Columns (computer game)
| Columns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | Sega | ||
| Publisher | Sega | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1990 | ||
| genre | Skill game | ||
| Game mode | Up to 2 players at the same time | ||
| control | 8-way joystick ; 1 button | ||
| casing | default | ||
| Arcade system | Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 9 MHz) Sound chips: YM3438, SN76496 |
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| monitor | Raster resolution 320 × 224, color palette: 2048 | ||
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Columns (pronounced columns from the Latin columna for " pillars ") is an arcade game that was developed by Sega and published in 1990. The game has similarities with Tetris . In Germany, the Sega Game Gear , comparable to Nintendo's marketing of the Game Boy together with Tetris, was delivered in the standard version with columns.
Game description
As in Tetris, the playing field consists of a rectangle in which the player arranges various pieces. He can also throw stones out of the game through certain assignments. The game ends if a stone touches the top edge of the rectangle.
There are differences in the way the game pieces work: They do not form different shapes, nor can they be rotated by the player (in "Super Columns" for Game Gear , however, rotation is possible). Each of these rows ("Columns") has three blocks (each represented in the game as a gem ), which are chosen on a random basis from six different ones. By moving the pieces horizontally and changing the order of the individual blocks, the player must try to create any row of at least three identical blocks in order to remove them from the playing field.
Part of the stimulus is a combo system (comparable to a chain reaction ). By removing blocks, it is possible for others to move up and again form a row of three identical blocks.
Ports
- Sega Game Gear (1990)
- Sega Master System (1990)
- Sega Mega Drive (1990)
- MSX2 (1990, Telenet Japan )
- PC Engine (1991)
- Sega Saturn (1997) in Columns Arcade Collection
- PlayStation 2 (2003) in SEGA Ages 2500 Vol. 7
- PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (2009) in SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
- Game Gear Micro (October 6, 2020)
successor
- Columns II - The Voyage Through Time (Arcade, 1990)
- Flash Columns (Game Gear, 1995, included in the "Sega Game Pack 4 in 1" module)
- Columns III - Revenge of Columns (Arcade, 1993; Mega Drive, 1994)
- Stack Columns (Arcade, 1994; Saturn, 1997)
- Super columns (Game Gear, 1995)
- Columns '97 (Arcade, 1996; Saturn, 1997)
- Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (Arcade, 1997; Saturn, 1997)
- Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 ( Sega Dreamcast , 2000)
- Columns Crown ( Game Boy Advance , 2002)
Web links
- Columns at MobyGames (English)
- Columns in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Columns in the generation-msx.nl database
- ↑ Tiny anniversary: Sega announces "Game Gear Micro" | Blick - Games. In: look. Retrieved June 4, 2020 .