Shisen-Sho
Shisen-Sho (四川省, Shisenshō; "Sichuan Province"), sometimes referred to as 'Shisen', 'Four Rivers' or simply 'Rivers,' is a Japanese tile-based game which uses Mahjong tiles, and is similar to Mahjong solitaire. The objective of the game is to match similar tiles in pairs until every tile has been removed from the playing field. Numerous computer based versions of the game have been developed. • Illustration — Shisen-Sho computer game, running on KDE 4.0.5
Also recorded as Match-Mania
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Shisen-Sho (四川省, Shisenshō; "Sichuan Province"), sometimes referred to as 'Shisen', 'Four Rivers' or simply 'Rivers,' is a Japanese tile-based game which uses Mahjong tiles, and is similar to Mahjong solitaire. The objective of the game is to match similar tiles in pairs until every tile has been removed from the playing field. Numerous computer based versions of the game have been developed. • Illustration — Shisen-Sho computer game, running on KDE 4.0.5
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Player choose a pair of identical tiles to connect, and the connection path must consist of horizontal/vertical line segments, unobstructed by tiles, and must not exceed two turns. If the requirements are met, two tiles will be eliminated. The player's task is to eliminate all the tiles on the board. The game is over if future moves are not possible and tiles are left on the board, or the player successfully removes all the tiles. Since there is only one of each flower and season mahjong tiles, flowers are normally matched with each other, and seasons are normally matched with each other. Alternatively, when playing digitally, some implementations include extra copies of flower and season tiles so that identical duplicates can be matched.
List of Shishen-Sho video games
List of Shishen-Sho video games
List of Shishen-Sho of video games • Name — Year — Manufacturer — Platform(s) — Adult • Dragon Punch (JP) / Sports Match (NA) — 1989 — Dynax Inc. — Arcade — Yes (Japanese version only) • Turn It — 1989 — Kingsoft — Amiga OCS, Atari ST • Shisen-Sho: Joshiryo-hen (JP) / Match It (NA) — 1989 — Irem Corp. — Arcade — Yes (Japanese version only) • Lin Wu's Challenge — 1990 — SolarSoft / LaserSoft — Amiga OCS, Atari ST • | 1991 — SolarSoft / LaserSoft — MS-DOS • Shisen-Sho - Match-Mania — 1990 — Irem Corp. — Game Boy • Turn It II — 1989 — Tale Software — Amiga OCS, C64 • Happy Pairs — 1991 — Sachen — NES • Shisen-Sho II/Match It II — 1993 — Irem Corp. — Arcade • Casanova — 1994 — Promat — Arcade • Shisen-Sho 2000 — 1997 — T-TIME TECHNOLOGIES — Windows • One + Two — 1997 — Barko — Arcade • KAWAI連連看2 — 2002 — CHEN PROGRAM STUDY — Windows • KAWAI連連看2003 — 2003 — CHEN PROGRAM STUDY — Windows • KAWAI連連看2004 — 2004 — CHEN PROGRAM STUDY — Windows • KAWAI連連看2005 — 2005 — CHEN PROGRAM STUDY — Windows • Shisen Sho Mahjong Connect — 2018 — mobirix — Android, iOS • Shisensho Solitaire — 2019 — Nick Ramsay — Windows • Shisen-Sho Nikakudori — 2020 — Red Flagship Co., Ltd. — Nintendo Switch • Pretty Girls Rivers — 2021 — Zoo Corporation — Windows • Shisen-Sho — 2023 — Genesis Project — C64
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• Illustration — Shisen-Sho starting board • Illustration — Connected by one line segment, no turns • Illustration — Connected by three line segments, same-direction turns • Illustration — Connected by two line segments, one turn • Illustration — Connected by three line segments, opposite-direction turns
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