Install Steam. Your Store Your Store. Categories Categories. Special Sections. Player Support. Community Hub. Go back in time to a bygone civilization: the ancient world of Phoenicia. There you will play a simple and captivating game where sparkling, rainbow-coloured jewels drop one after another.
According to the ancient merchants, by arranging three or more of the same jewels horizontally, vertically or diagonally, you shall perform miracles. All Reviews:. Popular user-defined tags for this product:. Is this game relevant to you? Sign In or Open in Steam. Languages :. Publisher: SEGA. Colored objects gradually fall from the top of the screen, and you have to arrange them in patterns at the bottom of the screen to make them disappear. The longer you can keep the objects from piling up to the top of the screen, the longer the game lasts and the more points you score.
But unlike the variety of geometric shapes that descend in Tetris, the falling objects in Columns are all the same shape — vertical columns made of three colored blocks. You can't rotate these objects as you can in Tetris, but you can change the position of the colored blocks within each column. And unlike Tetris, your goal isn't to form unbroken horizontal rows across the bottom of the screen, but rather to form matching rows of colored blocks.
When you line up three or more blocks of the same color vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, they disappear and you get points. If any blocks are stacked atop the ones that disappeared, they'll fall downward to fill the gaps. Sometimes this triggers a chain reaction — new rows of matching blocks are formed, then disappear, thus causing more blocks to fall, and so forth. There's also a "wild card" column that eliminates all blocks of whatever color it lands on.
Basically, that's it. Columns does offer a few variations on the standard game, though. Two people can play simultaneously, and another mode lets you race against a timer while trying to uncover a flashing block buried beneath regular blocks at the bottom of the screen. Perhaps the best new feature of Columns is the background music. You can choose from three different tunes, all much better than the average videogame soundtrack.
In short, Columns holds few surprises. It won't win any points for massive originality, but if you want to play Tetris on your Genesis, this is as close as you're likely to get. The smash Japanese arcade hit is being translated for the Genesis system. Similar in concept to Tetris, in Columns you must match up colors rather than shapes. Match three of the same color horizontally, vertically or diagonally and they disappear. Match up four and get big bonus points. If you don't like the order of the colors in the block which is falling you can change the order in which they appear.
Play alone or against a friend. Sega is bringing out a Tetris-like falling piece puzzle game. In this, all of the pieces are the same shape. On each piece though, there are three jewels and each jewel could be one of several different colors. As the piece falls you can change the order of the colors. When you match up at least three of the same color either horizontally, vertically or diagonally the jewels disappear and the remaining pieces fall downward.
The 8-Bit version of Columns misses in several areas. While the game itself does induce the Tetris-like falling puzzle game, the shapes are too small. The game is also much too easy. Both are minor shortcomings that detract from a good design. Most puzzle games aren't memory hogs. The Genesis version is only 1 meg and why Sega couldn't make a nice looking SMS version is beyond me. Still worth trying if you don't have a Genesis. Columns is a great game on the Genesis and in the arcades but the SMS version is lacking in graphics and game play.
The gems are way too small and the colors seem to blur together making it difficult to play. Not bad, but not great. What is already a small playfield has been further deduces to the point of no return!
I really like this game! Just not this version! A great coin-op game, but suffers here due to poor execution! Many say that there was an ancient Phoenician game where six kinds of exotic jewels fell from the sky. When three or more of the same kind of jewel were lined up, they would magically disappear. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search.
Press ESC to cancel. Skip to content Columns. Home October 31 Columns. This is some gorgeous, eye-catching art for an innocuous puzzle game. Sucks to be purple. But all I have is a D-pad! Yes, yes I have. The orange gems look a lot like raviolis.
There were no survivors. A rare magical moment. Frustration for the whole family. No Greco-Roman imagery in this version. The European Game Gear logo is the tops. What is that grey mass supposed to be? Dylan Cornelius October 31, November 26, Dylan Cornelius Posts created Previous Article Ghostbusters.
Next Article 3D Museum. Ah, the surface of the Death Star! I like it. And so it shall be forevermore. I agree with your review — Columns is an average game that is easy to port and repackage so SEGA will re-issue it every generation see also; Altered Beast I have the Steam version; I like it, but it never holds my attention for more than 5 mins.
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