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Columns (Mega-Tech)

  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. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Columns (Mega-Tech)
Name mt_cols
Manufacturer Sega
Year 1990
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .082
Romset size 544 KB
Romset file 2 files
Romset zip 327 B
Language English
Genre Puzzle

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status preliminary
Driver emulation preliminary
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 4

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
raster 0 no 256 224 59.922738 5369317 342 46 302 262 27 251

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade epr-12263a.20 ver0a 32768 07c3f423 epr-12263a.20 50c28bbc2d4349c820d988ae3f20aae3f808545f mtbios 0 good no
arcade epr-12263b.20 ver0b 32768 ca26c87a epr-12263b.20 987a18bede6e54cd73c4434426eb6c302a37cdc5 mtbios 0 good no
arcade epr-12368-36.ic3 32768 a4b29bac c9be866ac96243897d09612fe17562e0481f66e3 mt_slot1:cart 300001 good no
arcade epr-12604a.20 ver0aa 32768 884e4aa5 epr-12604a.20 c9008c431a937c084fb475273093ca0b434b5f47 mtbios 0 good no
arcade epr-12664.20 ver1 32768 f71e9526 epr-12664.20 1c7887541d02c41426992d17f8e3db9e03975953 mtbios 0 good no
arcade mp13193-t.ic1 524288 8c770e2f 02a3626025c511250a3f8fb3176eebccc646cda9 mt_slot1:cart 0 good no

BIOS set

name description default
ver0a Ver 0 Rev A yes
ver0aa Ver 0 Rev B (alt?) yes
ver0b Ver 0 Rev B yes
ver1 Ver 1 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

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.82 [David Haywood]


WIP:

- 0.88u2: Changed description to 'Columns (Mega-Tech)'.

- 0.83: Changed description to 'Mega-Tech: Columns'.

- 0.82: David Haywood added 'MegaTech: Columns' (Sega 1990).


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History


$megatech=mt_cols,

Sega Mega-Tech cart. published 29 years ago:

Columns (c) 1990 Sega.

The rules are simple. A column of 3 square pieces stacked one on top of the other is dropped into the play area. The player can move this piece left and right as it falls (as in "Tetris"), but cannot rotate it. Instead, pressing a button will cause the order of the blocks to shift by one position.

The object of the game is to place columns at the bottom of the pit in such a way that lines of 3 or more same-coloured blocks are created (either horizontally, vertically or diagonally). When this happens, these blocks disappear, and any blocks resting upon them immediately fall in accordance to gravity. Often this will cause additional lines to be arranged, producing a cascade effect. The key to a long game (and therefore a high score) is to set up these cascades.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Mega-Tech System" hardware.
Cartridge ID: 610-0239-36

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo Wii (2006, "Virtual Console")

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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