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Columns III (Mega Play)

  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
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Columns III (Mega Play)
Name mp_col3
Manufacturer Sega
Year 1993
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .100u2
Romset size 544 KB
Romset file 3 files
Romset zip 244 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Puzzle

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

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 59.922738

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 1.ic3 32768 dac9bf91 0117972a7181f8aaf942a259cc8764b821031253 user1 0 good no
arcade 2.ic1 262144 999b2fe6 ad967a28e4eebd7b01273e4e04c35a0198ef834a maincpu 1 good no
arcade 3.ic2 262144 a1602235 38751b585849c8966acc3f508714937fe29dcf5c maincpu 0 good no
arcade ep15294.ic2 ver1 131072 aa8dc2d8 ep15294.ic2 96771ad7b79dc9c83a1594243250d65052d23176 mtbios 0 good no
arcade epr-a15294.ic2 ver2 131072 f97c68aa epr-a15294.ic2 bcabc879950bca1ced11c550a484e697ec5706b2 mtbios 0 good no

BIOS set

name description default
ver1 Megaplay Bios (Ver. 1) yes
ver2 Megaplay Bios (Ver. 2) yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 7670453
SEGA VDP PSG snsnd audio 3579545
SN76496 sn2 audio 3579540
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2612 ymsnd audio 7670453
Z80 mtbios cpu 3579540

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

0.100u2 [Guru, f205v]


WIP:

- 0.127: Added 4x 'Unknown' dipswitch.

- 0.100u2: Guru added 'Columns III (Mega Play)' (Sega 1993).

- 15th September 2005: David Haywood - Added Columns 3 (Mega Play). Seems to work correctly.

- 12th September 2005: Guru - Columns III arrived. Thanks to f205v.


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


Sega Mega Play cart. published 26 years ago:

Columns III - Revenge of Columns (c) 1993 Sega.

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

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the Sega "Mega Play" hardware.

Players: 2
Control: 8-way Joystick
Buttons: 3
=> [A] Rotate, [B] Crush Bar Attack, [C] Rotate

- TRIVIA -

This game is known in Japan as 'Columns III - Taiketsu! Columns World' (translates from Japanese as 'Columns III - Showdown! Columns World').

- UPDATES -

The US version is completely different :
* "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen added.
* "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen added.
* Sega Logo screen is shown during attract mode.
* More dip-switches.

- SCORING -

Your score will increase every time you clear a set of jewels.

- 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 Mega Drive (1994)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



mode: hard

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mode: normal

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mode: practice

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