Overview
Janshin Densetsu: Quest of Jongmaster (the title loosely translated to Legend of the Jong God) is a comedic high fantasy RPG-themed riichi mahjong (two-player variant) game developed by Aicom and released by Yubis (exclusively in Japan) for arcades (running Neo Geo MVS hardware) in 1994.
The fourth and final mahjong game developed for Neo Geo hardware, Janshin Densetsu is a spiritual sequel to Taito's earlier 1990 game Mahjong Quest. While the game is considered an erotic "strip mahjong" game (as defeating opponents reveal scantily-clad women), the game does not include explicit nudity.
Like Mahjong Quest, the game includes various RPG elements, such as experience points (where players can level up to unlock new power-ups, or "spells"), currency (where players can buy items), hit points (replacing mahjong score), and mana points (required to use spells). It also includes a high fantasy story and numerous tropes, stylized with a top-down overworld system (where the player character moves automatically) reminiscent of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.
Similar to the other three Neo Geo-based mahjong games, Janshin Densetsu allows players to save their progress with a memory card and can be played on arcade cabinets with a joystick.button layout. It was later ported to the PC Engine CD-ROM² (requiring the Arcade Card add-on) on February 24, 1995, published by NEC, and the Neo Geo CD on March 31, 1995, published by SNK, both versions exclusive to Japan.
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