Super Columns
Encyclopedia
Super Columns was a video game released by Sega
for the Game Gear in 1995. It was later included on the Coleco Sonic
, along with the original Columns
, to which it is a sequel. The game is slated for Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console re-release in 2012.
. It included a story mode, wherein you play against an evil merchant and his cronies who wants to harness the power of a mystical amulet
to make the people serve him. The player must defeat each of the five opponents three times in order to advance in the game. There was also an "Endless Mode" where the player could play as long as they wanted to, or lost, and a Flash mode, which was the same as Endless, except the next stage is entered by clearing the jewels that are flashing.
As opposed to the Greek/Mediterranean style of the original, "Super Columns" switched to an Arabian or Persian look.
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
for the Game Gear in 1995. It was later included on the Coleco Sonic
Coleco Sonic
The Coleco Sonic is a handheld game console released in 2006 by Coleco, also marketed as PlayPal in Canada & United Kingdom and Pocket Gear in Europe. It features 20 built-in games from the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. All the games can be played either on the integrated 2.4" TFT LCD...
, along with the original Columns
Columns (video game)
is a puzzle video game, first created in 1989 by Jay Geertsen. Early versions of the game were made and ported among early computer platforms, and then the Atari ST, until 1990, when Jay Geertsen sold the rights to Sega, where it was ported to several Sega consoles.-Description:The game takes...
, to which it is a sequel. The game is slated for Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console re-release in 2012.
Gameplay
Super Columns enhanced the classic Columns gameplay by adding new types of blocks, as well as the ability to turn the lines of blocks a la Dr. MarioDr. Mario
Dr. Mario may refer to:* Dr. Mario , a 1990 arcade-style puzzle video game by Nintendo- People :* Jorge Mario García Laguardia, also known as Dr. Jorge Mario García Laguardia, a Guatemalan jurist...
. It included a story mode, wherein you play against an evil merchant and his cronies who wants to harness the power of a mystical amulet
Amulet
An amulet, similar to a talisman , is any object intended to bring good luck or protection to its owner.Potential amulets include gems, especially engraved gems, statues, coins, drawings, pendants, rings, plants and animals; even words said in certain occasions—for example: vade retro satana—, to...
to make the people serve him. The player must defeat each of the five opponents three times in order to advance in the game. There was also an "Endless Mode" where the player could play as long as they wanted to, or lost, and a Flash mode, which was the same as Endless, except the next stage is entered by clearing the jewels that are flashing.
As opposed to the Greek/Mediterranean style of the original, "Super Columns" switched to an Arabian or Persian look.