Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (c) 1997 Sega.
A competitive variation of Columns featuring characters from the Sakura Taisen series.

>>> 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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Released in October 1997.
The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Flower Branch Competition Columns - Cherry Blossom Wars'.
One of Sega's last games for the STV/Saturn hardware.
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)

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.