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Famimaga Disk Vol. 1: Hong Kong

Overview

Hong Kong, or Famimaga Disk Vol. 1: Hong Kong, is a Shanghai variant in which players must remove specified tiles from a pattern. The player can select which pattern (from pyramids and hourglasses to more complex designs) from which to draw tiles as well as inputting a three letter code which offers several thousand possible combinations of the tiles within that pattern.

Rather than removing tiles in pairs on the edge of the pattern in order to access buried tiles, as is the norm in Shanghai, the player can select any tile on the board as long as it corresponds to the tile the game requests. However, points are scored based on how many other tiles surround the selected tile: A maximum of 320 points are awarded for tiles completely surrounded on all six sides by other tiles. Any tiles that aren't "standing" on at least one other tile will fall off the board causing a premature game over: players need to balance earning points by removing entrenched tiles while ensuring that no tile will fall off the table as a result of the removal.

Because the game is not a true version of Shanghai it is named after another Chinese city - Hong Kong - instead.

Developers
Onion Software
Publishers
Tokuma Shoten
Genre
Puzzle
Alternate Names
No information available
Wikipedia
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Media

Box - 3D

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Japan -  456 x 533
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Famimaga Disk Vol. 1: Hong Kong - Box - 3D (Japan) - 324x455
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Box - Back

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Japan -  470 x 371

Box - Front

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Japan -  470 x 481

Cart - Front

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Japan -  613 x 261

Clear Logo

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Japan -  600 x 261

Fanart - Disc

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Screenshot - Game Title

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Japan -  256 x 224

Screenshot - Gameplay

Famimaga Disk Vol. 1: Hong Kong - Screenshot - Gameplay (Japan) - 256x224
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