Shisen-Sho

Shisen-Sho computer game, running on KDE 4.0.5

Shisen-Sho (四川省, Shisenshō; "Sichuan Province"), sometimes referred to as 'Shisen', 'Four Rivers' or simply 'Rivers,' is a Japanese tile-based game which uses Mahjong tiles, and is similar to Mahjong solitaire. The objective of the game is to match similar tiles in pairs until every tile has been removed from the playing field. Numerous computer based versions of the game have been developed.

Rules

Player choose a pair of identical tiles to connect, and the connection path must not exceed two turns. If the requirements are met, two tiles will be eliminated. The player's task is to eliminate all the tiles on the board. The game is over if future moves are not possible and tiles are left on the board, or the player successfully removes all the tiles.^[1]

Since there is only one of each flower and season mahjong tiles, flowers are normally matched with each other, and seasons are normally matched with each other.^[2]

List of Shishen-Sho video games

List of Shishen-Sho of video games

Name	Year	Platform(s)	Adult
Dragon Punch	1989	Arcade	Yes
Sports Match	1989	Arcade	No
Shisen-Sho: Joshiryo-hen/Match It	1989	Arcade	Yes (Japanese version only)
Shisen-Sho	1990	MS-DOS	No
Lin Wu's Challenge	1990	Amiga OCS, Atari ST	No
	1991	MS-DOS	No
Shisen-Sho - Match-Mania	1990	Game Boy	No
Shisen-Sho II	1992	MS-DOS	No
Shisen-Sho II/Match It II	1993	Arcade	Yes
Shisen-Sho 2000	1997	Windows	No
Super Shisen-Sho 2001	2001	Windows	No
KAWAI连连看2	2002	Windows	No
KAWAI连连看2003	2003	Windows	No
KAWAI连连看2004	2004	Windows	No
KAWAI连连看2005	2005	Windows	No
Shisen Sho Mahjong Connect	2018	Android, iOS	No
Shisensho Solitaire	2019	Windows	No
Shisen-Sho Nikakudori	2020	Nintendo Switch	No
Pretty Girls Rivers	2021	Windows	Yes

Images

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  Shisen-Sho starting board
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  Connected by one line segment
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  Connected by three line segments
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  Connected by two line segments
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  Connected by three line segments

See also

• Mahjong tiles
• Mahjong solitaire
• Mahjong

References

1. https://www.coololdgames.com/tile-games/mahjong/shisen-sho/ Shisen-Sho – Rules and How to Play this Mahjong Game
2. "The Shisen-Sho Handbook" (PDF).

External links

• Shisen Sho - an open source version written in Seed7