Here are listed every freeware and open source (and some abandonware) solitaire mahjongg there exists (at least that's my intention and goal). Do you know about other freeware solitaire mahjongg games? Please, let me know...

Due to lack of server space, I can not offer all files for download. Please visit the games' homepage to download. If any links are dead and you're unable to download a game, please contact me, and I will make the game file available for download.

Abramania Mah Jongg 1.0

Demo

Nice graphics. 2 tile sets and 8 layouts. High score list. German language only. Req.: Win9x/ME/2000/XP. Also called 'Abe Mah Jongg' or Abi's Mahjongg. It's in fact only a demo for the shareware 'De Luxe' version, but since its fully functional, no nags, and the website is dead and the shareware version gone; I have listed it under freeware games.

1.7 mb - download from Caiman

Abramania (dead)

Price: 0

 

AliceJongg

Freeware

Solitaire mahjongg games with default images based on illustrations by Sir John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "through the Looking Glass". Designed by Christopher and Morgana Abbey. For more information, please see the review of Moraff's Mahjongg games in the shareware section. It is a "freeware" (audio nag screen at exit) and modified version of Moraff's YourJongg 2.0. Sometimes also called 'Moraff's Wonderland Tarot' or 'Alice Tiles' .

7,8 mb - download from:

The Wonderland Tarot

Price: 0

 

Amazing Mahjongg 5.63

Freeware


I'm sorry to say; not very amazing. Only standard tile set, layout and one background. Hint, demo and reshuffle. Later versions are shareware and much better....

- 619 kb

Thinking Thing Software

Price: 0

 

AS - Mahjongg 0.1 Freeware

First version of a promising game who will be able to load both Kyodai tilesets and .rkp/reko cardsets (big archive of user made cardsets to solitaire card games). Kyodai tilesets works fine, but the reko cardsets needs more work. Negative: Only standard layout, only 726x656 window, buttons to small. Unlimited undo, hint, highscore, timer, restart 
791 kb - download from: Andreas Sauer Price: 0

 

B-Jongg 0.0.4 Freeware

Tucows review: "A nice MahJongg program for the BeOS. Smooth graphics and simple options. Also gives you hints if you can't figure it out." Versions for PC (Intel) and Mac (PowerPC). Versions for R3 and R4.5. Source available. Author: Chris Wiggs from Shambles.com (dead now). Made in 1998. Alternative download locations: Tucows / Soft.am
40/56 kb - download from: BeArchives Price: 0

 

CarJongg 7.0 Freeware

A solitaire mahjongg game where the default tileset has pictures of cars for car enthusiasts. There are photos of Fords, Chevys, Toyotas, and others. 3 tilesets in all and only the standard layout. For more information, please see the review of Moraff's Mahjongg games in the shareware section.

Also called 'Dealer's CarJongg' (made for the website Dealer.com). It is a "freeware" (audio nag screen at exit) and modified version of Moraff's MoreJongg 7.0. 

5,3 mb - download from: Caiman Price: 0

 

CDDC Mah Jongg 1.53

Freeware

Clear and good graphics. 2 tile sets (colorful variant of the standard tiles and a fun animal tilesets). Two modes: Solo (Standard) and Challenge mode (record scores for three successive rounds) and the score will automatically be published on producers homepage. Three more tilesets on homepage. Pause and hints. English and French language. Website in French only.

Req.: Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP and 800x600 or larger.

2.6 MB - download from homepage:

CDDC Software

Price: 0

 

Chinese Tiles 1.1.1 Abandonware

There is supposed to be several layouts and tilesets (unknown how many to me). 2 screen resolutions (512x384 and 640x480). Undo, peek, high score. Make your own tilesets with the attached template. For Macintosh. Req.: System 7 (or greater). From 1994. Shareware ($10 US), but abandonware today. Author: Predrag Stanojevic, Sweden. A version called 'Yeti Tiles' was made by 'SubGenius'.
964 kb - download from: MacFreeGames Price: N/A

 

CL_Mahjongg 1.1 Freeware

7 layouts, sound. Tile highlighting. Undo, redo. CL_Mahjongg is inspired by Gnome Mahjongg. Author: Ricardo Dalcorsso Fodra. Versions for Windows (98, 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP, DirectX 8+, ClanLib 0.6 (included)) and Linux (req.: ClanLib 0.6 (which requires Hermes and ZLib). Screenshot Windows version.
1,44 mb (win) and 600 kb (linux): RDFodra Price: 0

 

D-Mahjongg 1.01

Freeware

Nice little game. Standard mahjongg tileset. Shuffle, hint, undo, high score. Installation, game and website in Spanish (?) only. Needs the Delphi library file vcl50.bpl (640 kb). 

Req.: Win 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME. Author: Daniel Kähler Osmari.

390 kb - download from:

Daniel K.O. Website

Price: 0

 

Double 2.0.4 Freeware

From the homepage: Free Shanghai solitaire style game for the Macintosh. The picture shown uses various icons downloaded from http://xicons.macnn.com/. More beautiful icons can be found at chilliday or icon factory. This application requires CarbonLib 1.0.4 or later and can run on OS X. Download version 2.0.4 (700k) Classic or OS X
700 kb (OS X) and 750 (Classic):  PCV Soft Price: 0

 

Drachen 2.0 Freeware

Solitaire mahjongg game. Author: Dirk Woitha. Game in German, an English translation by Jochen Fass exists. Versions for ST Color and ST monochrome. Only standard layout, demo, cheat (remove tiles), high score. Drachen means Dragon. Written in GFA Basic.

Available in 'Serenade Disk 5' 

741 kb
Price: 0

 

Drachen 2.0.1 Freeware
Small solitaire mahjongg game with a tileset who is a mix between numbers, letters and pictures. Two difficulty levels, undo, reshuffle, hint. 

Author: Peter Zarth (2001). Website, game and installation in German only. Versions for Win9x and XP. 

341/286 kb - download from: Peter Zarth Price: 0

 

Dragon 1.03 Freeware

"A game like Shanghai" (all I know...) Author: Jochen Pier, Köln. The game was programmed with the help of TCL on a Apple Macintosh Classic II in 1993.
- 65 kb Jochen Pier Price: 0

 

Dragonboard 0.8c

Freeware

Good version from Germany. Redo/Hint. Only standard tiles and the standard 'Dragon' layout, but the 'Bonus pack' (321 kb) has 9 more layouts. German and Spanish language versions available. Layout Editor (104 kb). Req.: DirectX 5.0 and HTML Help.

285 kb - download from:

Arbeitskreis Spielkultur

Price: 0

 

FarmersMahJongg 0.9.1 Freeware

Undo, hint. Versions for Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server and NEXTSTEP. Source available. ObjectFarm Public License. Author: Tom Engel.
1, 0 mb - download from: Farmers MahJongg Price: N/A

 

Fiendish Games Mah Jongg 1.0

Freeware

Simple version. Good for a "quickie". No sound, small screen and only standard layout. Modern and Ancient tilesets. Hint. But: the tile graphics are designed in a way that makes it difficult to see which tiles are placed on the same level, and which ones are not. Made in 2000. Req.: Windows 95 /98 /Me /NT /2000, 16 MB of RAM, Pentium 166. Homepage dead.

615 kb - download from:

Caiman

Price: 0

 

Flags Majong 1.01 Freeware

Solitaire mahjongg game where the countries flags are used as the tiles. Music and statistics. Several board colors, Pyramid and U-shape layouts. Personal settings (each user can personalize the board color, board layout, music options). But the "log-in" feature is both irritating and unnecessary difficult. Author: Suvathana So, Homepage. Req.: 600 MHz /250 MB RAM /800x600+, Win 95 /98 /ME /NT /2000 /XP
3,3 mb - download from  WinSite Price: 0

 

FreeJongg 1.0c Freeware

Solitaire mahjongg game for PalmOS. 320x320 high-res graphics, 15 layouts and 7 table backgrounds. Undo, redo, hint, shuffle.

Req.:
Color or Grayscale Palm OS device running OS 3.5 or later (supports Palm OS 5) and make sure you have at least 350 KB of free memory after installation. Will not run on the Handara 330. Author: William Osborne
135 kb - download from: William Osborne Price: 0

 

Freestyle Mahjong 1.0 (beta)

Freeware

Simple solitaire mahjongg game. 16 different layouts, only one "wacky" tileset. You can edit the layouts and save your own variants. Change view with the keyboard arrows. Req.: DirectX. Game and website in French only. 

- 777 kb 

Freestyle Software (dead)

Price: 0

 

Gekko Mahjongg Xmas Edition 1.0

Freeware

A special freeware Christmas version of the shareware Gekko Mahjongg game. The Christmas theme is complete with sound, background, tileset, and graphics. 3 layouts (easy, medium, hard). It is not possible to use other tilesets etc. Your own music (mp3/mid) and backgrounds (jpg) can be used in the game. Very good graphics. Req.: DirectX6.1 or higher. Made in 2000.

- 3,4 mb (Tucows)

GekkoSoft

Price: 0

 

Gnome Mahjongg 2.7.8 Open Source

Gnome Mahjongg is part of the 'gnome-games' package, who itself is a part of Gnome (desktop environment and developer platform for Unix and Linux systems). Several tilesets, background is changeable, three difficulty levels, pause, undo, redo, hint, shuffle, restart, high score, moveable toolbar, specify game seed. Current maintainer: Callum McKenzie. . Source to v.2.7, download 2.7.8.An 'Easy tileset' with western (i.e., Latin) number, letters, and symbols are also available.
Homepage: gnome-games Price: N/A

 

Gunshy 1.3 Freeware

Gunshy is perhaps the earliest Shanghai clone for the Macintosh and the mostly widespread on this platform. It was made by E.C. Horvath in 1987-1988. You can customize the tile and background pictures in ResEdit.

Versions: 
Mark's GunShy (Nude Mahjongg Game) [pay up...]
Simpsons Gunshy Game 2.0 (The Simpsons Depot) (screenshot)
PowerMac Gunshy - match tiles with pictures of Macs

Fiona Apple -(singer) gunshy game
Sarah McLachlan (dead link) gunshy game ()

- 40 kb No homepage Price: 0

 

 

haihai 2 1.50 Freeware

Small and nice Japanese freeware game. 3 modes: Normal (Shanghai with 5 layouts), Line (Shisen-Sho) and Wall (Shisen-Sho again???). High score (5 best). Req.: Windows 95 /98 /Me /2000 /XP and DirectX 5.0. In game: Right-click for menu (undo, redo, restart) and Enter to select new mode. Homepage: POKE SOFT
500 kb - download from   Caiman Price: 0

 

Henge 1.04 Abandonware

Called "the Celtic Game of stones". Celtic inspired stoneset. 12 layouts. Main point is the ability to remove in four directions instead of two. Versions for PC ( 100 MHz Pentium and Windows 95 / 98) and Mac (system 7.1 or later). Made in Macromedia Director. Sound. Made by the now dead company 'MagiCastle' (1997). Author: Ken Totten. Shareware ($20), now abandonware. In shareware version only one layout is available (and that is the version available for download below). A nice review here. Review and screenshot based on windows version.
Update: The author has announced a comeback in 2005 with an updated shareware version of Henge, please see the MagiCastle website
TUCOWS 4,6 mb (Mac) - - 3,2 mb (Windows) Price: N/A

 

IBM Mahjongg Solitaire 2.20 ???

From OS/2 World: This a nice Mahjongg game that comes included with Warp 4 Client. It includes several kind of mahjongg in the same game, check the screen shot. From: PSP Boca Programming Center, written by: Jurg von Konel. Technically it's not freeware. You could say it 'free' with OS/2. And it's almost abandonware (I mean OS/2...)
Homepage: None Price: N/A

 

Jongi Jongo 1.02 Freeware

15 layouts and Layout Editor. Sound. Nice, but it is difficult to se the different levels of tiles. Website, installation and game in German only. Req: Windows 95 and above. Made in 2000 by Dirk Schubert.
606 kb - download from: DS eMedia Price: 0

 

Jongi Jongo 2.0 Freeware

Features:  20 layouts, 5 topics, layout editor, highscore list, transparency, sound effects and music (CD audio). Made in 2001 by Dirk Schubert. Req.: Pentium II 350 MHz, 32 MB ram, Windows 9x/ME/2000, DirectX 7. Website, installation and game in German only. Was shareware (10 €) but went freeware in 2004. 
3,0 mb - download from: DS eMedia Price: 0

 

Kyodai 1.21

Freeware

Early (and free) version of one the most famous mahjongg solitaire games. Only traditional and 'Big Hole' layout. MIDI music and Hint/redo. 

Author: Rene-Gilles Deberdt (aka Naoki Haga) 1997. All later versions are shareware (under the name 'Kyodai MahJongg') Req.: Win3.1/Win95.

- 50 kb

Kyodai Mahjongg

Price: 0

 

KMahjongg for KDE Open Source

KMahjongg is an open-source implementation of the popular Mahjongg game written specifically for KDE (graphical desktop environment for Unix/Linux). 18 tilesets, 9 backgrounds and almost 70 layouts can be downloaded. Layout Editor. You can make your own tilesets and backgrounds (bmp). Create themes (a combination of a tile set, background, and layout). KMahjongg is part of the KDE Games Center. Author: Mathias Mueller.
Homepage: KMahjongg Price: N/A

 

LexJongg 1.2 Open Source

Allegro version. Features several random board layouts and has an (unsupported) layout editor. Written as a preparation for BlitzHack in 9 hours. Versions for Windows (Direct X) and Linux. Source code (929 kb) available. Made by Lennart Steinke ("Spellcaster"). From a review: "It lacks replay value because there are no high scores and you only get to play one random board per game". How to use the editor: Start the game with the parameter "editor" (open the shortcut for the game and editor behind the name of the executable). In the editor use 1-6 to change the layer of the layout. L to load a layout, S to save it. (Thanks to Lennart!)
925 kb - download from: Steinke.Net Price: N/A

 

Lopan 0.9 Open Source

A clone of the Amiga version of Activisions's original 'Shanghai'. Req.: SDL (Simple DirectMedia Library) who is a cross-platform multimedia library. Author: Dave Ashley. Originally named 'SDL Shanghai' (name was changed after legal threats). Also known as 'SDL Lopan'. Works at least in Linux and BeOS. (R5/Intel). BeOS version ported by Eugenia Loli-Queru.
368 kb - Download from homepage:  Author Price: N/A

 

MacTaipei 1.0 Freeware

Play the solitaire game using the Mahjong tiles. Highscore. System requirements: sound output, Color Quickdraw, System 7.x., Mac 60 Mhz, 8 mb ram. Written in Codewarrior C version 8 - a 68k application. Author: Frans Breukelman (1999)
135 kb - download from: Frans Breukelman Price: N/A

 

Mah Jongg 0.02 Freeware

!MahJongg by David Chapman, 1998

For the Acorn machine with RISC OS

185 kb - download from: Quercus Price: 0

 

Mah Jongg 2.1 Abandonware

7 tilesets (it's possible to make your own), several layouts and backgrounds, Statistics (high score?) . Author: Bernd Wetzel. For OS/2 (Req.: 2.1 or higher, runs on the workplace shell). Shareware US $25 (1995), abandonware today. Wrongly named 'Mah Jongg Dragon' on OS/2 World
279 kb - download from:  OS/2 World Price: N/A

 

Mah Jongg 2.21 Freeware

Nice little game with 3 tilesets (traditional, flags or grayscale), 8 layouts, and the background changes with the tileset. 
Seems abandoned. Author now only presents the online Java version, called Another JONGG on his site.
748 kb - download from: Author's site Price: N/A

 

Mah Jongg (Flash)

Freeware

Macromedia Flash version. 6 layouts (classic, ring, pyramid, hole, hexagon, arena). Standard mahjongg tile set. Hint function.

You can play this game online at the producers site also; but you have to register (free). 

- 405 kb

Absolutist

Price: 0

 

Mah Jongg III Lite

Demo

3D version. Only standard layout and tileset. Tilt, zoom, rotate, hint, undo. 

Created by Soft Enterprises (dead) for Data Becker. It's in fact only a demo for the commercial 'Mah Jongg III : The Ultimate Quest', but since its fully functional, no nags, and the game itself seems to be discontinued; I have listed it under freeware games.

- 935 kb

NA

Price: 0

 

Mah Jongg Solitaire (DOS)

Freeware

Very simple DOS game. Hint and Undo. 
Author: Loren Blaney. Written in his XPL0 Programming Language.

Req.: 286+, 640x480 VGA

42 kb - download:

The XPL0 Programming Language

Price:0

 

Mah Jongg Solitaire 1.1

Abandonware


Old (1992/1993) game for Windows and OS/2 (Req.: Warp 3 with DIVE or later). Nothing to see here, move along people...
Review and screenshot based on Windows version. Made by 'Syncrosoft'. Shareware then ($20), abandonware today.

-  119 kb (Win) - - 49 kb (os/2)

NA

Price: 0

 

Mah Jongg -V-G-A 3.0

Abandonware


Old, but popular ms-dos game from 1991 by Ron Balewski. Abandonware. High score, help. Very popular in it's time because of all the user made tilesets available (100+ in .TIS format). You will probably have to use a "slow down' utility.

-297 kb - download from WinSite

NA

Price: NA

 

Mahjong 1.0 Freeware
 

From review: "The tile drawings are sufficiently different to allow you to play correctly in spite of the small size of our screens. Sadly, the game is a bit slow".

Made in 2001 - Req.: PocketPC (ARM/XSCALE) 

 

108 kb - download from: PocketPC Freewares Price: 0

 

Mahjong 2000 – Luxury Edition 2.0

Freeware 

Nice game who's strong point is the optional picture in the right hand side window. You can use your own bitmaps. Standard layout and tile set. Automatic Play function. Available in seven languages (Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Swedish, English, German and Spanish). Hundreds of wise sayings that comments the results achieved. The pretty woman is Sarah Michelle Gellar ('Buffy - the Vampire Slayer') [This picture does not follow the game]. 2 versions for XP: 3.2 and 4.0. Sites have a tendency to disappear; alternative: Austrian site.

519 kb - download from:

Fine Art Studio

Price: 0

 

MahJongg (2)

Freeware

Simple version. In German only. Buggy. Author: Wolfram Böck

337 kb - download from:

CBuilder.de

Price: 0

 

Mahjongg (Miniclip.com)

Freeware


Standalone exe of a Macromedia Flash version. Standard mahjongg tileset and six different difficulty levels. Also available as a .swf and online (see the Online section)

- 555 kb

MiniClip.com

Price: 0

MahJongg for PalmPilot version 1.1a Freeware
7 layouts, undo and hint. Using the grayscale features of the PalmPilot comes with  4-gray-color graphics. Released in 1998 (Ingolf Kübler) and was developed under Palm OS 2.0 on a Palm Pilot Professional. This game is perhaps of historic interest only, it doesn't run on newer Palms and is no longer available from the authors site