Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye (1990, Windows 3.x/Mac) takes the serene logic of mahjong solitaire and wraps it in a calm, almost meditative presentation. Tiles stack in intricate patterns, daring you to find matching pairs before you run out of options and patience. The “Dragon’s Eye” mode adds a narrative twist, but the real star is the puzzle design itself—clean, methodical, quietly devious. It’s the sort of game you boot up for a quick session and then realize an hour has vanished. There’s no frantic timer breathing down your neck, just the steady satisfaction of clearing a board piece by piece. It’s elegant, soothing, and sneakily absorbing.