Ports and Sequels
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| MegaTech | 88% |
Many sequels and spinoffs were produced: Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (arcade), Columns III: Revenge of Columns (Mega Drive), Columns '97 (Arcade and Saturn), Sakura Taisen Hanagumi Taisen Columns 1 and 2 (Saturn and Dreamcast), and many compilations and re-releases (Columns Arcade Collection on the Saturn, Sega Ages vol 07: Columns on the PS2) as well. Because Columns was made by Sega, versions were made available on the Sega Master System, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Gear, Saturn, and Dreamcast. Additional versions of the game have also been made available on TurboGrafx-16, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation 2. The Game Boy Color version was specifically called Columns GB: Osamu Tezuka Characters. It featured many of his characters such as Kimba and Astroboy and also featured slightly less known characters such as Unico.
Columns has been cloned many times on different computers. There was an Amiga clone, released by Avesoft, called Coloris. There is also an online Java game heavily based on it called Yahoo! towers, which allows up to eight players to compete against each other. An unofficial ZX Spectrum version was made by Russian coders Piter in 1991 The Pelican VG Pocket offers a clone called "Jewel Master" that adds the ability to rotate columns horizontally like Super Columns.
On November 7, 2006, Columns was released as part of the game Sega Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 2 and later on another release of Sega Genesis Collection for the PlayStation Portable. On December 4, 2006 Columns was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console for 800 Wii Points. It is also included on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Most recently the game was ported to iOS by Sega. It comes in a package deal from the App Store along with a version of Puyo Pop for $5.
In 1999, developers Marigul reprogrammed a Super Famicom version of Columns with a Versus Mode that features different music, characters and game play similar to the original and was released by Media Factory.
Jewelpet: The Glittering Magical Jewel Box (ジュエルペット キラキラ魔法の宝石箱, Juerupetto: Kirakira Mahō no Hōseki-bako?), an arcade game based on the Jewelpet franchise can be considered a spiritual sequel to the series as it has the same gameplay as Columns.
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