Columns '97 (c) 1996 Sega.
Sets of colored jewels fall in random order. The object of the game is to arrange the jewels vertically, horizontally or diagonally in rows of three or more to make them disappear.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Sega Titan Video hardware (STV)
Main CPU : (2x) SH-2 (@ 28.6364 Mhz), 68000 (@ 11.45456 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SCSP (@ 11.45456 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 704 x 513 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 6144
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6

>>> TRIVIA
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Even if the titlescreen says 1996, Columns '97 was released in February 1997.
PATENTS :
U.S.A : 4,442,486 - 4,454,594 - 4,462,076
Europe : 80244
Canada : 1,183,276
Honk Kong : 88-4302
Singapore : 88-155

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Columns (1990)
2. Columns II - The Voyage Through Time (1990)
3. Columns III - Revenge of Columns (1993)
4. Stack Columns (1994)
5. Super Columns (1995, Sega Game Gear)
6. Columns '97 (1997)
7. Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (1998)
8. Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (2000, Sega Dreamcast)
9. Columns Crown (2002, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega Saturn (1997, 'Columns Arcade Collection')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.