The Mah Jongg Corner
Welcome to The Mah Jongg Corner. This is the place where
you can find programs, tilesets, and information related to
tile-matching games. It is my hope that this web site will attract, as a
minimum, those folks who have created tilesets for Nels Anderson's
Mah Jongg game. Look around and see if there is anything you want
to take with you. The centerpiece of this website is the Windows-based
program Tileman. You can download this program here. Take a copy of it
and see what you think. It's freeware, so what have you got to lose?
What's New
From time to time I update this website with new tilesets and other
things so if you've been here before and are curious if there's anything new
since your last visit, here's a quick way to find out.
New Stuff
Tile Matching Programs
There are a number of programs that have as their
main theme the matching of pairs of tiles with the object to eliminate
all the pairs. Currently, this web site is dedicated only to those games
that are based on the ancient game of Mah Jongg but it does not include
the now popular game by the same name which is played interactively over
the internet.The 3 games showcased here, Mah Jongg, Mah Jongg for
Windows, and Solitile are all played the same way but each has unique
features and that is what makes playing each game interesting and
enjoyable.
Mah Jongg by Nels Anderson This is one of
the oldest, and most popular of the tile-matching game programs. It is a
DOS based program but will run nicely in full screen under any of the
versions of Windows. The last version of the program that I know of is
4.2 dated 09/01/94. The program has several options to allow customizing
the game to the user's own tastes. A tile-making program is included
which allows players to make custom tilesets for themselves and to share
with other players. Many tilesets (Mah Jongg tilesets have extension TIL)
have been made by players of the game. How many, I do not know, but my
collection numbers 791 sets. Some of these files are available to those
who have registered my TileFile Manager program. Click here to download
Mah Jongg Ver 4.2 Be sure to visit Nels
Anderson's web site and checkout his latest games. Here is the URL
for his web site:
http://www.flightsim.com/arcanum/
Mah Jongg for Windows by Ron
Balewski
This program is a windows based version of the
program MJVGA30 by the same author. It uses the basic layout of Mah Jongg
but runs under Windows with its own style of tilesets. Whereas Mah Jongg
was programmed to accomodate EGA and other low resolution monitor types,
MJVGA, as the name suggests, was programmed to support the VGA graphics
mode. Mah Jongg for Windows (packaged as MJ4WIN) uses tilesets with the
extension TIS. TIS tilesets are twice as large as TIL tilesets.Like
Mah Jongg, MJVGA30 includes a tile-making program but MJ4WIN does not. I
have over 100 of the TIS type tilesets. How many TIS type tilesets there
are out there, I have no idea, but I suspect it's not much more than
100. Click here to download Mah Jongg for Windows
Ver 1.0 You can also download it from Ron Balewski's web site:
http://www.ronsshareware.com/
Solitile by Everett
Kaser
Solitile, like Mah Jongg, is a DOS based program, and
like Mah Jongg, it runs beautifully under all versions of Windows. One
outstanding feature of Solitile, is the layout editor with which players
can make there own tile arrangements. It is quite easy to do and fun to
see how easy or hard it is to win with your own layout. Solitile also
features selectable board background images as well as background music.
Solitile also has a built-in tile editor for making tilesets or for
converting Mah Jongg style tilesets to Solitile (.STL) tilesets. The last
version of Solitile (for DOS) is 3.58 dated 04/10/94. Click here to
download Solitile Ver 3.58Update:Solitile Version 5.1 is now available at the author's site below:
Be sure to visit Everett Kaser's web site and discover all the other great
games that he has created. http://www.kaser.com
Tileman by James Gray
This is not a game but rather a support program for the three games
described above. In addition to launching one of the three programs,
passing it the file name of a tileset, it sets user-selected game
options, and creates and manages compressed tilesets. It was developed
to facilitate the use of the many tilesets available for the three
games. The program is freeware and is available for download here.
Currently, the ZIP file is just over 700 Kbytes. Download
the latest version of Tileman: Tileman.zip
If you register the program (just filling out a short form), you will
have access to my tilesets.
Mah Jongg Tilemakers
Over the years, there have been many (at least 800 I think) beautiful,
clever, artistic, original tilesets created by fans of the game of Mah
Jongg. I would like to honor those folks who so proudly placed their
name in the tilesets they created, by listing their names and the
tilesets they created. See how some people, like Penny Cornelius, have
outdone themselves by the sheer number of tiles they have created! Click
on this link and see my gallery of tilemaker stars! Mah Jongg Tilemakers
List of Mah Jongg Tilesets
And now, here it is! The list you have all waited for--The list of all
the tilesets that have been made for Mah Jongg! Oh Sure! How do I know
(how does anyone really know?) how many TIL tilesets have been created?
Of the 800+ sets that I have, about one fourth of them did not contain
the tilemakers name! In future, if I get enough support, I will list
those tileset names and see if the tilemakers come forward to claim
their ownership. Here's the link to the page that contains the list. List of Mah Jongg Tilesets If you want any of
these tilesets, you need to do two things, register my Tileman program
and send me a list of the tilesets you want. I will then send you those
tilesets and give you a password to access other tilesets. Note: I will
not honor any lists that say "All", "A to Z", etc (hehehe).
List of Mah Jongg for Windows
Tilesets
The number of tilesets for MJWIN is much fewer than
for Mah Jongg, but they are beautiful, nonetheless. There are gaps in
the numbers and I don't know if this means that they are missing or
just never created. Which makes me wonder how the assignment of "V"
numbers was controlled. I think I even assigned some V numbers to TIS
files that had no V numbers. Here is the list:
MJWIN Tilesets Can you fill in any of the missing numbers?
Mah Jongg/Solitile Board Layouts
There are a few files that determine the configuration of
the tilesets when a game is played. Mah Jongg refers to these as board
arrangements and identifies them with the BRD file extension. Solitile
refers to them as layouts and gives them the extension LYT. Mah Jongg
for Windows has no provisionfor changing the board configuration. If you have
any that are not on my list, please email them to me and I will include
them in this web page. Click here to see the
list of board layouts.
Register Tileman for Windows
If you have tried my TileFile Manager and would like to receive
additional benefits related to the 3 games, take a few minutes and fill
in this form, send it by pressing in Submit button, and I will email you
a password so that you may receive these benefits. The information you
enter will only be used by me to determine the effectiveness of this web
site and the Tileman program. Click here to
bring up the form.
File Download
As an incentive to register my Tileman program and to extend the
pleasure of playing the games, I am making available several files for
downloading. Some of these files are available no place else. You will
have to have the correct password in order to bring up the page
containing the links to the files. If you enter the password incorrectly
3 times, it will kick you back here. One other thing, you will have to
be running a browser that understands Javascript 1.0 or higher and
Javascript must be enabled in the browser--otherwise, nothing will
happen. Click here to go to password page.
Free Solitaire Card Game
Explore this variation of the popular Free Cell solitaire card game. I
call it Joker Free Cell because I introduce 2 jokers into the game to allow
players to "cheat" their way to a winning game if the situation looks
hopeless. I wrote this game as a means of learning how to use a dynamic
link library (DLL) that assists in the writing of card games. Click here
to download Joker Free Cell .
That's All for now, Folks, Stay Tuned For New
Developments
Last Updated 8/20/2008