Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

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 in Japan. Also released the same month as "Chi-Toitsu - Ichiman Satte Mata Ichiman".

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

Player layout in our catalog: 1P.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Mahjong Gakuen. Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Mahjong Gakuen is filed in our catalog as a 1988 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 1P.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Tabletop.

Credit line lists Yuga as developer.