Riichi Mahjong : Ohitorisama Demo Utemasu! box art
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Riichi Mahjong : Ohitorisama Demo Utemasu!

2000 · Pony Canyon · 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. Riichi Mahjong - Ohitorisama demo Utemasu! is the sequel to All-Star Mahjong - Kareinaru Shobushi Kara no Chosen is again is a mahjong game in which the player have 100000 yens to play mahjong matches againts 3 different opponents around town to increase his money.

Gallery

Riichi Mahjong : Ohitorisama Demo Utemasu! — Box front
Box front
Riichi Mahjong : Ohitorisama Demo Utemasu! — Box back
Box back
Riichi Mahjong : Ohitorisama Demo Utemasu! — Title screen
Title screen
Riichi Mahjong : Ohitorisama Demo Utemasu! — Screenshot
Screenshot

Details

Developer
Pony Canyon
Publisher
Pony Canyon
Genre
Mahjong
Players
1
Release Date
December 14, 2000
System
PS1

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