ishido the way of stones

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    Ishido: The Way of Stones is a puzzle video game released in 1990 by Accolade and developed by Publishing International. It was designed by Michael Feinberg and programmed by Ian Gilman and Michael Sandige. The game's producer was Brad Fregger, and Brodie Lockard (the designer of the Shanghai computer game) contributed with graphics.


    Gameplay


    Ishido is a puzzle board game consisting of a set of 72 stones and a game board of 96 squares.
    Every stone has two attributes: a color and a symbol. There are six colors and six symbols in each stone set, thus creating 36 unique stones. Since each stone comes in a pair, there are therefore 72 stones in each stone set.
    The primary objective of Ishido is to place all 72 stones onto the board of 96 squares. The challenge arises because stones must be placed adjacent to others that they match, either by color or symbol. When the board begins to fill up, this objective is not so easily accomplished.
    A valuable move is the 4-way, in which a stone is placed in the midst of four others, two of which are matched by color, and two which are matched by symbol.
    Ishido comes with six differently themed stone sets, five different game boards, and a variety of Oriental chimes and sound effects.


    Release history


    After Epyx failed to publish it for Christmas '89, the original Ishido game was published by Publishing International in a limited edition in a hand-made walnut slip box with disks for Mac and Mac II. The limited edition retailed for $495. Then the following year, 1990, Accolade published the first mass-market version for the Macintosh, with ports to DOS, Amiga, Game Boy, and Sega Genesis in the same year. The Famicom Disk System and Atari Lynx versions were published in 1990 & 1991 respectively. The Microsoft Entertainment Pack contains an adaptation of Ishido called Stones.
    The Genesis port of the game was involved in the copyright trial, Sega v. Accolade.
    A physical board game version of Ishido was published in Japan by ASCII in 1992.


    Reception



    Compute! called the Macintosh version of Ishido "addictive ... a peaceful encounter with an Oriental flavor". The New York Times wrote that it "is one of those deceptively simple games, like Go, that gradually reveal their subtleties ... most engrossing". Computer Gaming World called the game "a remarkably complex entertainment resource, with some pleasant surprises". The magazine liked Ishido's VGA graphics, and concluded that it would please both novice and experienced strategy game players. The Atari Lynx version of the game was reviewed in 1992 in Dragon #181 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars. Entertainment Weekly gave the game a B+.
    Ishido was rated 'Five Mice' by MacUser, which called it a "flawless" strategy game "in the 'a minute to learn, a lifetime to master' tradition" but criticized the limited edition release's price. PC Magazine said the game was simple enough to be almost immediately accessible and enjoyable, yet complex enough to provide hours and hours of challenging play. Reviewing Ishido's re-release in 1995, MacUser gave it 4 out of 5 mice. Macworld named the Macintosh version of Ishido: The Way of Stones the Best Brain Teaser game of 1990, complimenting its need for strategy and "entrancing" graphics, alongside the feature of being able to create custom gamepieces; Macworld put Ishido into their Macintosh Game Hall of Fame.


    Oracle and legend


    Integrated into Ishido is an oracle, a way to ask questions of the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, the I Ching.
    First the user poses a question. Then they meditate upon it while playing the game. When they attain a '4-way' match, Ishido, utilizing the same algorithm as the authentic yarrow stalk method of consulting the oracle, obtains an answer.
    An original translation of the I Ching, which used the Wilhelm/Baynes and Anthony translations as primary sources, was written for the game by Michael Feinberg.
    Ishido came with a 20-page booklet, "The Legend of Ishido". It began:

    One misty spring morning in 1989, in the remote mountains of China's Han Shan province, a Mendicant monk of the Northern School of the White Crane branch of Taoism, walked silently out through the front gates of the Heavenly Peak Temple
    The monk carried a stone board, a set of seventy-two carved stone pieces, and an ancient scroll inscribed with brush and ink in elegant calligraphic script.
    He also carried with him a secret which had lain cloistered and hidden for thousands of years.
    The story was fictional and written by Michael Feinberg. Nevertheless, many believed that Ishido actually was an ancient game, recently re-discovered.


    References




    External links


    Ian Gilman's Ishido page
    Ishido: The Way of Stones at MobyGames
    Ishido: The Way of Stones at Amiga Hall of Light
    Web version on Birrell.org

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Ishido: The Way of Stones - Wikipedia

Ishido: The Way of Stones is a puzzle video game released in 1990 by Accolade and developed by Publishing International. It was designed by Michael Feinberg and programmed by Ian Gilman and Michael Sandige.

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This little known PC version of a popular Japanese board game is similar to Go in that it is easy to learn by hard to master. The object of the game is to fill up the board as much as possible with stones, each of which can be placed only adjacent to a …

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Ishido: The Way of Stones is a puzzle video game developed by Publishing International and published by Accolade in 1990. The game was released for Mac, DOS, Genesis, Lynx, Game Boy, Amiga, Famicom Disk System, FM Towns, MSX2, PC-8801, PC-9801, X68000.

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Immerse yourself in the ancient Japanese game of Ishido: The Way of Stones, available for Sega Genesis. This classic game, released in 1990 by the renowned publisher Accolade, challenges players to match stones with beautiful designs and patterns to earn points. Enjoy fast shipping and the assurance of authentic and tested gameplay.

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Dec 25, 2014 · Ishido is a solitaire board game played with tiles, similar to Shanghai. The objective is to place all of the tiles onto the board and obtain the highest possible score by following specific rules of play.

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In Ishido, players are given an empty 96-tile (12×8) board and must place a series of tiles (or "stones") one-by-one in an attempt to have all 72 stones on the board, where each stone can only be placed based on the color and/or symbol of adjacent stones.

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