The N64’s second Mahjong game. This one has you graduating a Mahjong school rather than competing against against increasingly skilled players. The defining feature for me are the immensely creepy skeletal hands that come and place the tiles. This massively slows down the game, but can be turned off.

I found the interface of this one to be a lot less intuitive than Mahjong Masters, not showing you various options clearly. The modes are different ways to play mahjong: through a classroom, through tournaments or individual matches. The opponents don’t make any comments throughout the matches, though. The only additional mode is a quiz where you select mahjong tiles, which seems better than a multiple choice quiz.

I didn’t like this as much as the previous Mahjong game due to the interface not being as clear, but perhaps the classroom story becomes more meaningful in Japanese.

Poor

There are some nice cherry blossoms in the university grounds, but the tables are a rather insipid shade of green. Instead of friendly faces during the game, you’re subject to the creepy sight of a 3D animated skeletal hand moving tiles about.

- Jonathan Davies, N64 Magazine #3. Review Score: 65%

Remake or Remaster?

Other Mahjong options exist alredy.

Official ways to get the game.

There is no official way to get Mahjong 64