Sarakon
| Developer: Starbyte | Graphics: |
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| Publisher: Leisure Genius | Sound: |
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| Year: 1991 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Mah-jong | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 1 | Rating: |
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It’s a variation of Mahjong solitaire (also known as Shanghai). The goal is to remove tiles in matching pairs. Unlike the version I knew, you’re allowed to pair tiles that aren’t on the perimeter, as long as they’re touching, or can be connected by a straight line, with no more than two right angles, and drawn on an open path (the little dots you briefly see represent this imaginary line). It’s much easier to understand by playing than explaining…
Additionally, a variable number of points is awarded depending on some conditions I’m not sure about… And the right-click of the mouse seems to activate one of your two jokers, which will remove a few tiles if you get stuck.
As usual, the drastic time limit, along with the lack of passwords or saving options, severely undermines this game.
Note that the cracked versions found everywhere are subject to a very annoying bug that freezes the cursor on the vertical axis. The WHDLoad version works perfectly.
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