Mahjong G-Taste

Mahjong G‑Taste, also known as G‑taste Mahjong, was developed and published by Psikyo in April 2002 for Japanese arcades. Based on Hiroki Yagami’s manga series G‑Taste, it is a rare non‑shooter title from Psikyo. It later received a PlayStation 2 port in 2003, and was released exclusively for the Japanese market with no official overseas localization. Players compete in one‑on‑one Japanese riichi mahjong matches against various female characters from the original manga. Winning hands earns points to progress through matches and unlock CG artwork illustrated in the manga’s art style, paired with dedicated character voice acting. Powered by SH‑2 arcade hardware, the game features detailed 2D character portraits, original background music and voice clips, following the classic strip‑mahjong arcade format. Despite coming from a studio famous for vertical shoot‑em‑ups, it implements a complete riichi mahjong rule‑set including yaku, riichi and dora mechanics. The arcade version can be emulated via MAME, while the PS2 port contains exclusive bonus content. It remains a well‑recognized manga‑licensed mahjong arcade title from the early‑2000s Japanese arcade scene。

These are the default keys. Every arcade board has a different number of buttons and means different things by them. The rows above are buttons 1–6 on the board: on Neo Geo boards (The King of Fighters and friends) A/B/C/D are buttons 1–4, Metal Slug uses only 1, 2 and 4 (shoot / jump / grenade), and Pac-Man uses none at all. Six-button fighters with three punches and three kicks (Street Fighter II and the like) get a different layout from the core: light punch U, medium punch I, heavy punch Q, light kick J, medium kick K, heavy kick E. Click the gamepad icon 🎮 in the player toolbar, then “Remap keys” to open the emulator’s own control settings (keyboard and gamepad, saved automatically). Gamepads are detected automatically. On phones you get on-screen buttons.