Royal Night [BET]

Royal Night is a Japanese strip mahjong arcade game released in 1984, inextricably tied to the legendary arcade manufacturer Nichibutsu (Nihon Bussan). The game is a prime example of the "adult mahjong" genre that flooded Japanese game centers during the mid-1980s.

Royal Night features the typical single-player vs. computer setup common to the genre:

• Control Scheme: Players do not use a standard joystick. Instead, the cabinet utilizes a specialized mahjong control panel with a row of letter-coded buttons (A through N) mapped to individual tiles in the player's 13-tile hand for discarding.

• Screen Layout: The user interface features a central status box tracking the credit count, active bet amount, and a "Dora" bonus tile indicator. The opponent's hand is displayed face-down at the top, while the player's tiles align across the bottom.

• Adult Elements: Winning rounds against the computer opponent rewards players by revealing graphics of "pretty girls," a primary incentive structure for the 1980s Japanese tabletop arcade market.