Shanghai II 2 Dragons Eye & Great Moments MAC CD mahjongg tiles solitaire games! Type: Game Platform: Mac Publisher: Activision Released: 1997 Media: CD Containing two previously released Mah-Jongg-style titles, Shanghai Double Pack offers variations on the ancient Asian tile-matching game. This reissue of Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye and Shanghai Great Moments, released in 1994 and 1995 respectively, updates gameplay.Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye is designed to bring competition to the age-old game of mahjongg in a dueling-tiles format. In this iteration of the ancient Asian tile-matching game, three gameplay options include solitaire, challenge and tournament modes, with the main focus on the competitive Dragon's Eye variation. During competition in Dragon's Eye, one player tries to complete the dragon layout while the other attempts to destroy it.Layout types include boar, dog, dragon, horse, monkey, ox, rabbit, ram, rat, rooster, Shanghai, snake and tiger configurations, while selectable tile sets feature the alphabet, animals, fantasy, flag, hanafuda, hilo, lohi, mahjongg and sports motifs. Customization options include music and sound effect preferences, background colors, tile animations, shuffling of remaining tiles, find a match and high score tracking via the Hall of Fame.A layout construction mode allows you to create your own layout designs and the help menu features a full description of the rules, strategies, hints, scoring and controls for each mode.Shanghai Great Moments is a collection of tile sets and layouts containing numerous variations of mahjongg More than 400 unique tiles, 150 video clips and 300 animations are packed into this tile-matching game, which is hosted by actress Rosalind Chao through a series of live action videos. Gameplay supports both solitaire and two-player tournament mode and offers full motion video film clips from movies, artwork and more as rewards for completing a game.Themes of the various tile sets include classic mahjongg, space exploration, science fiction, romance, art, people, music, inventions and events. Once matched, many of the tiles show short film clip animations before disappearing from the screen. Two main groups of layouts are offered: The Great Wall and Classic. Under Classic, you can choose Shanghai, hourglass, cube, yin-yang, evil eye, pyramid, castle, tectonics, bridge, stacks, icebreaker, scorpion and four corner layouts, while The Great Wall offers 5-windows, 5-doors or solid wall variations.A wide array of customization options includes magnetism, contemplation, music, sound, tile animation, movie resolutions, backgrounds, host hints or strategies, cursor effects, shuffling tiles, x-ray mode, find a match and autoplay. In addition to The Great Wall mode of play (tiles fall as lower ones are removed), Shanghai Great Moments offers Beijing (slide entire rows to make matches) and Action Shanghai (speed factor) styles.For Mac (Power Macintosh: OS 9 or Below) [*Please review compatibility/platform sections in 'What You Get']