FunTown Mahjong

FunTown Mahjong
FunTown Mahjong
Developer	FunTown World Limited
Publisher	Microsoft Game Studios
Platform	Xbox 360 (XBLA)
Release	NA: January 28, 2009;
Genres	Card and Board
Mode	Single player

FunTown Mahjong is a board video game based on Mahjong released on January 28, 2009 for the Xbox Live Arcade. It was created by Taiwanese developer Funtown World Studios.

Gameplay

Classic gameplay: A clear scoring system and the standard 16-tile Mahjong rules provide a classic gaming experience.
Great visuals: The vivid audio and visuals keep you in the game, and give you the ability to change background images and tiles.
Easy to learn: The simple tutorial mode gives you all the information you need for those new to the game.

Reception

FunTown Mahjong received mixed to negative reviews on release. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 44/100 based on 7 reviews.^[1] Ryan Geddes of IGN gave the game a 4.5/10, criticizing it for its confusing tutorial, poor presentation and the missed opportunity for in-game support of Xbox Avatars despite Microsoft publishing the game.^[2]

References

^ "FunTown Mahjong Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
^ Geddes, Ryan (January 28, 2009). "FunTown Mah Jong Review". IGN. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

Fahey, Mike. "Today On Xbox Live Arcade: Funtown Mahjong". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
Mitchell, Richard (January 29, 2009). "XBLA in Brief: FunTown Mahjong". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
"This Wednesday (yeah, today): The Maw and FunTown Mahjong hit XBLA". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
"FunTown Mahjong marches into Arcade-ville next week". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
"This Wednesday: FunTown Mahjong melds tiles on XBLA". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
Brudvig, Erik (2009-01-21). "FunTown Mahjong on XBLA". IGN. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
"The Maw and FunTown Mahjong Released on Xbox LIVE Arcade". Gematsu. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
"Japanese genres we're missing out on (and some enlightening exceptions)". gamesradar. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

This digital board game-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[MC-1] "FunTown Mahjong Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 27, 2025.

[2] Geddes, Ryan (January 28, 2009). "FunTown Mah Jong Review". IGN. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

[1]

[2]

FunTown Mahjong

Hub talks

FunTown Mahjong

FunTown Mahjong

Hub rules

FunTown Mahjong

Hub overview

Add your contribution

Inside this hub

Media Collections

Timelines

Articles

Notes collections

Notes

Days in Chronicle

Root Wikipedia Article

FunTown Mahjong

Gameplay

Reception

References

Further reading

Add your contribution

Related Hubs