Ever tried mahjong on the Genesis? Gambler Jiko Chuushinha is one of those weirdly specific 90s Japanese ports—the kind where you boot it up and immediately get hit with kanji tiles and stoic opponents who clearly take their riichi way too seriously. The pixel art’s got that chunky charm, and the AI doesn’t pull punches—I lost my first three matches before realizing you can actually peek at your opponent’s discards if you’re sneaky.

It’s not just solitaire mahjong either. There’s a proper tournament mode where you climb ranks, and the CPU starts pulling off absurd comebacks if you get cocky. The music’s all tense shamisen plucks, which somehow makes slapping down a winning tile feel like a samurai duel. Not gonna lie, the lack of English might scare some folks off, but if you’ve got a hankering for old-school mahjong with zero hand-holding, this one’s a time capsule worth cracking open.