Shanghai

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29K plays 1986 #Puzzle

Shanghai is a 1986 mahjong solitaire video game developed and published by Activision. It has been released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, classic Mac OS, Apple IIGS, and Master System. Shanghai was originally programmed by Brodie Lockard. It was released as an arcade video game by Sunsoft in 1988, with Sunsoft releasing sequels under license from Activision.

From Wikipedia's article Shanghai (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

Game BoyPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
SelectShift
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

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Keyboard controls

Game BoyPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
SelectShift
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Pixel Verdict

ShanghaiGame Boy

4.0 Great job!

Critics 81 · 5 reviews (other versions)

From reviews of other versions of the game (none of this one found).

What the reviews talk about

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What the critics said

  • Compute! reviewed the game favorably, reporting that "our Shanghai mania is of such proportions that I am beginning to fear for our health".

    — Compute!, 1987

  • Roy Wagner reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "on the C64, the patterns and stacks are hard to discern (soon your eyes match the screen). On the Amiga the display is outstanding with the pieces actually looking very much like colorful, ivory tiles".

    — Computer Gaming World, 1987· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Shanghai (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • AllGame 1998 3/5; 3/5 (other versions)
  • Aktueller Software Markt 1987 36/60; 36/60 (other versions)
  • Computer and Video Games 1989 84%; 81% (other versions)
  • Dragon 5/5; 5/5 (other versions)
  • IGN 1999 10/10 (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 65/100 · 17 votes

Full reviews

Face key

  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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