dlee@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Dongman Lee) (01/05/89)
Could somebody send me 'mahjong' running on MS-DOS?
eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) (01/06/89)
In article <102760004@hpcvlx.HP.COM> dlee@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Dongman Lee) writes: >Could somebody send me 'mahjong' running on MS-DOS? does such a beast exist? i'd like it too! -- Steve Elias (eli@spdcc.com) ((617 239 9406)) (((617 890 6844))) ()
rjchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Raymond Juimong Chen) (01/06/89)
The program MJEGA.ARC was posted to the net about a year ago.
It is a MahJongg program requiring an EGA card, written by Nels
Anders[oe]n. Check your local archives for it.
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"Say something, please! ('Yes' would be best.)" - The Doctorjbrown@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jordan Brown) (01/06/89)
In article <> rjchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Raymond Juimong Chen) writes: >The program MJEGA.ARC was posted to the net about a year ago. >It is a MahJongg program requiring an EGA card, written by Nels >Anders[oe]n. Check your local archives for it. Unfortunately, this (archived at simtel as mj-211, by the same author) isn't Mah Jong. It's a game played with Mah Jong tiles, all right, but it's a completely different game. (Like you could play Nim with checkers or something.) It's a version of a game sold commercially as Shanghai and as freeware (of some sort) for the Macintosh as GunShy. It's very pretty, and appears to work well (though it leaves my screen green for some reason). I, too, would be interested in a PC Mah Jong. I've got one from a fellow in Australia that I got from a PD house, but it has some problems.
eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) (01/06/89)
In article <5182@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> rjchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Raymond Juimong Chen) writes: >The program MJEGA.ARC was posted to the net about a year ago. >It is a MahJongg program requiring an EGA card, written by Nels >Anders[oe]n. Check your local archives for it. no archives anywhere near here... could someone please mail me an ack, if they are willing to mail a uuencoded version to me? thanks! -- Steve Elias (eli@spdcc.com) ((617 239 9406)) (((617 890 6844))) ()
everett@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Everett Kaser) (01/07/89)
I have seen two games for DOS machines called Mahjongg. One is a four player game similar to the standard playing card game "Rummy". The other is a solitaire game, played with Mahjongg tiles in an "organized heap", where the goal is to remove all of the tiles, two at a time in matching pairs, according to specific rules. I have the solitaire game (runs on EGA), can probably get the other game (runs on CGA), and I am working on a new, expanded version of the solitaire game, using new (non-Mahjongg) tiles, called "Solitile". Send me a note, and I'll try to help. (Dongman Lee: I work in Corvallis, also, in building 4U, between posts G9 and E9, against the windows. Come over and see me if you want.) Everett Kaser !hplabs!hp-pcd!everett everett%hpcvlx@hplabs.hp.com
brian@cvl.umd.edu (Brian Miller) (01/07/89)
In article <2364@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> eli@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) writes: >In article <102760004@hpcvlx.HP.COM> dlee@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Dongman Lee) writes: >>Could somebody send me 'mahjong' running on MS-DOS? > > does such a beast exist? i'd like it too! I have a PD version of Mahjongg for MS-DOS (requires EGA) If you cannot locate it anywhere else (try Simtel or grape), I can package it up, or, if there are a large number of requests, I could submit it to c.b.i.p. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Has anyone seen my old friend brain? "...Medical researchers are fighting AIDS, cancer, and schizophrenia in the lab..." Profile of University of Maryland, 1988 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
everett@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Everett Kaser) (01/12/89)
The four-player version of Mahjongg that I saw (a friend had), is apparently
a comercial, copyrighted program. It runs in CGA mode, and the title screen
says:
IBM-PC MAHJONG
Version 2.0
Copyright 1986 By Peter E. King
Produced by Procon Software
P.O. Box 43, Essendon
3040, Australia
I think the copy he has is probably boot-legged. And I won't propagate it.
I don't know if the company (Procon Software) is still in business or not.
The single player version that I've been working on (which is similar to
Shanghai, Gun-Shy, and Nels Andersons Mahjongg, but uses Westernized tiles
and has more "board" layouts (or tile arrangements)) called "Solitile",
should be ready for its initial release in two or three weeks. When it is,
I'll post it.
Everett Kaser
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everett%hpcvlx@hplabs.hp.comjbrown@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jordan Brown) (01/18/89)
In article <102760006@hpcvlx.HP.COM> everett@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Everett Kaser) writes: >The four-player version of Mahjongg that I saw (a friend had), is apparently >a comercial, copyrighted program. It runs in CGA mode, and the title screen >says: > IBM-PC MAHJONG > Version 2.0 > Copyright 1986 By Peter E. King > Produced by Procon Software It's shareware. I think he wants $20 US for it. It's worth it. It doesn't run on all machines, though - if you look carefully at the colors it uses and at a CGA manual, you find that the color combination is impossible. It doesn't work on a friend's EGA. I have no idea how he gets that color combo - I can't see any way to command the chip to do it. It will run fine in B/W on the EGA, though. (I prefer the B/W mode anyway.) So (as with all shareware), if you have the complete package don't feel bad about distributing it.