Customer Reviews

Shanghai Pocket

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

If you are a fan of tai-pai or mahjongg, then this game is for you. Once you get the hang of changing the screen to various tiles and stages (which consist of eg. mouse stage, tiger stage etc.) it's a great way to pass the time on stormy winter nights. The game appears simple put once you get going it's very addicting so that you must play until you win. Once you win a stage (eg. tiger) the tiger will appear and thank you for helping it retreive it's orb and being able to return to it's land. There are also two other games that can be played either against the game boy or another opponent, with the option of hooking up to another gameboy. If I have any complaint it's that they do not save you score so everytime you start back up it's at the begnning, so you have to reset all the different tiles if you do not want to use the basic. Also they say it is compataible for regular Gameboy, but you can not see the screen on the regular Gameboy, so use on Color Gameboy.

Shanghai Pocket is a wonderful game, and has a lot of charm with its graphics and music. The music is repetitive, but it isn't annoying, and the animals that you free by completing each stage are a nice touch; interesting that they match the Chinese Zodiac! My only complaints are 1) The size of the tiles: You WILL need a Gameboy magnifier with a light, my eyesight is fine, but would strain others with less than good eyesight or have tired eyes, and 2) The lack of a save game means that you have to play all 12 stages to watch the endgame feature! Switching the game off, or selecting "quit" and switching off will erase your progress, and it's tiring to play each stage without a break; thank goodness for Nintendo AC adapters! These two complaints prevented a five star rating, but it is still a wonderful game and I highly recommend it!

Ilove the game Shanghai pocket. Mahjongg is my all time favorite game to play I have it downloaded on my personal computer and play it as often as I can. My only complaint is that you can not save your game so you can continue at another time(when the boss goes to lunch) and you can save the chinese horoscope symbols that you've already saved. You have to start all over again.Some different symbols would be nice to try instead of the two choices you have for each row. But the different layouts are great and being able to set different time limits on your game is good too. I really love it. The only problems I now have is carpal tunnel on my wrists and eye strain because I can't put the game down. Thanks alot . Some oriental music playing in the background would of suited this game much better than the one that plays in the background. It's got a cute little tune to it..