Mahjong Game Manual

# Game Manual

### Installation

Run the installation program by clicking on the installation icon. Follow the directions on screen. If you don't know where the installation program is on your hard drive, you will have to figure this out yourself because there is no way we could know where the program lurks on your system.

### Starting the Program

Navigate to the program’s folder and double-click on it’s icon. You may also find the program's icon by clicking on the Start button, selection the "Programs" group, and looking for the program group. If you are not familiar with how to find and run programs on your computer, please consult your Windows™ 95/98 instruction manual!

### Game Menus

During the demo mode, hit any key, or move the mouse or joystick to bring up the menu. To hide the menu, either wait a while, or hit the key. When a menu item is highlighted, hit the spacebar or to select that item, or hit the appropriate fire button on your mouse or joystick. While a game is in progress, you can bring up the menu at any time by hitting the 'Esc' key on your keyboard. The 'Play' option will now be a 'Quit Game' option, allowing you to abort a game in progress at any time.

### Starting a Game

To start, choose ‘Play’ from the main menu with the arrow keys and select using the spacebar on your keyboard, or use the mouse or joystick and hit the appropriate fire button.

### Game Play

The object of Mahjong Solitaire is to remove pairs of tiles from the board that have the same face or belong to the same suit, in the case of 'seasons' and 'flowers' on the traditional mahjong tile set, until the board is empty. To remove a matching pair of tiles, first click on one tile and then click on a second identical tile. Only tiles that have no tile on top and at least one of the long sides of the tile exposed (not adjacent to another tile) can be removed. Try to remove all of the tiles if you can!!

### Controls

The mouse, keyboard, or joystick can be used to control the in-game cursor. Remember the in game cursor (which looks like a blue bamboo) is different from the normal Windows based cursor. You can't click on Window controls using the in-game cursor. Hit the 'Alt' key on your keyboard to bring up the normal Windows cursor at any time to do things like resize the game window. Use the in-game cursor to play the game and access the game menus
Arrow keys: Move in-game cursor
Spacebar: Select (with in-game cursor)
Enter key: Select current menu item
The mouse and joystick's buttons may also be used for selecting with the in-game cursor.

### On-Screen Buttons

There are 3 buttons on the left-hand side of the screen during gameplay.

Undo: |  | Go back a move.
Info: |  | Game statistics.
Hint: |  | Show an available move.

### Keyboard Commands

Arrows: Move In-Game Cursor
Space: Select or click

Enter: Select menu item
Esc: Menu On/Off
P: Pause/Unpause
1,2,3,4: Resize screen
F1: Help
F2: Music on/off
F3: Sound on/off
F4: Window/Fullscreen toggle (software mode only)
Alt-F4: Exit
F9: Save screen-shot
F10: Get Windows cursor
Alt: Get Windows cursor

### Hints & Tips

Try to remove first the tiles that block the most pieces, like the topmost tile and the end tiles.

If you can get to all 4 versions of a tile, remove all 4 from the board to simplify the layout.

Remember you can mix and match some of the 'special' tiles, such as the flowers and seasons.

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