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Ishidó: The Way of Stones
About this game
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. Producer was Brad Fregger, and Brodie Lockard (the designer of the Shanghai computer game) contributed with graphics. "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."
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Game facts
Release date
Apr 13, 1988
Developer
Software Resources International
Publisher
ASCII Corporation, Accolade, Fujitsu Interactive, Hiro Co., Ltd.
Platforms
Family Computer Disk System, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series, Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, MSX
Genres
Puzzle, Strategy
Themes
Party
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
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