ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

Ishidó: The Way Of Stones

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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2012-05-13

Stats

3,300

Genre

Conversions

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari Lynx
Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Mobile/Cell Phone
MSX 2/MSX 2+
Nintendo Famicom Disk System/Sharp Twin Famicom
Nintendo Game Boy
PC (DOS)
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sharp X68000
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Yes
- HD installation must be performed manually and 1Mb HD space is required. - Create a drawer on HD and copy all files from disk. - Open a CLI. - Type: cd DHx:Ishido [return] - Type: Ishido [return]

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1990
Ishidó: The Way Of Stones
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Distributed in Germany by United Software.

[2] The game includes a built-in tile editor for the stonesets. Additionally, the stonesets and boards can be customised and edited using a paint program, such as Deluxe Paint or Personal Paint.


TRIVIA: The blurb on the back of the ISHIDO game box reads:
'The Chinese called it Shih Tao, the ancient Celts called it Runa futhark, the Mayan Indians called it Kami-a-hota, and the Japanese called it Ishido. Yet, regardless of origin, when translated the names all mean one thing, The Way of Stones.'

The only truth in the text above is that ISHIDO does translate to The Way of Stones. Although many gamers at the time of release believed otherwise (and perhaps, still, even today), ISHIDO is not a game with ancient beginnings in the same tradition as Mahjong and Go. Programmer Michael Feinberg conceived the game and clever blurbs such as the one above were created to weave an aura of ancient mysticism about the game. The pseudo-mystical plot was successful in adding appeal to the game and, no doubt, inspired sales too.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1989 Publishing International Apple Macintosh B&W release; ported from 1990 Publishing International/Accolade Apple Macintosh colour release.

PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, Tandy

Screen info

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Screenshot ECS no. 21

Screenshot ECS no. 22

Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

Box scan ECS no. 2

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Codewheel

ECS no. 2

Proof Of Purchase

ECS no. 3

U.S. Advert (CGW 77 12/1990, Pages 30 & 31)

ECS no. 4

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 17, 12/1990, Page 57)

ECS no. 5

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 29, 12/1991, Pages 2 & 3)

ECS no. 6

German Advert (PowerPlay 11/1990, Page 43)

ECS no. 7

Catalogue Entry [1]

ECS no. 8

Catalogue Entry [2]

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual (English)

ECS no. 2

Story (English)

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari Lynx
Conversion Atari Lynx

Conversion Atari Lynx

Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

Mobile/Cell Phone
No conversion screens found.
MSX 2/MSX 2+
Conversion MSX 2/MSX 2+

Conversion MSX 2/MSX 2+

Nintendo Famicom Disk System/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo Famicom Disk System/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo Famicom Disk System/Sharp Twin Famicom

Nintendo Game Boy
Conversion Nintendo Game Boy

Conversion Nintendo Game Boy

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Hercules

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

VGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Sharp X68000
Conversion Sharp X68000

Conversion Sharp X68000

Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
17 (Feb 1991)
84%
2
Amiga Computing
33 (Feb 1991)
1
Amiga Format
19 (Feb 1991)
80%
Tim Smith
1
Amiga Joker
Dec 1990
92%
Max Magenauer
1
Datormagazin
No 19 (Dec 1990)
8/10
Lennart Nilsson
1
Génération 4
27 (Nov 1990)
91%
0
Joystick
11 (Dec 1990)
74%
Artemus
0
Zero
16 (Feb 1991)
87%
Paul Lakin
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Joker
Nov 1990
T. Kansas
Carsten Borgmeier
Oskar Dzierzynski
Preview
1

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 82%

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