Janshin Densetsu - Quest of Jongmaster (c) 1994 Aicom.
A mahjong game with Role-Playing-Game elements and selectable items.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware
Game ID : 0048
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.19 Hz
Palette Colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in June 1994.
The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Jong God Legend'.
Janshin Densetsu appears to be a complete ripoff of 1991's 'Mahjong Quest' by Taito. The basic premise is the same : a girl in an RPG-style format walking along a world map and encountering enemies which are battled through mahjong matches. The enemy encounter screens have identical borders and the enemies are drawn in the same comic-anime style. Before each mahjong match, there are selectable spells that can be bought with stored MP, the screen and spells being identical in both cases. The player also has a Sword and Shield which can be activated during a match which give the player special abilities. The in-game text is virtually identical. The mahjong tiles themselves look almost exactly the same save for the backs; the mahjong game screen itself is almost exactly the same. Even upon defeating an enemy, they are turned into a scantily-clad woman as does your character when she is defeated. The only major difference between the two seems to be that 'Mahjong Quest' is controlled with a mahjong control panel and Jyanshin Densetsu is controlled with the MVS Neo-Geo joystick. The next Aicom game on SNK Neo-Geo MVS is 1995's 'Pulstar', shares lots of similarities with 'R-Type' as well.

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
SNK Neo-Geo CD (1995)
NEC PC-Engine Arcade CD (1995)

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.