Columns
Platform: Sharp X68000
Region: Japan
Media: Disk
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Puzzle 
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1991
Developer: SystemSoft
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1 - 2, vs
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Drift back to ancient Phoenicia and challenge yourself with Columns, a game favored by middle eastern merchants. In this mesmerizing pastime, tinker with your riches to align glittering jewels across, down, or diagonally. As you line up colors, the gems vanish and more sparklers drop from above. 

The challenge increases as the jewels fall more rapidly. You must quickly align them before the columns reach the top. Imagine yourself on the warm Mediterranean coast, or drifting over a languid sea. Forget the passage of time, and tickle your mind with Columns, the brilliant game of strategy and skill.