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Based on 523 ratings
7.4
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Score Breakdown Based on 523 ratings
  1. 10 (63)
  2. 9 (95)
  3. 8 (145)
  4. 7 (129)
  5. 6 (41)
  6. 5 (18)
  7. 4 (6)
  8. 3 (5)
  9. 2 (4)
  10. 1 (17)

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  • Rating:7

    Simple, Solid Puzzler

    Columns on the Sega Master System is a match-3 style puzzle game, one of the first. It was Sega's answer to the Tetris puzzle hit on the NES. In the game, you have a playing area and are given 3-tile columns that drop in... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Sega PROVES it can hold its own in delivering fast-paced puzzle games! :idea:

    If somebody told me 23 years ago that I would one day be writing video game reviews not ONLY for Nintendo video games, but for games originally published on a Sega platform, I wouldn't have believed them. I was deeply en... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    It was a fun,jewelled up puzzle game for it's time.

    I guess you could say Columns was Sega's answer to Tetris and I think it's a good one too.The objective of this game is to line up 3 of the same colored jewels in a vertical or diagonal pattern to make them disappear... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5

    Slick look combined with a overall better visuals and sound than its SEGA origins.

    This is an absolutely underrated game. This version is superior to both the Master System and Genesis versions and is on par visually (maybe more so) with the Super Nintendo version as well. Its an excellent port of a... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5

    Simple Puzzle game with really nice graphics

    Columns is a simple puzzle game, all you have to do is align 3 or more of the same colour gems in a row or diagonally and they disappearing, score you points. The more you do this, the more difficult the game gets. The g... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5

    It's the baby food of puzzle games.

    Columns is a lot like many other puzzle games out there intent on reinventing the wheel. I could go on about how Tetris is unmatchable, but that would be glib and actually untrue, since Dr. Mario and Puyo Puyo (AKA Mean ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5

    Tetris. Tetris. Tetris. Why does nobody care about Columns?

    You'll never like this game without playing it. You just can't. This game was too much underrated for anyone to actually buy it. But since it came with our consoles or in a game pack, let's review it, shall we? The ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Beweled would be nothing without this game.

    I still play this game to this day. It's just such a massively addictive game. It's logic at it's finest and I honestly think that another should be created for the generation of now. I did prefer the SMS version to t... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.2

    Anathor game that was worth playing in the 90's

    Columns was somthing worth playing on your Mega Drive before DR Robotnix's Mean Bean Machine which was a look alike version of Columns, where your mostly making the more colour jewels expolde a three line of Red gems tha... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.1

    Just as addictive as Tetris.

    Columns gets ripped on a lot for being a Tetris ripoff. While it has similar gameplay characteristics with blocks falling and creating lines it goes a little deeper than it shows on the surface. First of all you eliminat... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
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