PDAmill Releases Gamebox Asia

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.handango.com/brainstore/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&productId=101714' target='_blank'>http://www.handango.com/brainstore/...roductId=101714</a><br /><br /></div>"GameBox Asia is a high quality, authentic collection of three famous tile games of the Orient. Incredible graphics, authentic Chinese tile sets and boards, smooth animations and visual effects, a fantastic oriental soundtrack, realistic sound effects, and incredible playability combine to make this the best possible tile game for your Pocket PC."<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/asia5.gif" /> <br /><br />• Three classic games: Mahjong, Shisen-Sho, and Nagori. <br />• Multiple Board Layouts: Over 50 default board layouts. <br />• Three different tile sets: Select from three unique tile sets. <br />• Tournament Mode: Test your skills to complete 28 levels of increasing difficulty. <br />• Multiplayer: Challenge a friend to see who can match tiles faster. <br />• Free Mode: Play the game at your own pace to practice for the Tournament. <br />• Unlimited Undos: Unlimited undos and replay feature gives you a chance to correct any error you make. <br />• Ambient music: Three sound tracks totalling over 15 minutes made by Jason Surguine, Pocket PC's most famous and (very likely) best composer." [Affiliate]

[Kati Compton]

Cool... I may have to pick this up!

[Steven Cedrone]

Yes! These games are great. My kids will sit and play for hours, talk about a cheap babysitter! :wink:

I am definitely going to buy myself a copy of this one!

Steve

[brianchris]

Sorry to be so naive, but I don't know much about these oriental games, HOWEVER I am *addicted* to a game which was included with the MS Entertainment PocketPak ( http://microsoft.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=75&platformId=2&productType=2&productId=44492&catalog=30 )

The game in that pocketPak I'm addicted to is Tapei, which is a simple tile matching game. Problem is, Tapei (and that whole PocketPak) is *not* fully compatible with WM2003 (which I now run on my iPaq 5455).

SO, my question is, are any of the games included in this new offering similar or identical to Tapei? If so, which one of the three? If not, can anyone recomend another application that would include a game similar or identical to Tapei?

Also, it looks like this game is only played in landscape mode.....is that true? If so, is that good or bad?

TIA!!!

-Brian

[Steven Cedrone]

It says there are over 50 board layouts. I bet one of them would closely match Taipei. When I get home, I'm going to download it and give it a try. I'll let you know what I find out!

BTW, here (http://www.lenagames.com/ptaipei.htm)is a game that works on my 2215. You could try that one, it's a great Taipei clone.

Steve

[brianchris]

It says there are over 50 board layouts. I bet one of them would closely match Taipei. When I get home, I'm going to download it and give it a try. I'll let you know what I find out!

Steve

Thanks for the reply. It indicates there are three games and 50 board layouts. What is the difference between a game and a board layout, with respect to these oriental tile games? I look forward to your trial of it.

-Brian

[JonnoB]

Do you know if there is a real MJ game available for the Pocket PC? I have yet to find one.

[Paul Martin]

Do you know if there is a real MJ game available for the Pocket PC? I have yet to find one.

Have you looked at this one (http://www.4windsmj.com/ppc/) from Four Winds Mah Jong? I've never played "traditional" Mah jong, only the solitare type games.

Paul

[pbalogh]

The one called 'Mahjong' in the package is really 'Mahjong Solitaire', also called Tai Pei. We've named it Mahjong, (although it's not the real Mahjong game), because Tai Pei is a trademarked name and Mahjong Solitaire is pretty long.
There's a free demo version of the game on our web site, so you can try before you buy.
In the full version there's a over 120 layouts, many of which you can unlock by playing the Tournaments.

Cheers,
Peter
www.pdamill.com

[Paula]

Do you know if there is a real MJ game available for the Pocket PC? I have yet to find one.

Have you looked at this one (http://www.4windsmj.com/ppc/) from Four Winds Mah Jong? I've never played "traditional" Mah jong, only the solitare type games.

Paul

Thank you for this Paul. I have been playing the solitaire version on Mahjong for years and grew very tired of it as of late. This looks like it will be a breath of fresh air.

I have downloaded the Gamebox Asia trial version and the graphics are beautiful and the game seems to be well worth the money. But, although there are layouts I have never played before it is the still same solitaire versions that I have played over and over again. It is time for a change.

Paula

[JonnoB]

Have you looked at this one (http://www.4windsmj.com/ppc/) from Four Winds Mah Jong? I've never played "traditional" Mah jong, only the solitare type games.

Paul

Thanks, this looks like a good solution... doesn't say it is multiplayer - that would be a hoot!

[Leo the 3rd]

Nice game. I haven't play Mahjong in ages. The music is well done. I think I'll be purchasing this title before the week is out. Good job Game Asia.

[Paul Martin]

The one called 'Mahjong' in the package is really 'Mahjong Solitaire', also called Tai Pei. We've named it Mahjong, (although it's not the real Mahjong game), because Tai Pei is a trademarked name and Mahjong Solitaire is pretty long.

Thanks for the info, Peter. From the screenshot, your version looks very nice. The tiles look very readable.

Paul

[schoon]

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