NES Works Gaiden #021: 4 Nin Uchi Mahjong / F1 Race / Pac-Man / Xevious (Patreon)

This week we have the third of four overviews of Famicom's 1984 release lineup, all of which should seem fairly familiar at this point. I've talked about some version of all of these games before, except 4 Nin Uchi Mahjong, but... you know. It's video mahjong. (This nevertheless didn't stop this video from running 15 minutes in length.)

• 4 Nin Uchi Mahjong: Four-player mahjong for Nintendo at last! If you don't mind three players being robots.
• F1 Race: In contrast to SG-1000, it's taken this long for Nintendo to offer a single racing game. Performance-wise, though, it blows away anything seen on Sega's system to this point in time.
• Pac-Man: You know this guy. Another excellent home conversion from Namco(t), rather more impressive in 1984 than its 1988 timing in the U.S. (or 1993 arrival in Europe).
• Xevious: Less visually faithful than Namco's early Famicom ports, this is nevertheless a convincing take on a spicy-hot arcade hit. (In Japan)