January 24, 2007, Burgundy, France - Independent game and software developer, Midori, has announced the release of a new Mahjong game called, "Smack Mahjong," made for Mac OS X as well as for Windows.

In an effort to build upon its growing series, "Smack games" Midori has released a new downloadable game for Mac and PC gamers. Inspired by classic and favorite games of all time, the Smack series continues with Mahjong this time around and takes the beautiful game tiles from the ancient game of Mahjong and puts them into the popular solitaire matching tile game that everyone is familiar with. Smack version includes three different tile designs to choose from: the classic white tiles, a black tile set for expert players, and an alphabet set especially designed for little children who want to take part in the Smack Mahjong action.

Smack Mahjong features relaxing music to accompany game play, more than 50 layouts to play and an in-game editor so that gamers can create/design their own tile layouts.

For more information and to download a free demo version of Smack Mahjong, visit the Midori website at the following address: http://www.midoritech.com

Smack Mahjong is available for $19.95.