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Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome

In Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome, the player takes the role of a young man who finds a mysteriously-looking little house, opens the door - and falls through a portal into another dimension! There, he is greeted by…

29 October 1991

Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome is a card & board game developed by Nichibutsu, released 29 October 1991 on Arcade, PC-9800 Series and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

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What Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome is

Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome is a card & board game game developed by Nichibutsu and released in 1991. It is available on Arcade, PC-9800 Series and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome, the player takes the role of a young man who finds a mysteriously-looking little house, opens the door - and falls through a portal into another dimension! There, he is greeted by a cute bunny-eared girl named Vanilla (perhaps it should have been Bunnyla, but we'll never know), who says she is the guardian of the portal, and if he wants to return home, he'll have to defeat her and the other guardians in the game of mahjong!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome launched on 29 October 1991, within three weeks of Super Castlevania IV and Metroid II: Return of Samus.

Released around the same time: Super Castlevania IV, Metroid II: Return of Samus.

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When did Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome come out?
Mahjong Vanilla Syndrome was released on 29 October 1991 for Arcade, PC-9800 Series and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.

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