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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (コラムス) is a puzzle game created by Jay Geertsen in 1989. The rights were sold to [[Sega]] in 1990, who brought the game to the [[sega:Sega System C|Sega System C]] arcade board, with its subsequent success seeing the game released on a wide variety of platforms.
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[[Telenet Japan]] produced a licensed port to the [[PC Engine]] in 1991, with subsequent ports to the [[PC-8801]] and [[PC-9801 UV]] handled by [[SystemSoft]] as ''[[Columns Taisen Mode Tsuki]]''.
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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (コラムス) is a puzzle game.
 
  
 
==Magazine articles==
 
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==Physical scans==
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===ROM dump status===
 
===ROM dump status===
 
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Latest revision as of 03:42, 29 April 2024

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Columns PCE title.png

Columns
System(s): PC Engine
Publisher: Laser Soft
Developer:
Licensor: Sega
Developer(s) of original games: Sega
Original system(s): Arcade (Sega System C)
Peripherals supported:


COM Cable
Genre: Puzzle































Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
PC Engine
JP
¥6,4006,400 TJ03002
Non-NEC versions

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Columns (コラムス) is a puzzle game created by Jay Geertsen in 1989. The rights were sold to Sega in 1990, who brought the game to the Sega System C arcade board, with its subsequent success seeing the game released on a wide variety of platforms.

Telenet Japan produced a licensed port to the PC Engine in 1991, with subsequent ports to the PC-8801 and PC-9801 UV handled by SystemSoft as Columns Taisen Mode Tsuki.

Magazine articles

Main article: Columns/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PC Engine, JP
Columns PCE HuCard JP back.jpgColumns PCE HuCard JP Spine.jpgColumns PCE JP Box Front.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
PC Engine
 ?
CRC32 99f7a572
MD5 a3a1be9fc3baef5e7bc6554962aea55b
SHA-1 238f9ee6cc80b31c5c93a4f43281e690200bdea3
128kB Card (JP)

References

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