GANSO FAMILY MAHJONG
Official Title  Ganso Family Mahjong
Common Title  Ganso Family Mahjong
Serial Number(s)  SLPS-01373
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  Mahjong

Developer  Nihon Bussan.
Publisher  Nichibutsu.
Date Released  7 May 1998
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number
DISC 1

SLPS-01373
Serial Number In Disc SLPS-01373
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 1
( 1 Data Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )
105 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )
MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
  •  4960641090142   
     

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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Mahjong is a game for four players that originated in China. It was called, meaning sparrow in ancient China, which is still the name most commonly used in some southern Chinese dialects such as Cantonese and Minnan, as well as in Japanese. However, most Mandarin-speaking Chinese now call the game má jiàng.

Mahjong involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck (depending on the variation played, luck can be anything from a minor to a dominant factor in winning). In Asia, mahjong is also popularly played as a gambling game. In the game, each player is dealt either thirteen or sixteen tiles in a hand, depending on the variation being played. On their turn, players draw a tile and discard one, with the goal of making four or five melds (also depending on the variation) and one pair, or "head". Winning comes "on the draw" by drawing a new or discarded tile that completes the hand. Thus, a winning hand actually contains fourteen (or seventeen) tiles.

Ganso Family Mahjong is a mahjong game is which the player is a gambler (male or female one, since the game allows the player to choose a name, genre, blood type, etc) that arrives at a mahjong hotel in which he (or she) can became the mahjong champion.

The player can go to B2 and there the janitor will explain him what he will find in each floor of the hotel, in B1 he will learn the basic of the mahjong game with a complete tutorial by the mahjong teacher, in floor 1 there is the hotel reception in where the player can save and load the game and also modify the game options, the rest of the floors features different mahjong games.

The game features 3 different table views that can be changed during the game, different opponents and good graphics.

  Manufacturer's description:

PS appeared to be entertaining sequel to Wai Wai Mahjong games with your family. Check the automatic tracking mode, normal mode to fix the perspective and viewpoint switching functions to choose from three modes for easy viewing of the pie super fast, comfortable and enjoyable introduction to Mahjong 3D graphics. Try to enjoy the many characters appear Mahjong fun chatting unique.

  Features:
  • First person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Mahjong theme.
Number Of Players  1 Player
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  1 Block
Compatible Controllers Tested
( Official Gamepads Only )
 Standard Controller ( Digital Controller compatible only )
Compatible Light Guns
( Official Light Guns Only )
 None
Other Compatible Controllers
( Official Controllers Only )
 None
Special Controllers Included Or
Supported ( Official Only )
 None
Vibration Function Compatible  No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v.2.0
Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL2 GPU Core 2.0.0 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=2,3,2; Shader effects= 5 (GLSlang Files (gpuPeteOGL2-slv/slf))
Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.2.0.0
CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe CDRom Plugin
Game Pad Plugin  N / A
Vibration Compatible  The game doesn't have it (Digital only).
Console Bios Used  SCPH7502

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
  Move between actions or piecese - D-Pad
  Cancel action - X Button
  Select action - Circle Button
  Actions - Square Button
  Overview table - Triangle Button
  Pause game / Options / Character status / Change views - Start Button

 

GAMESHARK CODES:
  Player has 99990 points -  
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  Opponent 1 has 0 points -  
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  Opponent 2 has 0 points -  
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  Opponent 3 has 0 points -  
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Res. - 72 dpi
File Size - 54 KB
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 NTSC-J:
  • Ganso Family Mahjong [Nichibutsu Select] [SLPS-02787]  - 
     

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