{"id":"mahjong-taikai","platform":"fc","category":"main_game","titles":[{"text":"Mahjong Taikai","lang":"en","script":"Latn","form":"official","source":"no_intro","verified":false,"region":"jp"},{"text":"麻雀大会","lang":"ja","script":"Jpan","region":"jp","form":"official","source":"skyscraper_ja","verified":true}],"roms":[{"name":"Mahjong Taikai (Japan)","source":"no_intro","region":"jp","size":131088,"crc32":"f99a7771","md5":"6a619ceb31985bddae2f1fe6f018c776","sha1":"899e85df933ee2d9764b77aaabc3af0bd4da42d9","sha256":"0d095920c47ed3b743ea5354d460e6a83de4aaf1d4ca0b9f0c9c24d14beea80e"}],"external_ids":{"igdb":48788},"first_release_date":"1989-10-31","media":[{"kind":"boxart","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro-thumbnails/Nintendo_-_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/master/Named_Boxarts/Mahjong%20Taikai%20%28Japan%29.png","source":"libretro_thumbnails","region":"jp"},{"kind":"titlescreen","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro-thumbnails/Nintendo_-_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/master/Named_Titles/Mahjong%20Taikai%20%28Japan%29.png","source":"libretro_thumbnails","region":"jp"},{"kind":"screenshot","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro-thumbnails/Nintendo_-_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/master/Named_Snaps/Mahjong%20Taikai%20%28Japan%29.png","source":"libretro_thumbnails","region":"jp"}],"descriptions":[{"text":"Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is played by four players (with three-player variations found in parts of China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia). The game and its regional variants are played throughout the Sinosphere in East and Southeast Asia and have also become popular in Western countries. The game has been adapted into a widespread form of online entertainment. Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and luck. To distinguish it from mahjong solitaire, it is sometimes referred to as mahjong rummy.\nThe game is played with a set of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols, although regional variations may omit some tiles or add unique ones. In most variations, each player begins by receiving 13 tiles. In turn, players draw and discard tiles until they complete a legal hand using the 14th drawn tile to form four melds (or sets) and a pair (eye). A player can also win with a small class of special hands. While many variations of mahjong exist, most of them have basic rules in common including how a piece i","lang":"en","source":"wikipedia_en"},{"text":"麻雀は、19世紀に中国で開発されたタイルを使ったゲームであり、20世紀初頭以降、世界中に広まりました。主に4人で行われますが、中国、日本、韓国、ベトナム、東南アジアの一部などでは3人で行うバリエーションも存在します。このゲームとその地域的なバリエーションは、東アジアおよび東南アジアのシノスポア地域全体で楽しまれており、西洋諸国でも人気を博しています。また、オンラインエンターテイメントの広範な形式にも取り入れられています。西洋のカードゲームであるルミーに似ていますが、麻雀はスキル、戦略、そして運が求められるゲームです。麻雀単体（パズル）と区別するために、時には「麻雀ルミー」と呼ばれることもあります。\n\nこのゲームは、中国の文字や記号に基づいた144枚のタイル一式を使ってプレイされますが、地域によって一部のタイルが省略されたり、独自のタイルが追加されたりすることがあります。ほとんどのバリエーションでは、各プレイヤーは最初に13枚のタイルを受け取ります。その後、プレイヤーはタイルを出しながら引き、合法な手牌を完成させます。この際、14枚目のタイルを使って、4つの刻子（またはセット）と1組の雀頭（またはペア）を形成します。また、特殊な手牌のクラスによって勝利を収めることも可能です。麻雀には多くのバリエーションが存在しますが、ほとんどのものは、ピースの出し方など、基本的なルールを共有しています。","lang":"ja","source":"ai_local_gemma4","base_lang":"en"}]}