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Columns '97 (JET 961209 V1.000)

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Dipswitchs
  8. Roms list
  9. BIOS set
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
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Game infos

Description Columns '97 (JET 961209 V1.000)
Name colmns97
Manufacturer Sega
Year 1996
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .074u2
Romset size 9 MB
Romset file 3 files
Romset zip 2 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Puzzle

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt no
Input players 4
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 352 224 59.764793 6711646 427 0 352 263 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade epr-17740.ic8 jp4 524288 5c5aa63d epr-17740.ic8 06860d96923b81afbc21e0ad32ee19487d8ff6e7 maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-17740a.ic8 jp3 524288 3e23c81f epr-17740a.ic8 f9b282fd27693e9891843597b2e1823da3d23c7b maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-17951a.ic8 jp2 524288 2672f9d8 epr-17951a.ic8 63cf4a6432f6c87952f9cf3ab0f977aed2367303 maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-17952a.ic8 us 524288 d1be2adf epr-17952a.ic8 eaf1c3e5d602e1139d2090a78d7e19f04f916794 maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-17953a.ic8 tw1 524288 a4c47570 epr-17953a.ic8 9efc73717ec8a13417e65c54344ded9fc25bf5ef maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-17954a.ic8 euro 524288 f7722da3 epr-17954a.ic8 af79cff317e5b57d49e463af16a9f616ed1eee08 maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-19730.ic8 jp1 524288 d0e0889d epr-19730.ic8 fae53107c894e0c41c49e191dbe706c9cd6e50bd maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-19854.ic8 tw 524288 e09d1f60 epr-19854.ic8 b55cdcb45b2a5b0b35e352cf7625f0bd659084df maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-20091.ic8 jp 524288 59ed40f4 epr-20091.ic8 eff0f54c70bce05ff3a289bf30b1027e1c8cd117 maincpu 0 good no
arcade fpr19553.13 1048576 d4fb6a5e bd3cfb4f451b6c9612e42af5ddcbffa14f057329 cart 1 good no
arcade mpr19554.2 4194304 5a3ebcac 46e3d1cf515a7ff8a8f97e5050b29dbbeb5060c0 cart 400000 good no
arcade mpr19555.3 4194304 74f6e6b8 8080860550eb770e04447e344fb337748a249761 cart 800000 good no
arcade stv1061.bin dev 524288 728dbca3 stv1061.bin 0ed2030177f0aa8285645c395ae9ad9f568ab1d6 maincpu 0 good no
arcade stv110.bin debug 524288 3dfeda92 stv110.bin 8eb33192a57df5f3a1dfb57263054867c6b2db6d maincpu 0 good no
arcade stvb111t.ic8 tw2 524288 02daf123 stvb111t.ic8 23185beb1ce9c09b8719e57d1adb7b28c8141fd5 maincpu 0 good no

BIOS set

name description default
debug Debug (95/01/13) yes
dev Development (bios 1.061) yes
euro EPR-17954A (Europe 95/04/25) yes
jp EPR-20091 (Japan 97/08/21) yes
jp1 EPR-19730 (Japan 97/02/17) yes
jp2 EPR-17951A (Japan 95/04/25) yes
jp3 EPR-17740A (Japan 95/02/20) yes
jp4 EPR-17740 (Japan 95/01/31) yes
tw EPR-19854 (Taiwan 97/05/15) yes
tw1 EPR-17953A (Taiwan 95/04/25) yes
tw2 STVB1.11T (Taiwan 95/02/20) yes
us EPR-17952A (USA 95/04/25) yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
CD/DA cdda audio
M68000 audiocpu cpu 11289600
SCSP scsp audio
SCUDSP scudsp cpu 14318180
SH-2 slave cpu 28636360
Speaker rspeaker audio

Serie

Serie : Columns
  1. Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (Japan) (1990)
  2. Columns (World) (1990)
  3. Columns (1990)
  4. Columns (Euro, USA, Bra) (1990)
  5. Columns (World, v1.1?) (1990)
  6. Columns (Jpn) (1990)
  7. Columns (Euro, USA, Bra, Kor) (1990)
  8. Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (World) (1990)
  9. Columns (Japan) (1990)
  10. Columns (Jpn) (1990)
  11. Columns (US, cocktail, Rev A) (1990)
  12. Columns v2.0 (1991)
  13. Columns - Taisen Mode-tsuki (1991)
  14. Columns (1991)
  15. Columns (Tourvision PCE bootleg) (1991)
  16. Columns (1991)
  17. Columns (1992)
  18. Columns III (Mega Play) (1993)
  19. Stack Columns (World) (1994)
  20. Stack Columns (Japan) (1994)
  21. Columns / Targets / Bacteria / Autopista (1995)
  22. Columns '97 (JET 961209 V1.000) (1996)
  23. Columns '97 (JET 961209 V1.000) (1996)
  24. Sega Ages - Columns Arcade Collection (Jpn) (1997)
  25. Sakura Taisen - Hanagumi Taisen Columns (J 971007 V1.010) (1997)
  26. Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (J 971007 V1.010) (1997)
  27. Columns GB - Tezuka Osamu Characters (Jpn) (1999)
  28. Columns (Jpn, NP) (1999)
  29. Columns (19??)
  30. Columns (19??)
  31. COLUMNS (19??)
  32. Columns2 (19??)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.76u2 [David Haywood, Angelo Salese, Olivier Galibert]

0.74u2 [?]

0.63 [Testdriver]


Bugs:

- AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow. Firewave (ID 05869)

- Missing sound. MASH (ID 04187)


WIP:

- 0.112: Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed random dots in Columns '97 graphics.

- 0.108u5: Mariusz Wojcieszek added sound to Columns '97.

- 0.106u3: Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed controls, which was broken since 0.105.

- 0.91u2: Changed description to 'Columns '97 (JET 961209 V1.000)'.

- 0.90u2: Changed description to 'Columns 97 (JET 961209 V1.000)'.

- 0.82u1: Mariusz Wojcieszek added sprite priorities. This corrects Columns 97 title screen.

- 31st March 2004: Mariusz Wojcieszek sent in an update to the ST-V driver, adding support for the end code feature in VDP1 which improved sprites in Columns '97, Ejihon Tantei Jimusyo, Shienryu and fixing some bugs in the SCU DSP emulation.

- 0.80u1: Mariusz Wojcieszek improved ST-V scaling tilemap backgrounds. The backgrounds in Columns '97 are better now.

- 0.76u2: Status - Columns 97 has miscoloured sprites and background not correctly scaled.

- 0.76u1: More ST-V improvements, fixing various graphical issues (Shienryu Sprite Colours) and general other bits and pieces. More games are 'watchable' now, for example Cotton 2, Cotton Boomerang, Puyo Puyo Sun, Columns 97 however they lack controls [David Haywood].

- 0.74u2: Added 'Columns 97' (Sega 1996).

- 0.63: Added (Testdriver) Columns 97.


Recommended Games (Columns):

Columns

Columns (Mega-Tech)

Columns (Tourvision PCE bootleg)

Columns II: The Voyage Through Time

Columns III (Mega Play)

Stack Columns

Columns '97

Sakura Taisen - Hanagumi Taisen Columns

History


$stv=colmns97,

Sega ST-V cart. published 23 years ago:

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 -

Runs on the "ST-V [Sega Titan Video Game System]" hardware.
Cartridge ID: 610-0373-20

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 6

- TRIVIA -

Columns '97 was released on December 9, 1996.

- SERIES -

1. Columns (1990, Arcade)
2. Columns II - The Voyage Through Time (1990, Arcade)
3. Columns III - Revenge of Columns (1993, Arcade)
4. Stack Columns (1994, Arcade)
5. Super Columns [Model G-3226] (1995, Game Gear)
6. Columns '97 [Model 610-0373-20] (1997, Arcade)
7. Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Taisen (1998, Arcade)
8. Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (2000, Dreamcast)
9. Columns Crown (2002, GBA)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Saturn (1997, "Columns Arcade Collection")

- CONTRIBUTE -

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