Shanghai (Japan) - 上海
Shanghai is a computer game developed by Activision in 1986 for the Amiga, Macintosh and Apple IIGS and also the Sega Master System.
Shanghai is a computerized version of mahjong solitaire. After winning a game, the tiles reveal the three-dimensional blinking eye of a dragon behind the game screen. The Macintosh version shows an animated dragon spitting fire.
Shanghai is a computerized version of mahjong solitaire. After winning a game, the tiles reveal the three-dimensional blinking eye of a dragon behind the game screen. The Macintosh version shows an animated dragon spitting fire.
Shanghai (Japan)
Technical
CPU
- maincpu HuC6280 (@ 7 Mhz)
Chipset
- HuC6280 (@ 3 Mhz)
- MSM5205 (@ 1 Mhz)
- CD/DA
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 242
- Frequency 59.922743 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 5
- Number of buttons 6
- Kind of controler joy (8 ways)
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Shanghai (Japan) Screenshots
Development
Shanghai was programmed by Brodie Lockard.
Reception
The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #138 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars. The Lessers reviewed the Atari Lynx version of the game in 1992 in Dragon #181, also giving this version of the game 5 stars.
Sequel
A sequel to this game was entitled Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye and was released on the Sega Genesis and Super NES. It was also re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in the PAL regions on November 27, 2009 and in North America on January 11, 2010.
