Patent ID: 6398642
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A Mahjong game comprising:a body including a microprocessor for executing a Mahjong program and a main display for displaying a series of contents associated with the progress of the game; and four player pads physically separated from said body, each having an L-shaped section and each including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, wherein said vertical portion has a hand display for displaying tiles in the hand of each player such that those tiles are not exposed to the other players, and a menu display section for sequentially displaying a menu for corresponding actions that the player should perform; wherein the menu display section includes a pick-up menu for prompting the act of picking up a tile from the wall, a post-pick-up menu for displaying the act of declaring WIN, KONG, or REACH after the pick-up of a tile, and a response menu for displaying the act of declaring WIN, PONG, KONG, CHEE, or PASS for a tile discarded by any other player; said button section includes a cursor-moving button, an enter button, a pick-up button, a group of post-pick-up buttons, and a group of response buttons, and said horizontal portion has a button section for inputting an action corresponding to the menu displayed on said menu display section.