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JadeDragon's
reviews and playing tips: Palm OS games
Mahjongg by Astraware $14.95
Reviewed March 2002
I'm a Mahjong junkie; I will play anything
that's remotely close to the game of Mahjong. Astraware developed
their version of Mahjong for Palm and call it Mahjongg. Mahjongg
comes with layouts like Pyramid, Castle, Cleopatra and Steps;
and you can download more layouts, backgrounds and tile sets
from their web site. The game also provides you with Hint
Move, Shuffle the Tiles and Moves Available if you get stuck.
Mahjongg shows creativity and good effort from Astraware,
but fall short on nailing the graphics, which is an essential
part of a Mahjong game, in my opinion. It surprised me because
Astraware produced so many games with great graphic like Bejeweled and Zap!2000.
Playing Hints and Tips
Same for all Mahjong games, spread
out your moves in all directions to open up more tiles.
Experiment with all the layouts and find the ones that
are more fun and challenging for you.
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Ratings (scale of 1 to 5):
| Graphics |
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There are quite a few layouts and designs
in this game, but in some of layouts it's hard to see where the
edges of the layers are. There is a toggle the tile size function
in the game that allows you to zoom in on certain part of a large
layout like the Pyramid. But then you loose the view of the entire
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| Sound |
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The sound effects, compared to LandWare's
Shanghai, are very minimal. |
| Fun Meter |
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It's fun to explore many layouts, backgrounds
and tile designs, though too many times the difficult to see
graphics got in the way. |
| Addictivity |
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Once you find the layouts and tiles, which
you like and are easy to see, this game could be addictive. |
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