Popular games for franchise Columns
The collection has over 50 retro classics to experience across every genre; arcade action, shooters, beat’em ups, puzzlers, old favourites and hidden gems, with a raft of modern features. These include online multiplayer, achievements, mirror modes, rewind and save states meaning players old and new should find revisiting these great games an absolute Sonic 3D Blast.
Columns is a match-three puzzle video game created by Jay Geertsen in 1989. Early versions of the game were ported across early computer platforms and Atari ST. In 1990, Jay Geertsen sold the rights to Sega, who ported the game to several Sega consoles.
Sega Genesis Collection features over 30 titles including, Altered Beast, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shinobi III, Phantasy Star, and the original Sega Genesis version of Golden Axe. Sega Genesis Collection also features numerous unlockable items that delve into the soul of the Genesis including interviews with the original developers that created the games featured in the collection, a museum area with interesting facts about the games, a hint area to help gamers complete their favorite Sega Genesis games, and Sega arcade games from the Genesis era.
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.
The first Sega Smash Pack was released in 1999 for the PC. It was a compilation of eight emulated Sega classics.
The Arcade Ultimate is a handheld Sega Mega Drive console on a chip created by AtGames. It can be seen as an enhanced version of the Arcade Portable. Like its predecessors, the name of this product is disputed and varies considerably between regions and distributors. While AtGames call it the Arcade Ultimate on their website, most packaging designs call the system the Gopher, with Sega Mega Drive Arcade Ultimate Portable, Sega Genesis Ultimate Portable Game Player, Sega Genesis Firecore Portable Player, and Sega Mega Drive Firecore Portable Player also in use. In Brazil the system is known as the MD Play.
The second pack titled Sega Puzzle Pack (Sega Archives from USA Vol. 2 in Japan) featured three games.
This game is a spin-off of Sakura Taisen and Columns. This was developed by Sega and was released in 1997 for the ST-V arcade board and the Sega Saturn in Japan. The game follows the Sakura Taisen story line and uses Columns gameplay.
The 15 games version of the Arcade Gamer Classic.
In 2002, Sega Smash Pack: Twin Pack was released on PC, and it contained both of the above collections combined. However, the game had issues when it was played on the Windows XP operating system. One of the issues is that when a user plays Sega Smash Pack 1 under XP, Games suddenly quit without error after a certain amount of time.
The LCD version of Columns is an handheld game published by Bandai in 1997 as part of the Mame Game series.
This game is an upgrade of the original 1990 arcade release of Columns. The games were released out of order for some reason — this one was released a few weeks before Volume 6, unless Sega, 3D-Ages, and SCEJ all accidentally switched the dates on both their websites. This game include an "original mode" (which is practically identical to the arcade release) and an updated mode, sporting pre-rendered 2D graphics and various visual and audio upgrades. There is also a versus mode where you can play against the computer, otherwise it is not too dissimilar from the original version.
The Arcade Portable is a handheld Sega Mega Drive console on a chip manufactured by AtGames. It was the second handheld to be produced by AtGames, following the Arcade Gamer Portable, and was bettered by the Arcade Ultimate. Like many of AtGames' products, the true name for this handheld is not known. AtGames' website calls it the Arcade Portable, but the device was renamed by various distributors. Packaging calls it the Mega Drive Portable Video Game Player. The system was manufactured by AtGames who distributed across Asia. Blaze Europe distributed across Europe and Tectoy brought it to Brazil as the Mega Drive Portátil.
Columns GB: Tezuka Osamu Characters is a japanese only Game Boy Color puzzle game.
The Arcade Gamer Classic is a Mega Drive "console on a chip" originally produced by AtGames for the Asian market with 10-20 built-in games and distributed in the UK by Blaze Europe and France by H&B. It is similar to the Mega Drive Twin Pads, except it consists of a single pad. The number of built-in games varies between releases.
A PC CD-ROM released in Japan, with eight Genesis games.
A port of Columns for the Sharp Zaurus PDA.
A compilation of previously Japan-exclusive SEGA AGES 2500 remakes. In PAL regions, Vol. 14: Alien Syndrome was omitted in an attempt to lower the PEGI rating. Translation has been done where needed.
The LCD version of Columns is an handheld game developed by Handheld Ltd.. It was distributed by Hashy Top-In in 2009 as part of the Pocket Boy series.
Sega Smash Pack is a series of game compilations featuring mostly Sega Genesis games.
The Brain Games Colour, is an officially licensed handheld console released by AtGames. It contains 17 Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear games, and three "bonus" games.
Six Genesis games collected on one cartridge.
The Blaze version changes Ristar for Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball.