95 Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/206 Game information storage, e.g. cartridges, CD ROM's, DVD's, smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8029 Fighting without shooting

Abstract

By setting the player'"'"'s recording medium in the game device, the continuity of the previous game and current game of the player is maintained, and the game parameter of a non-player character is set with a used recording medium. The game device (30) has a unit (S24) for conducting a first game in which a plurality of characters participate including a player character and a non-player character upon using a recording medium (20) having recorded thereon the number of playable games; a unit (S26) for recording the game parameter of the player character renewed with the first game on the recording medium and deducting the number of playable games;

a unit (S53) for using the recording medium to set the game parameter of the non-player character in the second game when there is a remainder in the number of playable games in the recording medium; and a unit (S57) for using the recording medium to set the game parameter of the non-player character in the second game when there is no remainder in the number of playable games in the recording medium.

Claims

1. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program for making a computer system function as:

game deployment means for conducting a game in which a plurality of characters participate including a player character operated by a player and a non-player character which moves independent of the player'"'"'s operation upon using a recording medium capable of recording play data containing at least the game parameter;

play data generation means for renewing the game parameter of said player character in accordance with the contents of said game of said player and making this the play data;

recording means for recording said play data on said recording medium; and

non-player character setting means to be used for setting, when a prescribed condition is satisfied in said game, a part or the whole of the parameter for deciding a part or the whole of said play data recorded on said recording means, and at least one among the operation, performance and appearance of said non-player character.

2. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claim 1, wherein said prescribed condition includes at least one among the number of times said play data has been recorded on said recording medium, number of times said player played the game, play time, number of times said game has been cleared or has become game over, number of victories or defeats in said game, and score or experiential value obtained during said game play.

6. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said player character and said non-player character jointly advance the game.

7. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein at least one among said first and second games is a battle game, and said player character and said non-player jointly battle a character operated by another player, or a character which moves pursuant to the control of the control means.

8. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said game parameter includes at least one among the respective parameters of said player character'"'"'s shooting attack, shooting defense, proximal attack, proximal defense, tag team aptitude and adequate disposition.

9. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the renewable number of times of the play data to be recorded on said recording medium is limited to a prescribed number of times, and the number of times said play data has been renewed or the remainder of said renewable number of times is recorded on said recording medium.

25. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claims 1 to 25, wherein said recording medium includes at least one among a magnetic card, IC card, IC memory, PCMCIA card, portable telephone device, and network server.

26. A video game device mounting an information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

3. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program for making a computer system function as:

game deployment means capable of deploying at least a first game and a second game in which a plurality of characters participate including a player character operated by a player and a non-player character which moves independent of the player'"'"'s operation upon using a recording medium capable of recording play data containing at least the game parameter;

recording means for renewing and recording said play data on said recording medium in accordance with the play contents or play results of said first game by said player; and

game selection means for reading said play data from said recording medium and, when the play data of said first game corresponds to a predetermined condition, making said game deployment means deploy said second game.

5. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claim 3 or claim 4, wherein said recording means further records at least one among the execution of said second game, number of executions, success or failure, and number of times of success or failure.

4. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program for making a computer system function as:

game deployment means capable of deploying at least a first game and a second game in which a plurality of characters participate including a player character operated by the player and a non-player character which moves independent of the player'"'"'s operation upon using a recording medium capable of recording play data containing at least the game parameter;

recording means for renewing and recording said play data on said recording medium in accordance with the play contents or play results of said first game by said player;

game selection means for reading said play data from said recording medium and, when the play data of said first game corresponds to a predetermined condition, making said game deployment means deploy said second game; and

time limit means for deploying said second game in a prescribed time frame.

10. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program for making a computer system function as:

game progress means for conducting a game in which a plurality of characters participate including a player character operated by the player and a non-player character which moves independent of the player'"'"'s operation upon using a recording medium capable of recording play data containing at least a restrictive condition for restricting the use of the game and a game parameter;

recording means for renewing and recording said play data in said recording medium in accordance with the results of said game of said player; and

non-player character setting means to be used for recording on said recording medium, when the use of said game corresponds to the restrictive condition recorded on said recording medium, an AI level value corresponding to said play data, a part or the whole of the game parameter of said player character, and an AI program for moving said non-player character as the game data of said non-player character, and making said recording medium the recording medium for controlling an AI non-player character.

11. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claim 10, wherein said restrictive condition includes the number of playable games.

12. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program for making a computer system function as:

battle game execution means for executing a battle game where a player character operated by the player and a partner character controlled with a CPU so as to work in collaboration to battle against an enemy character which moves pursuant to the operation of another player or the control of a CPU;

play data generation means for generating play data in accordance with the play contents or play results of said game of said player;

AI data generation means for generating a control program of said partner character or setting the control program level based on said play data and making this the AI data of said partner character; and

recording means for recording said play data and said AI data on the recording medium capable of recording the play data of the player.

13. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claim 12, further having partner character setting means for setting the parameter for deciding at least one among the performance or appearance of said partner character based on said play data recorded on said recording medium.

14. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claim 13, wherein said parameter character setting means sets the partner character when said play data satisfies a prescribed condition.

15. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claim 14, wherein said prescribed condition is when at least one among the number of times said play data has been recorded on said recording medium, number of times said player played the game, play time, number of times said game has been cleared or has become game over, number of victories or defeats in said game, and score or experiential value obtained during said game play reaches a prescribed value.

16. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a program according to any one of claims 12 to 15, further having game playable count restriction means for restricting the renewable number of times of the play data to be recorded on said recording medium to a prescribed number of times, and enabling game play until said renewable number of times reaches said prescribed number of times.

17. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a program according to claim 16, wherein said recording means records the number of times said play data has been renewed or the remainder of said renewable number of times on said recording medium.

18. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a program according to claim 16 or claim 17, further having game play continuance control means for carrying over the play data recorded on said recording means on to a second recording medium when the number of times said play data has been renewed reaches said prescribed number of times, and enabling game play with said second recording medium.

19. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a program according to any one of claims 16 to 19, further having partner character data recording medium generation means for making said recording medium a partner character data recording medium containing AI data of said partner character when the number of times said play data has been renewed reaches said prescribed number of times;

and

partner character data renewal means for reading the partner character data from said partner character data recording medium in a prescribed timing such as at the start of a game in said game play or at the start of a stage and making this the partner character data in said game play.

20. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a program according to claim 19, further having partner character data recording medium generation count control means for restricting the number of times said partner character data recording medium can be generated to a prescribed number of times.

21. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claims 12 to 20, further having game selection means for deploying a second game different from said game when said play data satisfies said prescribed condition.

22. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claim 20, wherein the number of times said partner character data recording medium can be generated is changed in accordance with the play results of said second game.

23. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claim 21 or claim 22, further having deployment time frame control means for deploying said second game in a prescribed time frame.

24. An information recording medium having recorded thereon a game program according to claims 21 to 23, wherein said recording means further records at least one among the execution of said second game, number of executions, success or failure, and number of times of success or failure.

27. A video game device for executing a battle game where a player character operated based on the operational signal from the operation means operated by the player and a partner character controlled with a CPU so as to work in collaboration to battle against an enemy character which moves pursuant to the operation of another player or the control of a CPU, said video game device comprising:

play data generation means for generating play data in accordance with the play contents or play results of the game of said player;

AI data generation means for generating an AI program or an AI level of said partner character and making this the AI data based on said play data; and

recording means for recording said play data and said AI data on a recording medium.