Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
To celebrate the 30th birthday of the Game Boy, let's take a look at the one Japanese launch title never to get an English translation - Yakuman! A Mahjong game with a long and storied history!
The excellent 'Before Mario' was a great source of information on the early works of Nintendo! For more info on the company's 'toy years', the 'Computer Mah-jong Yakuman' and more, visit blog.beforemario.com
The links I would recommend checking out to get a better handle on Mahjong are:
HanaYoriUta's comprehensive guide - youtube.com/watch?v=hlnC2rgIPrc
Game Escape's Mahjong Video Game Series - youtube.com/watch?v=inMwG1xVZZ4&t=835s
and the excellent iOS game, Kemono Mahjong - kemonomahjong.com
This is the 112th episode of Boyographic, the series looking to highlight the highs and lows of the Gameboy library, playing the hits and the misses so you don't have to!
All footage is used in fair use to give a cultural perspective of the character and context for this game's release. All footage is owned by it's respective copyright holders, and was not created by myself. I do not own the rights to Say Anything, Pet Semetary or any other of the footage used.
You can find more Gameboyle goodness on Twitter - @GameBoyle
On Facebook at facebook.com/boyographic & 'Gameboyle' on Instagram.
To celebrate the 30th birthday of the Game Boy, let's take a look at the one Japanese launch title never to get an English translation - Yakuman! A Mahjong game with a long and storied history!
The excellent 'Before Mario' was a great source of information on the early works of Nintendo! For more info on the company's 'toy years', the 'Computer Mah-jong Yakuman' and more, visit blog.beforemario.com
The links I would recommend checking out to get a better handle on Mahjong are:
HanaYoriUta's comprehensive guide - youtube.com/watch?v=hlnC2rgIPrc
Game Escape's Mahjong Video Game Series - youtube.com/watch?v=inMwG1xVZZ4&t=835s
and the excellent iOS game, Kemono Mahjong - kemonomahjong.com
This is the 112th episode of Boyographic, the series looking to highlight the highs and lows of the Gameboy library, playing the hits and the misses so you don't have to!
All footage is used in fair use to give a cultural perspective of the character and context for this game's release. All footage is owned by it's respective copyright holders, and was not created by myself. I do not own the rights to Say Anything, Pet Semetary or any other of the footage used.
You can find more Gameboyle goodness on Twitter - @GameBoyle
On Facebook at facebook.com/boyographic & 'Gameboyle' on Instagram.
