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Mahjong Gakuen

 
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Mahjong Gakuen

| 1988
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Developer: Yuga
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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* Raine


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Mahjong Gakuen - Sotsugyohen (c) 1988 Yuga.

You are a student at the mahjong Academy. See if you can balance tiles in between your fingers, too!

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.5 Khz), YM2413 (@ 4 Mhz)

Player : 2
Control : mahjong keyboard

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 1988.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Mahjong Academy - Graduation Episode'.

This game was developed by no other than... Capcom! They could not publish it with their real name because of the 'dirty' nature of the game. Not that sexy mahjongs are considered THAT dirty in Japanese culture, but Mahjong Gakuen was different. Graphics were astounding, thanks to the artistic talents of young Akira Yasuda (aka Akiman, who soon became one of the most beloved Capcom artists). But the real plus brought by Mahjong Gakuen to its genre is the 'interaction' button (the 'H' one), which allowed the player to do kinky 'things' to the naked girls once they were beaten. By tapping faster the button, the animation sequence makes itself more and more explicit. Way too explicit for common Japanese arcades, which immediately banned the game or hid it in their darkest corners... but it was too late: Mahjong Gakuen sold in Japan like a regular Capcom coin-op, not like a product in the 'hentai mahjong' niche. This huge success was the natural result of the great effort developers put in their work (Akiman was so hooked to the project that he also lent his voice to the main character!). All this effort could not be wasted for a Japanese release only, and that's why Capcom recycled the graphics of Mahjong Gakuen for another coin-op, meant entirely for Western arcades: "Poker Ladies". They left behind the mahjong theme, opting for a more international video-poker one, and they published it via Mitchell, their famous subsidiary brand.

The 'interaction' feature would be used to better and more explicit effect in "Lady Killer", as well as in the bonus rounds in "Gals Panic S" and "Gals Panic S2".

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Take A Good Hand : If you press I+K+N simultaneously before tile dealing, you'll have a very good starting hand.

- SERIES -

1. Mahjong Gakuen - Sotsugyohen (1988)
2. Mahjong Gakuen 2 - Gakuen-chou no Fukushuu (1989)

- STAFF -

Produced and designed by : Yoshiki Okamoto
Graphics and character design by : Akira Yasuda
Music by : Tamayo Kawamoto

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1477&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00300001 E67C 09090909 FFFFFFFF Get 9999 Power Now!
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 --------------------------------------------------------------
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 The winning hand cheat must be activated when there are 14
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 tiles in your hand, then press the RON key ('Z' by default).
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 The tiles do not visually change until you make a move.
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 --------------------------------------------------------------
00300001 E1C0 32313131 FFFFFFFF Get winning hand Now!
00310001 E1C4 33333232 FFFFFFFF Get winning hand Now! (2/4)
00310001 E1C8 34343433 FFFFFFFF Get winning hand Now! (3/4)
00110001 E1CC 00003535 FFFFFFFF Get winning hand Now! (4/4)
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 -------------------------------------------------------------
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 See mahjonginmame.nm.ru/index.htm for mahjong rules.
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 -------------------------------------------------------------

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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