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The rest of the bunch: Other solitaire games
played with mahjongg tiles or somewhat related to the 'mahjongg
universe'
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Mah
Jongg Wall 2.1
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Shareware
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Want to add more mystery, strategy, and challenge to the
tile-matching solitaire game? Try MahJongg Wall. Good graphics (but too
small) and music. First you throw dices to determine the prevailing
wind who controls which tiles are free and not. The tiles you match
(discarding) are used to build a new wall. The goal is to complete this
wall. Entirely original rules. And you get nice Chinese words of
wisdoms when you win. Author: Russel Wilson. Req.: Win 95+.
A commercial version called 'Mah Jongg Magic' was earlier sold
by Cosmi Corporation
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Arcade
MahJongg 1.25
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Shareware
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levels by firing bullets from your paddle at matching tiles (and they
are moving). Too many mismatches and you're dead. Shareware
limitations: Only 10 minutes of play and only 15 of 100 levels
available. Author: Simeon Peebler. Req.: Win 95/98/ME/ 2000/XP and
DirectX 8.0+. |
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Pretty
Good MahJongg 1.11
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Shareware |
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| 21 original mahjongg solitaire games based on and inspired by
traditional solitaire card games and played with mahjongg tiles. Also
32 different classic solitaire mahjongg tile matching layouts (more
added on homepage by users). 10 tilesets available. Layout Editor
available in registered version. Undo, redo, snapshots, statistics,
high score lists. Author: Thomas Warfield. Req.: Windows
95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP
A commercial version
called 'MahJongg Patience' is sold by eGames (10 games - $9.99) and is also included in
the 'MahJongg Master Deluxe Suite'.
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Mah
Jongg Klondike 1.00
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Freeware
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| Simple Klondike ("solitaire") type card game with the 'look
and feel' of Kyodai MahJongg. Meant as a tribute. 8 backgrounds (use
your own jpgs - 639x463) and 8 different card backs. Sound. 3
languages: English, German and Norwegian. Authors: Marc Lesselberg
(graphics, idea) and Vegard Krog Petersen (the author of this site).
Req.: Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP and Visual basic 6 runtime. |
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N/A
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TORIDE
Made by Japanese company
Metro 3D and released in 1994 on SNES (Super Nintendo).
" The goal is not just to
remove the tiles from the layout/structure, but also to avoid filling
the hand."
Source: Tom Sloper: 98/03/29 Re: Mahjong solitaire games /
rec.games.mahjong
Several versions available
to play under the MAME Emulator: Toride - Last Fortress, Toride - Last Fortress (Erotic version), Paitoride II - Adauchi Gaiden, Dai Paitoride
Fire up your "google" and
search for the ROM's...
Screenshots and
information from GameFAQs
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Toride - Last Fortress
Toride - Last Fortress -
Erotic version
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| SHIKINJO
Made by Japanese company
SunSoft and released on Sega GameGear and Sega Genesis (1991). And on
Sega MegaDrive and Nintendo Game boy.
Basically, it's a little
like Sokoban (Boxxle) - you push little blocks which mostly look like
Mahjongg tiles. If identical tiles touch, they disappear, clearing your
way to the exit.
Shikinjo might mean
"point-blank castle" or "close-range castle" or something similar in
Japanese. (Shi Kin Joh)
A web-based java-clone can
be played at Lightspawn.org
Sources: Tom Sloper and
'Pawn' in newsgroup 'rec.games.video.sega' 2001-09-19 in the thread:
Does anybody remember a game called Shikinjo? and GameFAQs / GameFAQs
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Shikinjo - Sega GameGear
Shikinjo - Sega Genesis
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OTHER (sic!)
You can also play several other games with mahjongg tiles:
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Tetris
(screenshot from Kyodai MahJongg's 'Hashira')
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SameGame
(screenshot from Kyodai MahJongg's 'Clicks')
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Memory
(screenshot from Kyodai MahJongg's 'Memory')
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Tetris
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Mahjong
Rain 1.0 |
Shareware |
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with mahjongg tiles. "The object of the game is to build a winning hand
in each 'game' before the mahjong tiles fill up the screen." Music,
peek and highscore. Req.: Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, 800 x 600. Author:
Edwin Chiu |
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MahJongg
TetriX 1.2
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Shareware
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| Not much 'mahjongg' about it. Included because of the name.
A combination of
Tetris and "MahJongg Clicks" (SameGame). Manage 4 figures falling
simultaneously. 10 speed levels. Music. Alternative download site: WinSite
Author: Alexander V.
Stepoukhin. Req: Win 95/98/ME/2000/XP
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SameGame
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Nanching
Mahjong 1.02 |
Shareware |
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Some kind of SameGame
variant with mahjongg tiles.
" 1. The symbols on the
face of the tiles must match. 2. The tiles must be in the same row,
column, or immediately diagonal to each other. As tiles are removed
from the board, the tiles above them will fall to fill the gaps."
For Pocket PC, Pocket
PC 2002 and Windows Mobile 2003, ARM / MIPS / SH3. Limitation in the
shareware version: No highscore.
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Nankin
1.10 |
Freeware |
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strange Shisen-Sho / SameGame variant.
Made in 1993 by Ikuo Hirohata
'Grow'. Game in Japanese only. Hint, undo, shuffle, highscore. Runs on
Win 98 and ???.
Homepage died in 2004
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Grow's
Soft Land |
Price: 0 |
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Noah's Ark Deluxe 1.1 |
Commercial |
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| Shisen-Sho/SameGame combinations game. Match pairs of animals
and save Noah's Ark from sinking. Three modes: Action, Strategy and
Puzzle with three levels of difficulty each. Sound, music and high
score.
Req.: Win98, ME,
2000, XP
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Star
Majong 1.0 |
Freeware |
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kind of mahjongg and SameGame hybrid? "Match non adjacent tiles
either vertically, or horizontally to remove them. Another option is
tiles that are adjacent (diagonally included on this one). With each
match, all tiles atop the selected pair will drop down. This presents
new options for matches. The aim of the game is to play smart and clear
the screen." Made in 2003. For PalmOS 3.x |
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Yiching 1.1.4 |
Shareware |
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A variant of mahjong where you match tiles in the same row/column, or
diagonally adjacent". Some kind of SameGame variant.
3 levels of difficulty, 3
board sizes, timer, high score, undo, redo.
Req.: Palm OS 3.5+. Author:
Brian Williams.
Restriction in shareware
version: no highscore or statistics.
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download from: |
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Price: $5.00 |
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Miscellaneous
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Dragon
Scales 2.0
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Shareware
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A
mahjongg solitaire derivative. Uses scales or other shapes instead of
tiles. Same goal: remove scales in pairs that are not overlapped by
other scales. Animated textures or fabric scales. 3 different skill
levels (make your own), background music, create own layouts and rules.
Author: Gerry Quinn. Req.: 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP
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1,8
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Bindweed
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Price:
$14.95
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| A mahjongg solitaire derivative. Clear the field by summing
the open (free) tiles up to 11. After clearing all the tiles you will
be transferred to next level (8 levels) Online tournament mode. In demo
version only one level is available. Windows and PocketPC. |
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download from: |
XI-ART |
Price:
$11.69 |
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Rechen-MahJongg
1.0 |
Freeware |
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| A mahjongg solitaire derivative. Mathematics training for
children (and adults :-) ). Tiles can be removed in pairs, if the
calculation and the result is correct. Differences: Only one height
level and only two 'identical' tiles. Fire background pictures (or use
your own jpg files).
Author: Thomas
Fellner.
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Steve
Moraff has, among his other games, made two derivatives:
RingJongg and SphereJongg are shareware, visit Moraff's.
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Moraff's
RingJongg
Uses rings instead of tiles
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Moraff's
SphereJongg
Uses 3D-spheres (balls) instead of tiles
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The
older MarbleJongg 2000 v. 1.09 is freeware (nagware).
- MarbleJongg
3,9 mb
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Moraff's Marble Jongg
Uses balls or rings instead of tiles
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Pokie
Magic: Golden Dragon
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Demo
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Since I have not tried the game myself; here is the ad:
"Pokie Magic - Golden Dragon is an Aussie style 20 payline 5 reel poker
machine (also called a slot machine or a "Pokie"). It has an exciting
Mahjong Feature which if you are very lucky will lead into the Golden
Dragon Feature, for massively exciting wins!" |
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Taipei
Solitaire |
Shareware |
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"...a tile matching game that uses cards rather than the traditional
tiles. The object is to clear the layout by matching free cards of the
same value."
Well, it doesn't seems to be
a Shisen-Sho game; then it must be a 'standard' solitaire mahjongg game
(I think...). 10 layouts, replay, 2 difficulty levels, choice of
background color.
Req.: Win CE 3.0, Pocket PC,
ActiveSync 3.1. Supports ARM, MIPS and SH3. The trial version has a 15
day evaluation period.
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Trentyguy |
Freeware |
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| Sokoban
- style. Quote: "Arcade / puzzle game that combines the gameplay
of Pac-man with Mahjong. You must navigate little Trentyguy to collect
pairs of tiles in order to clear each board, all the while avoiding
traps and obstacles. Several levels, a children's mode, music and cheat
codes". Also a sequel: Super Trentyguy. By Kenny Wright |
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Strip Mahjongg:
A
popular 2 -player game (one-on-one) used mainly in Japanese arcade
machines between a human player and a computerized female opponent.
When the human player wins, the girl removes one article of clothing.
Strip Mahjongg is more similar to 'true' mahjongg and strictly speaking
should not have been listed here.
In Japan these games are known as 'datsui
maajan' ('datsui' means 'remove clothing') and they have their own
newsgroup: japan.videogames.datsui-mahjong
Many
video mahjongg games (who are mostly of the strip-mahjongg variant) are
available to play under an emulator. Check out M.A.M.E. (Multiple
Arcade Machine Emulator) at www.mame.net.
Sites
about video mahjongg:
Mahjong in
MAME, An
Introduction to MA-JAN Video Games, Mahjong
games in M.A.M.E., Mahjong för
Sega Saturn (Swedish language only).
The
only windows game I am aware of is 'Idol Janshi
Suchie-Pai III'. There is supposed to be a couple more, but I have
not researched this further (partly because the websites where it's
possible to get information are in Japanese...). The games need the
Japanese version of Windows to run.
RONG RONG - under M.A.M.E
"The matching tiles must be free to slide at least one direction, and
must connect to the partner tile with three or fewer line segments".
More info. and pictures available at MAME Gem:
RONGRONG
WARNING: Nude pictures (adults only)
- Download
rongrong.zip (2 mb) |
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Non-computer
games:
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Catching the
tortoise: a face-down solitaire mahjongg game for one to four people
(Tom Sloper's FAQ13)
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Tai Ping San
(Victoria Peak) - designed by Alan Kwan,
intended primarily to be played with MJ tiles when you cannot have 3
other players. The game was later removed (the author was not satisfied
with it)
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Domi-Jongg
- Eckhard Becker's site (in German) that shows how to play dominos with
mah-jongg tiles.
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