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Entertainment Jansou : That's Pon!

1995 · Shoeisha · Mahjong · 1 player

About

Mahjong is a game for four players that originated in China. It was called, meaning sparrow in ancient China, which is still the name most commonly used in some southern Chinese dialects such as Cantonese and Minnan, as well as in Japanese. However, most Mandarin-speaking Chinese now call the game m? ji?ng. Mahjong involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck (depending on the variation played, luck can be anything from a minor to a dominant factor in winning). In Asia, mahjong is also popularly played as a gambling game. In the game, each player is dealt either thirteen or sixteen tiles in a hand, depending on the variation being played. On their turn, players draw a tile and discard one, with the goal of making four or five melds (also depending on the variation) and one pair, or "head". Winning comes "on the draw" by drawing a new or discarded tile that completes the hand. Thus, a winning hand actually contains fourteen (or seventeen) tiles. That's Pon! is a mahjong game in which the player can play against 3 computer opponents and he can choose the board type.

Gallery

Entertainment Jansou : That's Pon! — Box front
Box front
Entertainment Jansou : That's Pon! — Box back
Box back
Entertainment Jansou : That's Pon! — Title screen
Title screen
Entertainment Jansou : That's Pon! — Screenshot
Screenshot

Details

Developer
Shoeisha
Publisher
Shoeisha
Genre
Mahjong
Players
1
Release Date
May 12, 1995
System
PS1

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