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- From: yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan)
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 10:06:12 GMT
- Subject: Re: Mahjongg Found ! Thanks ! (Was in Re: In the spirit of Christmas ... Games for Os/2 ... Mahjong ... )
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- >comp.os.os2.apps / kbeal@amber (Ken Beal) / 5:35 pm Dec 14, 1992 /
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- >Mah Jongg is actually a game very similar to rummy, gin, gin rummy, bridge,
- >etc. It is generally played with two players, and is a bit difficult to
- >learn. (I've got a version for Nintendo, but it's in Japanese; the *only*
- >English on it is when you hit Start (for pause) and a little tea cup appears
- >and the screen reads "Tea Time" :-) ).
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- Sorry, you made a mistake. It is played with 4 players. In the computer
- version, the program acted as the other three players. There is a good
- Mah Jongg game called Hong Kong Mah Jongg (for DOS). I have try it in
- a full screen DOS session. It run a little bit slow. And it cannot run in
- window mode.
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- >The solitare game with the stacked tiles is *not* Mah Jongg, despite what
- >its marketers want you to believe (seems kinda like Windows == Operating
- >System war that rages on and on and on... 1/2 :-) ).
-
- :-) the different is much bigger. :-)
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- >--
- >Kenneth L. Beal, Jr. kbeal@amber.ssd.csd.harris.com | Use OS/2 2.0! :-) often.
- >"I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!" - MST3k | Learn. Keep moving.
- >"Street person my responsibility." - Indigo Girls | Better yourself.
- >The opinions expressed above are shared. The preceding sentence is false.
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- Yuk Chan
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