Shanghai : Hall Of Light - The database of Amiga games

Shanghai

OCS

Information

Year of the first release

1986

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Activision - Worldwide

Number max of players

Budget publisher

Bit Star (boeder) - Europe

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Unknown

Language

English

Artists

Coder : Gene Smith
Graphician : David McMacken
Graphician : Gene Smith
Graphician : Glyn H. Anderson
Musician : Gene Smith
Misc : Brodie Lockard

Language in manual

Hardware

OCS

Amiga original game

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

yes

WHD install

yes

WHD information

Author	Psygore
Updated	2009-04-30 18:02:47

HD install

HD notes

Genre
Category	Games
Subcategory	Games - Uncategorised
Quickmatch	Shanghai
Theme	Games - Board - Mahjong Solitaire
Viewpoint	Top Down

Conversion hardware

Apple II/IIGS
Apple IIGS
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
MSX 2/MSX 2+
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
NEC PC-98
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
PC (DOS)
Sega Master System
Sharp X68000
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) 1/2

Conversion notes

Based on 1986 Brodie Lockard/Activision Apple Macintosh release.

Classic compilation

Big Box 2
Power Hits

Relationship

is a precursor to Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:

[1] Game design by Brodie Lockard. Coding & sound by Gene Smith. Graphics by Gene Smith and Glyn Anderson; titlescreen by David McMacken of Transphere International advertising agency.

[2] Game supports a quit back to WB option.

[3] Original game contents included a Shanghai postcard, and provided details of how to obtain a game demo for $3 p&h from Activision.