Mahjong for Macs

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Mahjong for Macs

Post by dwillems » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:28 pm

I recommend this site:

http://home.scarlet.be/dipching.drulkhor/mahjongg.html

Of all the games on there I really enjoy Souryu 2 the best.

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by Fat Dragon » Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:51 pm

I would like to give Souryu 2 a try. But what does the opening screen want from me? Any suggestions?

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by HotelFSR » Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:15 pm

Guys:

tenhou.net


Works on Macs. Enough said.

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by Fat Dragon » Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:42 pm

Thanks for the hint. I know that tenhou.net works on Mac. But I would like to practice first a little bit with an offline game... I already tried the proposed flash game from game-design.jp but this has no additional options for further styles of play. Souryu 2 seems to be a good candidate for that job.

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by HotelFSR » Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:50 pm

My advice to everyone would be:


Practice on Tenhou, not offline.


Why?

Because you\'ll learn bad habits playing against the computer and it will hurt you in the long run.

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by Fat Dragon » Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:33 pm

B)
bad habbits... Isn\'t there any good AI which a beginner can play against without getting bad habbits? A software with a reliable tutor mode?

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by HotelFSR » Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:28 pm

Not that I am aware of...

...but the best one I know of is the flash game on the gamedesign.jp site.

I still don\'t understand why you don\'t just play on Tenhou.

What have you got to lose?

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by Fat Dragon » Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:57 am

Nothing! So, I`ll give it a try!
Thanks for your support!

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by Benjamin » Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:52 pm

Yes. A playstation 2 game called Pro Kiwame Next has an excellent tutor mode. Unfortunately, it\'s in Japanese and out of print.

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by Barticle » Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:35 pm

Also PS2 games are region-locked so you´d need a Japanese console too!

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by Fat Dragon » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:29 am

Thanks for the hint! Pro Kiwame seems to have a long history. There were some sites listing it in relation to emulations of Super NES and Arcade Machines.

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by HotelFSR » Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:16 pm

Can you read Japanese?

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Re:Mahjong for Macs

Post by Benjamin » Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:56 am

Fat Dragon wrote:Thanks for the hint! Pro Kiwame seems to have a long history. There were some sites listing it in relation to emulations of Super NES and Arcade Machines.
There are a lot of Pro Kiwame games, but only Pro Kiwame Next is built around teaching you how to play well. I don\'t particularly recommend any other game in the series.

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