Retro Mahjong and your preferred games

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨comfyquaker@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨retrogaming@lemmy.world⁩

Two years back i went to Sakuracon in Seattle and they had a whole room dedicated to teaching Riichi Mahjong, and my wife and i found it to be a particularly addicting game. Naturally wanted to find some console versions because we dont really have other people around us who are interested in playing the table game.

ive seen a lot of retro mahjong games and not so much modern console ones. not really a big deal, but there seems to be a lot of import mahjong games and i cant really tell even from gameplay videos are considered ‘good’. So, if you like these games, which ones would you recommend? i have a super famicom, and a saturn. im not opposed to buying another console for a game if it is like the golden goose of mahjong.

Additionally, why do a lot of these games have some sexy overtones to them? i dont mind it, but this game type seems to have it in excess.

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TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
My boyfriend and I play riichi mahjong via phone app (just called Richii Mahjong on the Play Store on Android) and it’s solid. I know that’s not exactly what you’re looking for, but hope it works in a pinch!

I think there’s “sexy” versions in the same way you can find porn poker or shape matching games, if that makes sense.

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- tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Honestly, that one’s pretty good. Three in the back seat and one in the passenger seat and they all get to play locally-networked riichi on long road trips.
  
  Sorry, driver, no room for a fifth.
  
  (Source: once landed daisangen while riding bitch)
  
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Ashtear@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
It never occurred to me that a con would have this, so I appreciate you mentioning it. I’m gonna keep an eye out for it at my local cons. I’ve played a ton of riichi mahjong digitally but very, very little with real tiles.

What I’ve seen when looking back is a lot of the retro games aren’t in English. It’s not a big deal once you’re familiar with the game, but I definitely don’t recommend that approach for beginners. Not retro (yet), Yakuza 0 was the game that got me started with riichi mahjong. It has the added benefit of being a way to make a little money for other stuff in the game.

The current game I play is Mahjong Soul. Super friendly to beginners. It has a cosmetics-only gacha, and sexy anime girls is very much the trend in gacha these days.

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tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I usually spend my time in MahjongDS, played through Delta on my phone. However, despite it being a really good mahjong game, it’s in Japanese only.

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