Computer Mah-jong Yakuman

Computer Mah‐jong Yakuman is a handheld electronic game simulating Japanese mahjong, released exclusively in Japan by Nintendo in 1983. Following the success of the simpler Game & Watch series, Nintendo aimed to attract an older audience with this more complex and strategy-driven device. However, its high price and limited functionality hindered its commercial success. Despite this, it introduced key innovations that would later be integral to the success of the Game Boy, including a dot-matrix display and multiplayer gaming via a link cable. It also marked the beginning of Nintendo's long-running series of mahjong video games, which would continue to bring Japanese mahjong to the company's future gaming platforms.