On 2004-10-06 18:56:19 +0200, x@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
As for other Mah Jong computer programs, at present I'm torn between
> "Four Winds Mah Jong 2.0" and "Hong Kong Mah Jong" (I have shareware
> versions of both of these, too). Both are terrific, beautifully-
> rendered games. HKMJ has a simulation of a playing-table layout that
> I like, and I like the animated pictures of the opponents. But 4WMJ
> offers me the op****tunity to learn so many more variations (which
> makes it, in effect, more than one game, for a little higher price
> than HKMJ), and I can take back a mistakenly-discarded tile (really,
> really useful when learning). If I were going to get just one Mah
> Jong program, right now it'd be a contest between those two. (Combine
> the above-mentioned features of both programs into one, and I'd buy it
> in a heartbeat.)
Well brother, just one good advice: just save some money, don't buy a
new audio cd this and next week, take the bus instead of a taxi for
just one week, don't buy french fries but make a healthy slice of bread
and butter this month - and buy *both* these terrific games. They are
top of the bill in mahjong computer games. The animations, the graphics
and the music of HKMJ4W are great - and now you even get Chinese
Official as a free extra! FourWinds 2.0 is somewhat less beautiful -
imho - but you can add the faces of your friends, mother-in-law or
Brigitte Bardot, and even their voices; and it can play against you
against with almost any ruleset you like. Don't choose, buy them both.
They are incredibly cheap. And: they are worth it.
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