Medal Mahjong Gottsu ee-kanji (Japan)

Nichibutsu’s Medal Mahjong Gottsu ee-kanji, released in Japan in 1991, offers a two-player tabletop experience centered on the traditional game of mahjong. Players face off against one another, strategically matching tiles to form sets and ultimately declare a winning hand. This is a medal game, meaning it utilizes tokens or coins for gameplay—a common arcade format. The game’s design caters to an adult audience, presenting a more complex and nuanced version of mahjong than some introductory titles. Featuring two Zilog Z80 processors alongside Yamaha YM3812 sound chip and digital-to-analog converters, Medal Mahjong Gottsu ee-kanji provides both processing power and audio feedback during gameplay. While known in Japan under the alternative title “Mahjong Bakuhatsu Junjouden,” this Nichibutsu release brings a classic tabletop game to an arcade environment for simultaneous two-player competition.