Shanghai: Triple-Threat

Shanghai: The Great Wall is a computer version of Mahjong solitaire involving tile matching.^[8]

Shanghai: Triple-Threat was co-developed by American company Activision and Japanese company Success as part of the Shanghai series. A multiplatform project, Success was involved in all nine versions of Triple-Threat.^[9] The game was first released on the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer in North America and Japan in December 1994.^[1][2] A Sega Saturn version was also released in both regions in 1995: February for Japan and September for North America.^[4][5] Between 1994 and 1996, Japan exclusively saw conversions to X68000, FM Towns, PC-98, PC-FX, PlayStation, Super Famicom, and arcade.^{[3][7][10][11][12]} Activision published the North American releases. All distribution in Japan was handled by either Sunsoft or Electronic Arts Victor except for the PlayStation and PC-FX versions which were done by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and ASK Kodansha respectively. According to Activision producer Tom Sloper, Activision submitted a request for the PlayStation edition to be released in North America but SCE rejected it. Sloper insisted that, at the time, casual games like Shanghai were often reserved for personal computers and Sony did not want such titles on their new console.^[13]

In Japan, Game Machine listed Shanghai: Triple-Threat on their September 15, 1995 issue as being the eleventh most-successful arcade game of the month.^[11] Next Generation gave the 3DO version three stars out of five, and called it "very solitary, but incredibly absorbing".^[8]