Shanghai
29K plays 1987 #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.
This is the Japanese release, so its text is in Japanese.
From Wikipedia's article Shanghai (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Keyboard controls
| TG-16 | Player 1 | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ | IKJL |
| II | Z | N |
| I | X | M |
| Select | Shift | B |
| Run | Enter | Space |
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
| TG-16 | Player 1 | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ | IKJL |
| II | Z | N |
| I | X | M |
| Select | Shift | B |
| Run | Enter | Space |
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).
2.5 Could be better
Players 65 · 17 votes
No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.
Review scorecard
- Graphics 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Players 65 · 17 votes. The same 65/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.
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' 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.
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