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@database Shanghai.guide
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@$VER: Shanghai.guide 40.1 (03/07/94)
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@node main "Shanghai"
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Shanghai is an ancient Chinese solitaire game. The original version
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was played with ivory or stone tiles by sailors thousands of years
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ago. With the advent of computers, dozens of computer versions of the
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game have appeared, some called Shanghai, some called Mah Jongg, but
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all equally fun.
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@{" About the game " link About}
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@{" How to play " link HowToPlay}
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@endnode
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@node About "About Shanghai"
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@next HowToPlay
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Shanghai is played with 144 tiles; the object is to remove all the
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tiles from the board. There are 42 distinct tiles:
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Craks - 1 through 9. These are the numerical digits of Chinese; each
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one has a Chinese character below the symbol for the number.
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_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
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| ___1| | ___2| | ___3| | ___4| |/__ 5| | ___6| | ___7| | /\ 8| | __ 9|
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| | | ___ | | ___ | | \_/ | ||++ | | / \ | | l_ | | | | |l |
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|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|
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Dots - 1 through 9.
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_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
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| _ 1| | 2| | 3| | 4| | 5| | 6| | 7| | OO 8| | 9|
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| / \ | | O | | O | | O O | | O O | | O O | |O O O| | OO | | OOO |
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|( )| | | | O | | | | O | | O O | |O O | | OO | | OOO |
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| \_/ | | O | | O | | O O | | O O | | O O | |O O | | OO | | OOO |
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|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|
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Bamboos - 1 through 9. The 1 bamboo has a picture of a bird.
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_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
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| 1| | 2| | 3| | 4| | 5| | 6| | 7| | 8| | 9|
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| | | I | | I | | I I | | I I | | I I | | I | |I/\I | | III |
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| | | | | | | | | I | | I I | | III | | | | III |
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| | | I | | I I | | I I | | I I | | I I | | III | |I\/I | | III |
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|_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____| |_____|
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Dragons - 3 types. One looks like a grid; one is the familiar Chinese
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serpent; and one has a "C" in the upper right corner.
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Winds - North, South, East, and West, represented by the appropriate
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letter in the upper right corner and the Chinese character.
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Seasons - Summer, Winter, Spring, and Autumn. Summer is represented by
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a sun and "SUM"; Winter, by a snowflake and "WIN"; Spring, by
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a flower and "SPR"; and Autumn, by a leaf and "AUT".
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Flowers - 4 different flowers, represented by "MUM" (chrysanthemum),
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"PLUM" (plum), "ORC" (orchid), and "BAM" (bamboo).
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There are four of each tile, except for the seasons and flowers, of
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which there are only one each.
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The object of Shanghai is to remove all the tiles from the board. This
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is accomplished by finding two tiles that "match" and removing the
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pair. Any two identical tiles match; any season matches any other
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season, and any flower matches any other flower.
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In itself, this does not sound complex. However, there is an
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additional limitation on removing tiles: the tile must be "free",
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meaning that it must have at least one long edge free (i.e. one long
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edge that is not adjacent to any other tile), and it must not have any
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tiles on top of it.
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The initial setup of the board looks like this diagram:
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TOP VIEW
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Note the four "special tiles": one on top that covers the four central
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tiles, and three on the sides that block the two central rows. These
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four tiles should be removed as soon as possible.
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@endnode
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@node HowToPlay
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@prev About
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@next Boards
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When Shanghai starts up, a random board number from 0 to 65535 will be
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chosen and displayed. Most of the time, this will be a board you have
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not played before. The playing screen looks like this:
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| [Board displayed here] |
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| F1 - statistics F2 - undo move F3 - new board |
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| F4 - next board F5 - replay board Esc- exit |
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| Board 12345* Tiles left: 144 |
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The bottom line indicates which board number you are playing and how
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many tiles remain to be removed. A '*' following the board number
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indicates you have played the board before but have not won it; a '!'
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means that you have won the board.
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The controls for the game are:
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Left mouse button - select a tile to remove. If you have not selected
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any other tiles, the tile's border is highlighted
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to show that it is selected. If you then click on
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the same tile again, it is deselected and the
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border returns to the normal black.
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If, however, you have already selected a tile, then
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the tile already selected and the tile you clicked
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on are removed, assuming they are a legal match.
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Right mouse button - If you have not selected a tile, clicking the
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right mouse button will look for all the possible
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moves you can make, and show them to you one at a
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time. Press any key or click a mouse button to
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see the next one; press Esc to cancel.
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F1 - Show the statistics for the current game, and for all the boards
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that have been played. If you hold Shift while pressing F1, you
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will instead get a list of all the boards you have won and all the
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boards you have played but not won.
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F2 - Replaces the last pair of tiles you removed. You can keep doing
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this all the way back to the beginning of the game.
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F3 - Lets you pick a new board to play. The board number at the lower
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left corner of the screen will disappear; you can type in the
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board number you want, which must be between 0 and 65535
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inclusive. Press Return to start playing the board
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F4 - Starts playing the next board (the board whose number is one
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greater than the current board). If you are on board 65535, this
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will take you to board 0.
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F5 - Starts the current board over again.
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Esc - exits the game.
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@endnode
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