Microsoft Mahjong

Microsoft Mahjong
Microsoft Mahjong on Windows 10
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Microsoft Studios[3]
Producer(s)
  • Paul Jensen
  • Derek Dutilly
  • Tristan Hall
  • Michael Bilodeau
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows 8
  • WW: October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26)
Windows 10
  • WW: October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)[1]
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Microsoft Mahjong (formerly Mahjong Titans, Shanghai Solitaire and Taipei) is a computer game version of mahjong solitaire published by Microsoft. The version titled Mahjong Titans was developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows Vista[4] and Windows 7 (except Starter and Home Basic editions). It takes advantage of the new graphical user interface (GUI) of Windows Vista, and includes features such as tile set and background choices. (In Windows Vista builds 5219 up to 5259, the game was known as Shanghai Solitaire.[5]) The game did not make it to Windows 8; however, a standalone version, developed by Arkadium[2] and published by Microsoft Studios,[3] can be downloaded from the Windows Store free of charge and played without download on the web.[6][3]

An older version of the game was known as Taipei and was bundled in Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 and Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack.[7][8] That version included 32,767 possible configurations.[9]

A mobile version of the game was released on iOS and Android, known as Mahjong by Microsoft.[10]

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  4. ^ "Mahjong Titans - Microsoft Windows Vista Game Mahjong Titans". Windows.about.com. About.com. 2013-06-24. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. ^ Thurrott, Paul (2010-10-06). "Microsoft Windows Vista Build 5219 (Community Technical Preview 1) Review". Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. Penton Media. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Microsoft Mahjong 🕹️ Play Microsoft Mahjong on CrazyGames". www.crazygames.com. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
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  8. ^ Trivette, Don (May 28, 1991). "Games from Artworx and Microsoft Prove that Windows can Be Fun". PCMag. 10 (10): 478. ISSN 0888-8507. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference WEP-Taipei was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Mahjong by Microsoft". YouTube. January 26, 2021.