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Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (World)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (World)
Name columns2
Manufacturer Sega
Year 1990
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .037b09
Romset size 256 KB
Romset file 2 files
Romset zip 117 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Puzzle

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

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

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt no
Input players 2
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 256 224 60 8048640 512 0 256 262 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade epr-13362.ic31 131072 394e2419 d4f726b32cf301d0d52611237b83177e69bfaf71 maincpu 1 good no
arcade epr-13363.ic32 131072 c99e4ffd 67981aa08c8a625af35dd7689011364159cf9194 maincpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 8948862
SN76496 snsnd audio 3579545
Speaker mono audio
YM3438 ymsnd audio 7670453

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

0.84u6 [Brian Troha]

0.37b9 [David Haywood, Aaron Giles]


WIP:

- 0.127u8: David Haywood fixed graphic garbage in Columns II.

- 0.102u1: Changed description to 'Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (World)'.

- 0.85: Re-added clone 'Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (Japan)'.

- 0.84u6: Brian Troha added 'Columns II: The Voyage Through Time'. Removed 'Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (Japan)'.

- 0.83: Changed description to 'Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (Japan)'.

- 0.37b10: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 7670442 Hz and SN76496 to 3579540 Hz.

- 0.37b9: David Haywood and Aaron Giles added 'Columns II - The Voyage Through Time (Japan)' (Sega 1990).

- 15th September 2000: David Haywood submitted a very preliminary Sega C2 driver, currently supporting only Puyo Puyo, Columns and Columns II.


Other Emulators:

* Sega System C2


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


Arcade Video game published 29 years ago:

Columns II - The Voyage Through Time (c) 1990 Sega Enterprises, Limited.

Align 3 or more items of the same color vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

Columns II: The Voyage Through Time was the sequel to Columns. It featured the normal puzzle game play, but was only released in Japan in the arcades. It is not clear as to why it was subtitled "The Voyage Through Time", other than the minor tile differences which seem to attempt to indicate future and past ages: they are labeled as Machine Theme, Pale Green Theme, and Classic Theme.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs Sega "System C-2" Hardware.

Screen Orientation: Horizontal

Players: 2
Control: 4-Way Joystick
Buttons: 1
=> Rotate

- TRIVIA -

Columns II was released in August 1990 in Japan.

- 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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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



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