4/17/2023 0 Comments Activision shanghai mahjongUpdate: September 2004: 300? I think I just might have done that. If you ‘google’ until your eyes are dry and your hands bleed, you might find 300 versions.I certainly won’t try to do it. the homepage for Xmahjongg for X11/Unix. Hundreds of clones :…since there are like 300 shareware versions available for Windows.’ Quote from 1998, several threads 1997-1999 in, Tom Sloper: The Mah-Jongg Zone -įor a more detailed discussion about the origin of Shanghai and ‘The Turtle’, see the 1998, - īrad Fregger: Lucky that way, pg. Shanghai 1986 :Brad Fregger: Lucky that way, pg. Source: Shanghai Second Dynasty's help file These Chinese characters spell out the name of the city of Shanghai - the name means "upper sea." This city has long evoked an aura of mystery, danger, and high adventure that's why its name was chosen for the game. "captured", and it had an oriental flavor just like the game". Why the name 'Shanghai'? : Activision's marketing division came up with the name. More information about the PLATO at PlatoPeople Lockard and Vegard Krog Petersen (July - September 2004) ġ981: Source: Private e-mail conservation between Brad Fregger, Brodie Solitaire MahJongg games are said to be easy to program ( at leastĪ lot easier than to program true mahjongg games). Hit' - millions play its and the demand for the games seems never to stop. Look on it from the game producers point of view the game is always a 'sure Own tile sets, layouts, sounds and backgrounds to use in the games. Some of the major games the user can often make their It's simple to learn and challenging to master. Your own pace since it is designed to relax the user, not to stress him. They gives you're concentration and pattern-recognition a good workout, but can be taken at TheyĪre extremely strategic in nature, but has no arcade or "adrenaline Games belong to what you can call the ' meditative strategy genre'. Possible folk origin of the game has been much debated.įor a more detailed discussion about the origin of Shanghai and ‘The Turtle’, Might have been based on an old Chinese game called 'The Turtle'. Widely known brand names include Taipei, Kyodai, 'Shanghai Solitaire', 'Shanghai type games' or The tile-matching games and the genre has no universally accepted name, but are now mostly known under the name of ‘ Solitaire ![]() This has led to much confusion and debate over what is mahjongg and what is not. Many tile-matching game authors have called and describe their games as Mahjongg games. Shanghai is a registered trademark and the game originally used Over the years hundreds of imitators, clonesĪnd / or improved versions have been made. Shanghai has been ported toĬreated a whole new genre. Selling more than ten millions copies world-wide. Shanghai is one of the most successful computer games in history, (original idea, programming and artwork) and Brad Fregger (producer). (California, USA) for the Macintosh in 1986. ![]() the second computer tile-matching solitaire mahjongg game was released by 'Activision' Made tile-matching solitaire mahjongg famous. ![]() ![]() "only" was the second one, it was the game that Has long been thought that it was Activision's Shanghai from 1986 who was theįirst computer solitaire mahjongg game. In 1983 a new version was formallyĭata Corporation as an paid online game. Mah-Jongg was freely available for everyone to use. PLATO through terminals in the US and some from other countries. University of Illinois, USA and was an educational system. PLATO was a group of mainframe computers originally located at the the in 0.Solitaire MahJongg - a guide to the world of the computer tile-matchingĬomputer solitaire mahjongg game was created by Brodie Lockard in 1981 on the Original game contents included a Shanghai postcard, and provided details of how to obtain a game demo for $3 p&h from Activision.Ĭoded by RCK of - Content © 1998-2022 HOL TEAM - Online amiga database © 2002-2022 HOL TEAM - Gen. Graphics by Gene Smith and Glyn Anderson titlescreen by David McMacken of Transphere International advertising agency. One version is common, at least one other version is rare Page views: 2749 - Last update: 12th August 2022 Is a precursor to Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) 1/2īased on 1986 Brodie Lockard/Activision Apple Macintosh release. Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
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