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Play Shanghai Advance (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
Shanghai Advance
Play Shanghai Advance online on GBA, match exposed mahjong tiles, clear Silk Road layouts and test your route planning in Classic Shanghai and Time Attack modes.
Browser play
Game Boy Advance (GBA) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Shanghai Advance
Quick start
Press START, choose Classic Shanghai, then the single-player option and the first stop on the Silk Road map. Remove a pair of matching tiles only when each tile has no tile on top and at least one open side. Work between the top layer and outer edges so every pair exposes more choices instead of creating an early dead end. Clear the entire layout to finish; restart if no legal pair remains. Once comfortable, try Time Attack or the link-cable Communication Shanghai mode. This is the 2001 Sunsoft release, not the later Minna no Soft Series game.
Controls
D-pad moves the cursor across tiles and menus. A confirms and selects the first or second tile of a pair. B clears the current selection or returns to the previous screen. START opens the in-game menu. Only a tile with an uncovered top and at least one free side can be selected. Use the labelled menu for hints or a restart; no undocumented L/R shortcut is asserted.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · gba
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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