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Columns

Shapes and Columns

1990Main GameReleasedSide view
PuzzleStrategy

Summary:

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.

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Ratings:

IGDB

6.7

HowLongToBeat

6.3

HowLongToBeat:

Main story
1h
Main + extra
4h
Completionist
16h
Vs.
12h

Achievements:

RA
RetroAchievementsGenesis/Mega Drive
24
RA
RetroAchievementsPC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
15

External pages:

Links:

sega.comen.wikipedia.org

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Details

Companies:

Tec Toy, Marigul Management, Media Factory, Shin-Nihon Laser Soft Co., Ltd., Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Sega, Telenet Japan, Telenet Japan

Franchises:

Columns

Game modes:

Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Themes:

Fantasy, Educational

Languages:

English

Age ratings:

CERO: A, PEGI: 3, CLASS_IND: L, ESRB: E

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Release dates

Mar 01, 1990: Unknown platform (Japan)

Jun 01, 1990: Unknown platform (North America)

Jun 30, 1990: Unknown platform (Japan)

Aug 01, 1990: Unknown platform (Europe)

Sep 01, 1990: Unknown platform (North America)

Dec 1990: Unknown platform (Japan)

Feb 01, 1991: Unknown platform (Europe)

Mar 29, 1991: Unknown platform (Japan)

Oct 16, 1991: Unknown platform (Japan)

Aug 01, 1999: Unknown platform (Japan)

Dec 02, 2006: Unknown platform (Japan)

Dec 04, 2006: Unknown platform (North America)

Dec 15, 2006: Unknown platform (Europe)

Sep 13, 2010: Unknown platform (Worldwide)

Sep 13, 2010: Unknown platform (Worldwide)

Sep 13, 2010: Unknown platform (Worldwide)

Multiplayer

Splitscreen, Offline players: 2