MahJong Solitaire History
Shanghai Mahjong Solitaire History
As a matter of fact, The MahJong Solitaire game is not an ancient game,
After it was available in few universities as a local project, The first popular widely distributed Mahjong solitaire game was created by the American computer games company Activision in 1986.
The game, which was called "Shanghai" by Activision was first released for the Macintosh and was created by Brodie Lockard and Brad Fregger.
The game was an immediate success with over 10 millions copies sold all over the world (for all versions, including the Mac, Dos, Commodore, etc.)
Images of Activision's original game boxes
 | Cover of the first Shanghai game by Activision (1986) |
 | Cover of the sequel game "Shanghai II - Dragon's eye" by Activision (1989) |
 | Cover of the third game in the series, "Shanghai:Triple Threat" by Activision (1994) |
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