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'' Columns'' (also called '' Jewels'') is a computer puzzle game puzzle arcade game and video game consoleconsole game with many similarities to ''Tetris'', which was released by Sega in 1990.
Description - The game takes place inside a tall well-shaped playing area, as in ''Tetris''. Columns of three different symbols (such as differently-colored jewels) appear, one at a time, at the top of the well and fall to the bottom, landing either on the floor or on top of previously-fallen columns.Whilst a column is falling, the player can move it left and right, and can also cycle the positions of the symbols within it.If, after a column has fallen, there are three or more of the same symbols connected in a straight line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, those symbols disappear. The pile of columns then settles under gravity. If this causes three or more other systems to become aligned, they also disappear and the pile settles again. This process repeats as many times as necessary. It is not uncommon for this to happen three or four times in a row - it often happens by accident when the well is becoming crowded.Like ''Tetris'', the columns fall faster and faster as the player progresses. The goal of the game is to play for as long as possible before the well fills up with symbols.
Ports and sequels - Two sequelsequels were produced titled ''Columns II: The Voyage Through Time'' and ''Columns III: Revenge of Columns''. Because ''Columns'' was made by Sega, versions were made available on the Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega Game GearGame Gear, Sega SaturnSaturn, and Sega DreamcastDreamcast. Additional versions of the game have also been made available on TurboGrafx-16, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation 2.As with ''Tetris'', ''Columns'' has been cloned many times on different computers. There was an Amiga clone called ''Squigs'', and there is also an online Java programming languageJava game heavily based on it called ''Yahoo! towers'', which allows up to eight players to compete against each other.
Music - One of the most recognizable songs in ''Columns'' is called Clotho, presumably after the GreeceGreek flavor of some of the game's art.
External links - klov.com - KLOV entry for ColumnsCategory:1990 computer and video gamesCategory:Arcade gamesCategory:1990 arcade gamesCategory:Puzzle computer and video gamesCategory:Sega Genesis gamesCategory:Game Gear gamesCategory:Sega Master System gamesCategory:Sega gamesCategory:PlayStation 2 gamesCategory:Sega CD gamesCategory:Sega Saturn gamesCategory:Dreamcast gamesCategory:Game Boy Color gamesCategory:Game Boy Advance !gamesfr:Columnsja:コラムス
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