Saturn - Shanghai: The Great Wall

Shanghai: The Great Wall

上海万里の長城

1995.02.24 Sunsoft

HISTORY
OF
SHANGHAI : THE GREAT WALL

215 B.C.
Great Wall of China built to
keep out Mongol hordes.

1368
Great Wall of China restored.

????
Game of Mah-Jongg originates
in China.

1907
Mah-Jongg introduced in Japan.

1923
Joseph P.Babcock introduces
Mah-Jongg to the West; game
now a hit in two continents.

1986
Original Macintosh version of
Shanghai, introducing a new
way to use the Mah-Jongg
tiles, is released in the USA
by Activision.

1986
Shanghai ported to
8 platforms: Apple IIGS, Tandy
CoCo3, C64, Atari ST, Amiga,
MSDOS, and AppleII.

1989
Shanghai licensed on
13 platforms in Japan:
Mega Drive, MSX, Game Boy,
X68000, PC Engine; Sharp,
Casio, Matsushita, and NEC
personal computers, FM TOWNS,
Panasonic U-I, Toshiba RUPO
Canon A-1 NOTE, and
Canon-Alpha.

1989
Shanghai 2.0 for Macintosh.

1990
ShanghaiII: Dragon's Eye
for IBM/DOS.

1990
ShanghaiII licensed on Atari
Lynx and on 8 platforms in
Japan: Sanyo, Oasys,
Sony Produce, Sega Game Gear,
Famicom disk, arcade,
Super Famicom.

1991
ShanghaiII:Dragon's Eye
for Macintosh.

1992
1992's crop of licenses:
Mega Drive, arcade, AppleII.

1993
ShanghaiII:Dragon's Eye
released on SNES.

1993
More activity in Japan:
arcade, Sanrio.

1993
Design and development
begin on multimedia version
of ShanghaiIII for IBM and
Macintosh in the USA.

1993
Design and development
begin on Shanghai: The Great
Wall in Japan for Saturn, 3DO
Play Station, Super Famicom,
PC9801, X68000, FM Towns, and
arcade.

1994
ShanghaiII: Dragon's Eye
released for Genesis and
Windows in USA.

STAFF

Game Design

Classic Shanghai : BRODIE LOCKARD

Great Wall : JOHN SPINALE
TOM SLOPER

Beijing : PETER DOCTOROW
TOM SLOPER

Qingdao : SUCCESS CORP.
TOM SLOPER

Plot Developed by
HIDEHIKO SAKAMOTO
KAZUTOSHI YASHIKI
MASAHIRO FUKUDA
TOM SLOPER

Programed by
MASARU HATSUYAMA
HIDEHIKO SAKAMOTO

Graphics by
KAZUTOSHI YASHIKI
MASAHIRO FUKUDA
SHINOBU ITOH
TOMOMI YANO

Sound by
SHIGEHARU ISODA
MASATO TAKADA

Special Thanks to
BILL SWARTZ
MIKA KAWAMURA
ALAN GERSHENFELD
BRIAN G.KELLY
SHINICHI MATSUOKA
AND THE STAFF OF
SUCCESS CORP.

Directed by
KAZUTOSHI YASHIKI

Produced by
TAKATO YOSHINARI

Presented by
SUN CORP.

215 B.C.		Great Wall of China built to keep out Mongol hordes.

1368		Great Wall of China restored.

????		Game of Mah-Jongg originates in China.

1907		Mah-Jongg introduced in Japan.

1923		Joseph P.Babcock introduces Mah-Jongg to the West; game now a hit in two continents.

1986		Original Macintosh version of Shanghai, introducing a new way to use the Mah-Jongg tiles, is released in the USA by Activision.

1986		Shanghai ported to 8 platforms: Apple IIGS, Tandy CoCo3, C64, Atari ST, Amiga, MSDOS, and AppleII.

1989		Shanghai licensed on 13 platforms in Japan: Mega Drive, MSX, Game Boy, X68000, PC Engine; Sharp, Casio, Matsushita, and NEC personal computers, FM TOWNS, Panasonic U-I, Toshiba RUPO Canon A-1 NOTE, and Canon-Alpha.

1989		Shanghai 2.0 for Macintosh.

1990		ShanghaiII: Dragon's Eye for IBM/DOS.

1990		ShanghaiII licensed on Atari Lynx and on 8 platforms in Japan: Sanyo, Oasys, Sony Produce, Sega Game Gear, Famicom disk, arcade, Super Famicom.

1991		ShanghaiII:Dragon's Eye for Macintosh.

1992		1992's crop of licenses: Mega Drive, arcade, AppleII.

1993		ShanghaiII:Dragon's Eye released on SNES.

1993		More activity in Japan: arcade, Sanrio.

1993		Design and development begin on multimedia version of ShanghaiIII for IBM and Macintosh in the USA.

1993		Design and development begin on Shanghai: The Great Wall in Japan for Saturn, 3DO Play Station, Super Famicom, PC9801, X68000, FM Towns, and arcade.

1994		ShanghaiII: Dragon's Eye released for Genesis and Windows in USA.

Classic Shanghai	:	BRODIE LOCKARD
Great Wall	:	JOHN SPINALE TOM SLOPER
Beijing	:	PETER DOCTOROW TOM SLOPER
Qingdao	:	SUCCESS CORP. TOM SLOPER

Plot Developed by		HIDEHIKO SAKAMOTO KAZUTOSHI YASHIKI MASAHIRO FUKUDA TOM SLOPER

Programed by		MASARU HATSUYAMA HIDEHIKO SAKAMOTO

Graphics by		KAZUTOSHI YASHIKI MASAHIRO FUKUDA SHINOBU ITOH TOMOMI YANO

Sound by		SHIGEHARU ISODA MASATO TAKADA

Special Thanks to		BILL SWARTZ MIKA KAWAMURA ALAN GERSHENFELD BRIAN G.KELLY SHINICHI MATSUOKA AND THE STAFF OF SUCCESS CORP.

Directed by		KAZUTOSHI YASHIKI

Produced by		TAKATO YOSHINARI