Game system and computer-readable recording medium
First Claim
1. A game system comprising:
- an input apparatus which is manipulated by a player;
performance data memory device which stores performance data stipulating a series of manipulations of said input apparatus arranged in correspondence with a predetermined musical piece;
manipulation guide device which specifies the series of manipulations of said input apparatus arranged in correspondence with said musical piece to the player based on said performance data;
said performance data comprising information which specifies timings of manipulations relating to at least one timing manipulation member provided on said input apparatus, and information which specifies at least one selection manipulation member to be manipulated in correspondence with the manipulation of said timing manipulation member from a plurality of selection manipulation members provided on said input apparatus; and
editing device which edits either one of the information specifying said manipulation timing of said performance data and the information specifying said selection manipulation member independently of the other based on a command supplied by a player via said input apparatus.
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Abstract
In a game system, performance data which stipulates sequences of manipulations and allocation of sound effects for the manipulations can be set practically. The game system has memory device which stores performance data stipulating manipulations of a controller provided in correspondence with a predetermined musical piece; the performance data comprises information specifying a manipulation timing relating to at least one timing manipulation member provided on the controller, and information specifying which one of a plurality of selection manipulation members provided on the controller is to be manipulated in correspondence with the manipulation of the timing manipulation member; either one of the information specifying the manipulation timing included in the performance data and the information specifying the selection manipulation member can be edited independently of the other based on a command supplied via the controller by a player.
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13 Claims
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1. A game system comprising:
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an input apparatus which is manipulated by a player;
performance data memory device which stores performance data stipulating a series of manipulations of said input apparatus arranged in correspondence with a predetermined musical piece;
manipulation guide device which specifies the series of manipulations of said input apparatus arranged in correspondence with said musical piece to the player based on said performance data;
said performance data comprising information which specifies timings of manipulations relating to at least one timing manipulation member provided on said input apparatus, and information which specifies at least one selection manipulation member to be manipulated in correspondence with the manipulation of said timing manipulation member from a plurality of selection manipulation members provided on said input apparatus; and
editing device which edits either one of the information specifying said manipulation timing of said performance data and the information specifying said selection manipulation member independently of the other based on a command supplied by a player via said input apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
edit screen display device which arranges note marks corresponding to manipulations of said timing manipulation members contained in a predetermined range of said musical piece so that their corresponding relationship with said selection manipulation members to be manipulated in correspondence with manipulation of said timing manipulation members is identifiable in a predetermined direction along a time axis based on said performance data; scrolling device which changes the correspondence relationship between said musical piece and said predetermined range in response to a predetermined scrolling manipulation of said input apparatus so that an editing position set in said edit screen moves forward or backward in relation to said musical piece; and
edit executing device which changes the information specifying said selection manipulation member in response to a predetermined selection setting manipulation of said input apparatus so that the correspondence relationship between a note mark displayed at said editing position of said edit screen and said selection manipulation member changes.
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3. The game system according to claim 2 wherein said editing device comprises timing adjusting device which changes the information specifying a timing of a manipulation of said timing manipulation member so that said timing corresponding to a note mark displayed at said editing position of said edit screen changes in response to a timing adjustment manipulation of said input apparatus.
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4. The game system according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising
audio output device; - and
sound effect data recording device in which sound effect data for reproducing a plurality of sound effects via said audio output device are stored;
said performance data comprising information specifying allocations of said sound effects to each manipulation of said input apparatus; and
said editing device comprising sound effect setting device which changes the information specifying the allocations of said sound effects in response to a sound effect setting manipulation of said input apparatus so that the allocations of said sound effects to manipulations corresponding to note marks displayed at said editing position of said edit screen changes.
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5. The game system according to claim 4, said editing device further comprising
sample display device which displays a sample screen showing a correspondence relationship between manipulation of said input apparatus stipulated by performance data set as a sample and the allocations of said sound effects; - and
allocation executing device which allocates sound effects displayed in said sample screen as sound effects corresponding to note marks displayed at said editing position of said edit screen.
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6. The game system according to claim 5 wherein performance data being edited can be set as said sample.
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7. The game system according to claim 5 wherein a plurality of performance data are provided for a single musical piece, and performance data different from the performance data being edited can be set as said sample.
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8. A game system comprising:
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an input apparatus which is manipulated by a player;
performance data memory device which stores performance data stipulating a series of manipulations of said input apparatus arranged in correspondence with a predetermined musical piece;
manipulation guide device which specifies the series of manipulations of said input apparatus arranged in correspondence with said musical piece to the player based on said performance data;
said performance data comprising information which specifies timings of manipulations relating to at least one timing manipulation member provided on said input apparatus, and information which specifies at least one selection manipulation member to be manipulated in correspondence with the manipulation of said timing manipulation member from a plurality of selection manipulation members provided on said input apparatus;
edit screen display device which displays an edit screen having a display range corresponding to part of said musical piece based on said performance data;
scrolling device which continuously changes the relationship between said musical piece and said display range in response to a predetermined record start manipulation of said input apparatus so that the editing position in said edit screen continuously changes forwards or backwards with respect to said musical piece; and
edit recording device which detects at least one part of the manipulations of said timing manipulation members and said plurality of selection manipulation members with respect to said input apparatus while the relationship between said musical piece and said display range is being changed by said scrolling device, displays a note mark corresponding to the detected manipulation in said edit screen, and changes said performance data so that the manipulation corresponding to the note mark is stipulated in said performance data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
when said timing specifying mode is selected, said edit recording device detects a manipulation of said timing manipulation member, displays a note mark corresponding to the detected manipulation in said edit screen, and changes the information specifying said timing of said performance data so that the manipulation corresponding to said note mark is stipulated by said performance data.
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10. The game system according to claim 8, further comprising mode selecting device in which a timing specifying mode for specifying only the timing of manipulations of said timing manipulation member can be selected;
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when said timing specifying mode is selected, said edit recording device detects a manipulation of said timing manipulation member, displays a note mark corresponding to the detected manipulation in said edit screen in correspondence with a specific selection manipulation member, and changes the information specifying said timing and the information specifying the selection manipulation member of said performance data so that the manipulation corresponding to the note mark is stipulated in said performance data as a manipulation of said timing manipulation member in correspondence with the manipulation of said specific selection manipulation member.
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11. The game system according to any of claims 8 to 10, further comprising mode selecting device in which a selection change mode for changing a specification of said selection manipulation member stipulated in performance data being edited can be selected;
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said edit screen display device displays note marks in correspondence with manipulations of said timing manipulation members contained in said display range of said musical piece in a predetermined direction along the time axis based on the performance data being edited, so that the relationship between said note marks and said selection manipulation members to be manipulated in correspondence with manipulations of the timing manipulation member is identifiable; and
when said selection change mode is selected, said edit recording device detects a manipulation of said selection manipulation member, changes the relationship between said selection manipulation member and said note mark displayed at said editing position in said edit screen at the point when the manipulation is detected based on said detected manipulation, and changes the information specifying said selection manipulation member in said performance data in accordance with the change.
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12. A computer-readable recording medium which stores performance data stipulating a series of manipulations of an input apparatus provided in a game system in correspondence with a predetermined musical piece, said performance data comprising information which specifies timings of manipulations relating to at least one timing manipulation member provided in said input apparatus, and information which specifies at least one selection manipulation member to be manipulated in correspondence with the manipulation of said timing manipulation member from a plurality of selection manipulation members provided in said input apparatus;
- the recording medium further storing
a program which allows a computer provided in said game system to function as editing device for editing either one of the information specifying said manipulation timing of said performance data and the information specifying said selection manipulation member independently of the other based on a command supplied by a player via said input apparatus.
- the recording medium further storing
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13. A computer-readable recording medium which stores performance data stipulating a series of manipulations of an input apparatus provided in a game system in correspondence with a predetermined musical piece, said performance data comprising information which specifies timings of manipulations relating to at least one timing manipulation member provided in said input apparatus, and information which specifies at least one selection manipulation member to be manipulated in correspondence with the manipulation of said timing manipulation member from a plurality of selection manipulation members provided in said input apparatus;
- the recording medium further storing a program which allows a computer provided in said game system to function as
edit screen display device which displays an edit screen having a display range corresponding to part of said musical piece based on said performance data;
scrolling device which continuously changes the relationship between said musical piece and said display range in response to a predetermined record start manipulation of said input apparatus so that the editing position in said edit screen continuously changes forwards or backwards with respect to said musical piece; and
edit recording device which detects at least one part of the manipulations of said timing manipulation members and said plurality of selection manipulation members with respect to said input apparatus while the relationship between said musical piece and said display range is being changed by said scrolling device, displays a note mark corresponding to the detected manipulation in said edit screen, and changes said performance data so that the manipulation corresponding to the note mark is stipulated by said performance data.
- the recording medium further storing a program which allows a computer provided in said game system to function as
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