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From: ech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: Mah Jong
Message-ID: <1991Jan31.183521.16210@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 31 Jan 91 18:35:21 GMT
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From article <1991Jan31.012920.6457@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, by lagana@sparky.eecs.umich.edu (Antonio A Lagana):
> john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) writes:
> 
>>> Is there a version of this for the Mac? I've looked in all of the
>>> usual ftp sites (except simtel) and can't find it.
>>
>>Look for a commercial game called "Shanghai".  It sells for about $25.
>>If you like Mah Jong, you will love the implemenation in Shanghai.
> 
> Actually, "Shanghai" is not an implementation of Mah Jong, rather it is a
> puzzle game that uses Mah Jong "pies" (Unless there is a new version of 
> Shanghai that implements the actual game of Mah Jong).  To my knowledge, there
> is no Mah Jong game for the Macintosh (at least not on this side of the
> pacific).  On the other hand, "Shanghai" is a very entertaining game that would
> be worth checking out.

Or, you might look for "GunShy," which is like Shanghai, only better and 
FREE at better archives everywhere.

I am grossly biased, because I wrote Gunshy.  But MacUser and MacWorld
have given it very positive reviews, too...

=Ned Horvath=
ehorvath@attmail.com