Mahjong Block (Tetris)
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:49 am
Sonic had to play a Tetris game as a forfeit and someone recommended a vintage 8-bit game using mahjong tiles.
Majohn Block, also known as AV Dragon Mahjong, was released in Asia for the Family Computer (Famicom) back in 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha7IhvlVuHM
An American version called Poke Block was planned for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) but wasn't released and exists only as a prototype. The mahjong tile designs were replaced with simple Arabic numerals for the West. The game was renamed again and Stakk'm (stack 'em) was included in a 1992 NES game compendium called Maxi 15 (which also features a variant of mahjong solitaire with the grand title Tiles Of Fate).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ56GhXzcAI
There's not much to it - you drop individual tiles, build sequence/triplet sets to clear them and flowers are wildcards - but there are guides to the various versions on GameFAQs:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/98956 ... faqs/59079
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/93555 ... faqs/55489
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/58744 ... faqs/35011
Majohn Block, also known as AV Dragon Mahjong, was released in Asia for the Family Computer (Famicom) back in 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha7IhvlVuHM
An American version called Poke Block was planned for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) but wasn't released and exists only as a prototype. The mahjong tile designs were replaced with simple Arabic numerals for the West. The game was renamed again and Stakk'm (stack 'em) was included in a 1992 NES game compendium called Maxi 15 (which also features a variant of mahjong solitaire with the grand title Tiles Of Fate).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ56GhXzcAI
There's not much to it - you drop individual tiles, build sequence/triplet sets to clear them and flowers are wildcards - but there are guides to the various versions on GameFAQs:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/98956 ... faqs/59079
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/93555 ... faqs/55489
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/58744 ... faqs/35011