Mahjong Gokuu Special

Overview

Mahjong Gokuu Special is a riichi mahjong game developed by Sunsoft and Chat Noir and published by Sunsoft for the PC Engine in Japan on August 10, 1990.

A sequel to Professional Mahjong Gokuu, Mahjong Gokuu Special features a story mode based on the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West. Featuring a comedic cartoon style, it puts players as the mythical figure Son Gokuu as he accompanies the Buddhist monk Sanzou on his pilgrimage to Tenjiku to spread the goodness of mahjong.

Rule Settings

• 食い断么 (Kui-tanyao) - Allows the tanyao (no terminal or honor tile) yaku to be counted with an exposed hand.
• 自摸平和 (Tsumo-pinfu)
• 一発 (Ippatsu) - After declaring riichi, players can receive an additional yaku if they receive a winning tile within an uninterrupted set of opponent tile draws.
• 裏ドラ (Uradora) - After winning a hand after declaring riichi, an additional dora tile is revealed.
• カンドラ (Kandora) - After declaring kan, an additional dora tile is revealed.
• カン裏 (Kan-ura) - An additional uradora is revealed for each kandora in play.
• 不聴罰符 (Noten-bappu) - After an exhaustive draw, players without a tenpai hand must give penalty points to those with a tenpai hand.
• 二飜縛り (Ryanhan-shibari) - If a player has remained the dealer for five consecutive hands (with exhaustive draws and/or dealer wins), players must have a yaku with at least two-han to declare the next win.
• 南場不聴 (Nanba-noten) - If a hand in the South round ends in an exhaustive draw with the dealer not in tenpai, either repeat the hand with the same dealer (連荘, renchan, default) or progress as normal (輪荘, ronchan).
• 西入 (Sha-nyuu) - If the top player does not reach 30,000 points by the end of the second round (South), the game plays a third round (West).
• ドボン (Dobon)