Mahjong Solitaire

Mobigloo has now updated Mahjong Solitaire, as of January 21, 2011, and they changed the method of maneuvering around the layout. The navigation is now from tile to tile, which makes the game a lot more enjoyable to play. And if you hold down your directional button you can almost fly across the layout to reach tiles you want. This great improvement has resulted in my rating being upgraded to 5-Stars. If you already have this game, and you are happy with the navigation, then you may not want to update to the new version. But trust me, this new navigation is a whole lot better! My original review, minus the mention of the previously non-intuitive navigation, is below....._________________________________________REVIEW:This is an excellent version of Mahjong for the Kindle.This is the typical game of Mahjong that just about everyone knows and has played. There are two different sets of tiles you can use. The normal set makes the game a little tougher, as the tiles are harder to differentiate since they are not in color. The easier set of tiles simply has numbers or letters on them. I would suggest this set when first playing the game, until you get comfortable with playing on a Kindle.....then move to the tougher set of tiles.There are ten layouts available, and it's a pretty good selection. Each layout will provide you with an endless supply of possible games. There is also a "Fastest Times" list that will show you your best time on each layout completed.You can shuffle the tiles if you get stuck, up to three times per game. You can also ask for a hint up to three times per game. In addition, you can undo your moves as often as you want.If you like Mahjong then I definitely recommend this game. It looks great on a Kindle, as do most games, and it's a great break from reading.

Buying a Kindle was definitely the best idea ever. Not only can I read books, newpapers, magazines and blogs, I can now play all of my favorite word and puzzle games on my Kindle as well. New games for Kindle appear almost on a daily basis, so there is always something new and fun to experiment with. I love Mahjong but for some reason I was convinced that a version of this game that would work well on my 2nd generation Kindle could never be developed. I am extremely happy to have been proven wrong. Mahjong Solitaire is great!The graphics are beautiful. Every tile is very distinct. I only play the traditional version because that's what I'm used to. Still, even though there are no colors, I have no problem distinguishing the tiles. During the first couple of games one needs to figure out how to move the pointer to reach the tiles you need, but then you get the hang of it very fast and it becomes very easy to play. There are 10 different layouts to experiment with, so the game never gets boring.In short, the Kindle version of Mahjong Solitaire is as good as any on-line version I have ever found but it has the added advantage of always being easily accessed on my Kindle.

This is an interesting game that could still use some improvements. Specifically, (1) the screen image moves slower than the controller inputs, so it's easy to overshoot your target and select the wrong tile; (2) Occasionally with some of the formats, a section of tiles becomes unreachable, at least for a period of time, so that you cannot complete the moves you would like to make; (3) Sometimes, the controller reacts oddly -- if you overshoot to the left, for example, by one tile, correcting to the right by one tile doesn't always fix the problem, but instead sends the cursor in a different direction; (4) The game includes a "Record time" screen for each of the 10 game layouts. For reasons unknown, two of the ten now show that a game was completed in 1 second, and another in 9 seconds -- obviously impossible -- but there doesn't seem to be any way to cancel out the time log and start over with new record times. (Average time to complete a game is 13-16 minutes, depending upon the tile layout.)Later update: The scorekeeping is weird. Occasionally a fast time that's been recorded just disappears from the list and is replaced by a different time. In addition, most of the game scores are now shown as just a couple of seconds - and these erroneous phantom scores never seem to disappear or get replaced by real numbers. There doesn't appear to be any way to reset the score times and start over.Other than these issues, the game has variety and interest, and can be a great and addictive time waster --

I'm not a huge game player, and I didn't really see the need for anything besides books on my Kindle. But, when I saw this app, I couldn't resist. Love it. I used to have a mahjong app on my old PPC that I played for hours, and this one easily fills that spot.* I'm very near-sighted, but haven't had problems reading the tiles or seeing the screen. The resolution is crisp enough for me to see what I'm doing.* Took a few minutes for me to get the hang of moving around and clicking the tiles. Once I got used to it, it works fine.* Like the flexibility to select different layouts.* I thought it was very intuitive from the start. I pretty much opened it up and started playing.It's a fantastic game, especially when you consider the price.