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1487:The Rainbow
1309:November 9,
771:Shanghai II
360:Publication
237:multiplayer
171:NEC PC-9801
167:NEC PC-8801
135:Atari 8-bit
119:Amstrad CPC
110:Platform(s)
86:Composer(s)
68:Activision
1508:Categories
1299:"Shanghai"
1076:"Shanghai"
844:References
769:A sequel,
732:Atari Lynx
721:Atari Lynx
374:Atari Lynx
283:Apple IIGS
255:Activision
127:Apple IIGS
53:(Game Boy)
47:Activision
1594:MSX games
1569:DOS games
1455:MobyGames
1059:March 28,
989:March 28,
937:August 5,
904:August 5,
665:declared
659:In 1996,
351:Reception
346:Reception
301:in 1988.
212:July 1986
183:PC Engine
1465:Compute!
1450:Shanghai
1442:Shanghai
1303:Compute!
709:Shanghai
704:Compute!
699:Shanghai
667:Shanghai
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646:Shanghai
379:Atari ST
305:Gameplay
291:Shanghai
263:Atari ST
246:Shanghai
218:Genre(s)
187:Sharp X1
155:Game Boy
151:FM Towns
139:Atari ST
123:Apple II
103:Shanghai
58:(arcade)
27:Shanghai
893:AllGame
812:Sunsoft
779:arcades
775:Sunsoft
750:Reviews
397:AllGame
299:Sunsoft
229:Mode(s)
209:Release
56:Sunsoft
1498:Page 6
1493:Review
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1032:Dragon
873:Dragon
765:Legacy
727:Dragon
714:Dragon
512:Dragon
285:, and
275:MS-DOS
191:X68000
147:MS-DOS
131:Arcade
99:Series
1476:Antic
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592:10/10
480:36/60
475:36/60
369:Amiga
363:Score
259:Amiga
115:Amiga
1311:2013
1284:Info
1265:Info
1129:2013
1061:2018
991:2018
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616:7/10
203:Lynx
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297:by
175:NES
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159:Mac
92:PCE
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