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History

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Background

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The game of Mah-Jong has existed since at least the 1800's.[1] Mah-Jong became a popular game in Japan from the 1920's on, following its introduction from China.[2] Thus Nintendo would try to bring a portable electronic version of the popular board game to market.

Launch

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Nintendo launched the Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman in 1983 for 16,800 yen.[3]

The Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman was succeeded by the Nintendo Game Boy, which would feature the return of the Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman brand as the 1989 GameBoy Yakuman cartridge. Unusually for a Nintendo console, the system has been poorly documented, and relatively little is known of its history.

Technology

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The Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman uses a black and white dot matrix LCD.[3]

The Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman supported a link cable for multiplayer, becoming one of the first consoles to support a console to console communication standard by default.[3][4]

The Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman is powered by four AA batteries.[5] The system could also take 6V DC input.[6]

The console bore the model number MJ 8000.[5]

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    A game of Mah-Jong on a traditional board. Nintendo Computer Mah-Jong Yakuman adapted Mahjong into a portable multiplayer video game.
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    The system was powered by 4 AA batteries.

External Resources

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Wikipedia has related information at Mahjong  and Nintendo

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mahjong

References

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  1. ↑ Walters, Ashley (15 July 2013). "From China to U.S., the game of mahjong shaped modern America, says Stanford scholar" (in en). Stanford University. https://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/july/humanities-mahjong-history-071513.html. 
  2. ↑ Matsutani, Minoru (15 June 2010). "Mah-jongg ancient, progressive". The Japan Times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/06/15/reference/mah-jongg-ancient-progressive/. 
  3. ↑ a b c Voskuil, Geplaatst door Erik. "Nintendo Computer Mah-jong Yakuman (コンピュータ マージャン 役満, 1983)". Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Jan. 26, Benj Edwards (26 January 2017). "The Lost World of Early Nintendo Consoles". PCMag Asia. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ↑ a b "Nintendo: Computer Mah-jong Yakuman - コンピュータ マージャン 役満 (vintage hand-held game)". HandheldEmpire. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "コンピューターマージャン役満" (in ja). takuya matsubara blog. https://nicotakuya.hatenablog.com/entry/20081016/1224166871. 
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