Shanghai

Box front of Shanghai

Details

Released
1986
Developer
Activision, Inc.
Publisher
Activision, Inc.
Genre
Board Game / Party Game, Puzzle
Players
Up to 1; single player
Type
Commercial
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Not included

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Screenshots

Title screen of Shanghai
Title screen
Gameplay of Shanghai
Gameplay

About this game

Shanghai is a tile-based game based on the ancient Chinese game of Mah-Jong - this was the first of many computer versions.

The gameplay involves 144 tiles, each depicting different images, which have to be removed by matching them into pairs. The tiles are arranged in a gridded pattern, which is higher near the centre. A tile can only be removed if it has no tile next to it on at least one side.

This computer implementation can generate a random board layout to take on, as well as featuring 5 preset challenges, some of which have time limits of 5 or 10 minutes, as well as a multiplayer mode.

Collections

Collection
Tile game - Mahjong
Series
Activision's Shanghai