Mr. Jong
A mahjong puzzle-action game with sliding block and maze elements. Players control Mr. Jong to make mahjong hands by pushing tiles into a pit at the top of the screen while also avoiding ogres in pursuit. Mr…
31 December 1983
Mr. Jong is a puzzle developed by Sanritsu, released 31 December 1983 on Arcade.
What Mr. Jong is
Mr. Jong is a puzzle game developed by Sanritsu and released in 1983. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A mahjong puzzle-action game with sliding block and maze elements. Players control Mr. Jong to make mahjong hands by pushing tiles into a pit at the top of the screen while also avoiding ogres in pursuit. Mr. Jong can temporarily defeat the ogres by crushing them with shoved tiles (similar to Pengo), or by collecting a special power tile and tagging an ogre (similar to Pac-Man).
What it launched against
Mr. Jong launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
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When did Mr. Jong come out?
Mr. Jong was released on 31 December 1983 for Arcade.
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