Windows

Tile-matching solitaire mahjongg games, Shisen-Sho games, Ishido games and other related game for Microsoft Windows. 

If you should find any errors or omissions (who I'm sure there are plenty of...); please contact me.

I'm sorry: I'm not had the time yet to incorporate all the games alphabetically yet - so here they come alphabetically within each section: Freeware, Shareware, Commercial (the three first solitaire mahjongg games), Shisen-Sho, Ishido, Other games.

 

Freeware

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'. 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

 

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 Free Games 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. Two 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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 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

 

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 solitaire 1.17 (D. F. Valot)

Freeware 

OK game. 13 layouts and 18 tile sets. Re-sizeable. Undo and Hints. High scores. You can design your own tile sets (bmp-files). Author: Daniel F. Valot. Versions for OS/2 (req.: OS/2 Warp 3 with DIVE or later) and Windows available. Review and screenshot based on Windows version. 

2,6 mb - download from homepage:

Seahorse

Price: 0

 

Mahjongg 1.08 (Ulrich Foerster)

Freeware 

Average game. Only standard tile set. English and German language. Hint and undo, Hall of fame, sound, Competition mode (play against the clock). Author: Ulrich Foerster (2001). 

Req.: Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP, 800x600+ and 32 MB RAM

2.4 mb - download from homepage: 

Homepage

Price: 0

 

Mah-Jongg 5.1.30 (D. Schmidtke)  

Freeware 

Good version. 6 layouts (Mah-Jongg, Lion, Butterfly, Atrium, Snake and Portal). 4 tile sets: Mah-Jongg, Medieval, Road signs (USA) and Road signs (Germany). You can use your images as backgrounds. Auto cycle option through tile sets and layouts. This is the last freeware version (1997), later versions are shareware ('Mah-Jongg 3000 Pro' - discontinued). Req.: Win9x. Author: Detlev Schmidtke.

2,5 mb - download from:

Caiman

Price: 0

 

Mah-Jongg 3000 Pro 6.4.195

Abandonware

Good version. 8 layouts and 6 tile sets. You can use your images as backgrounds. Auto cycle option through tile sets and layouts. Hall of Fame, hint, sound. Since the game was discontinued around 2000, I list it as abandonware. GoInside review. Use bird as name/sn.
Req.: Win9x. Author: Detlev Schmidtke

- 2.7 mb

N/A

Price: N/A

 

Mahjongg

Freeware

Decent graphics. Only standard layout and tileset. Hint, save/ load games. Made in Allegro - a game programming library for C/C++ developers (you have to download their windows library first). Windows (34 kb) , dos (213 kb) and linux (84 kb ) versions. Author: Daniel Harmon. 

34/213/84 kb - download from:

Daniel Harmon

Price: 0

 

MahJongg 1.5.6 (P. Voes)

Freeware


Good graphics. Only standard layout and the regular mahjongg tile set. Hint available. Author: Patrick DPFS Voes

Req.: Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP and VB6

1.5 mb - download from:

Caiman

Price: 0

 

Mahjongg 3.1.2

Freeware

Simple version. Only one tile set (and not very good) and standard layout. Hall of fame, hint, undo, sound. Use your own bitmap graphics as backgrounds. Optimized for 3 screen resolutions (640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768). Both game and homepage in German only. Author: Rene Westphal. Req: Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

928 kb - download from:

Rene Westphal

Price: 0

 

Mahjongg- BillyBear4Kids.Com

Freeware 

MahJongg for children. Fun tiles and crisp graphics. There is a 30 minutes game limit (feature, not something who cripples the game). 

Req.: Screen resolution 800x600 or larger

- 831 kb

www.BillyBear4Kids.Com

Price: 0

 

MahJongg Solitaire 3D 0.95/0.96 Freeware
Beautiful 3D solitaire mahjongg game by Reto Schoelly. OpenGL, three dimensional view, a hand drawn aquarelle tilesets. 2 layouts (castle/standard), 2 tilesets (Traditional/Fancy letters). In the Linux version you can download tilesets, layouts and backgrounds or create your own ones and integrate them into the game (not yet in Windows game). Undo, hint, highscore, shadows on/off. More tilesets and layouts available at homepage (only in Linux version). Versions for Windows (0.95) and Linux (0.96). Linux req.: OpenGL drivers and QT library 3.x.Linux source available. RPM packages for SuSE and packages for Xandros deb, Debian,  Slackware, Gentoo
2,6 mb (win) - 4,8 mb (Linux): Reto Schoelly Price: 0



Screenshot Windows version

 

Mindjongg 4.01 Freeware
Standard solitaire mahjongg game. 16 layouts, 10 background images and 8 tilesets. Sound, undo, restart, redo, high score, save and hint. 2 tile sizes to fit different screen resolutions. Req.: Win 95/98/ME. From 2001. Freeware? A matter of definition: Nag screen for registering/updating to shareware version. Originally released as "Shanghai 97". Warning: If you should stumble upon v.5.0 of this game (labeled as freeware) stay away - it's full of spyware!
- 2,6 mb Minder Technology Price: 0

 

MJ 2000 SR1

Freeware


Standard solitaire mahjongg game. Works, nothing more to say. Hint, redo / undo, High Score list. Game and website in German only. Req.: Win98+/16 MB ram. Source code available.
There was a DOS version (MJ99) available at the website, but it has been removed. Author: Martin Fiddler. 

486 kb - download from homepage:

KeyJ Black Hole

Price: 0

 

Moraff's MomJongg 1.0

Freeware

From the ad: "Share the joy of playing this unusual freeware version of Mahjongg with your children. Designed by a mom for other moms and kids, this game features children's artwork on the tiles. You have to see it to appreciate its beauty."  For more information, please see the review of Moraff's Mahjongg games in the shareware section. Nagware (nag screen at exit). Made in 1999. Later versions are shareware.

5,2 mb - download from PCWorld:

PcWorld.com

Price: 0

 

MyJongg 2.0 beta

Freeware


Nice graphics. 6 tilesets (traditional, numbers, alphabet, kai, underwater & animals), 10 different layouts, sounds, choose tile thickness, size, and background color. Timer. 

2.4 mb - download from homepage:

CyLog Software

Price: 0

 

Nile Tiles Mah Jongg Solitaire Freeware
Standalone shockwave flash version of the online 'Nile Tiles'. Also labeled as 'Free Mah Jongg 1.0'. Only standard tileset and layouts. Hint and zoom.

Works as an advertising for the commercial 'World Championship Mah Jongg Solitaire' from CleverMedia.

345 kb - download from: Download.com Price: 0

 

PySol 4.20

Freeware (GNU)

A collection of solitaire card games. Why is it here? Because it has the  solitaire mahjongg game also! 100 layouts and two traditional tile sets. Good graphics. This version is hard to find on the net. Later versions removed the mahjongg games. See also: PySolitaire and UltraSol.

Author: Markus F.X.J Oberhumer.  

- 3,7 mb 

PySol homepage

Price: 0

 

PySolitaire 0.10 Freeware (GNU/GPL)
PySolitaire (or Python Solitaire) is a fork of 'PySol' (see above) that runs on Windows and has a installer. Almost 100 layouts and over 200 solitaire card games. 3 tilesets. Needs an installation of the Python Programming Language. Should work on Win98, NT, 2000 and XP. Project homepage / SourceForge  /