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October 7th, 2021 
Carl Williams 
Crazy Columns is a fan remake of the popular Sega game, Columns. Sega needed a puzzle game to take on Nintendo’s exclusive license of Tetris. While Columns never reached the popularity level that Tetris did, Sega was able to create a puzzle franchise that still sees updates today. Fans and official updates are seen regularly for Columns. Crazy Columns is a fan project that has just been updated for the Commodore Amiga 500.
Falling blocks by any other name
Columns was unique in how the falling blocks interacted. Unlike Tetris, there were no empty squares on the screen. Pieces fell in sets of three and you can rotate them vertically. This means no horizontal flipping.
After pieces completed their journey to the bottom of the screen, they would react to nearby pieces. Sets of three would explode and be removed from the screen, allowing the blocks above to fall and fill the space. If more matches were made those too would be removed, causing massive chains.
The key to getting high scores in Columns was to perform as many combos as possible. In some versions of Columns you play against another player or the computer.
Enter some fans with Crazy Columns
Crazy Columns features a few modes of play, Standard, Time Battle, Crazy Fill, and Bad Buddy. There are several difficulty modes as well – Novice to Impossible. You can even choose from eight backgrounds as well as use two that you create yourself.
If you are interested in giving Crazy Columns a run, please check out the system requirements below:
Simple Amiga 500 (68000 @ 7 MHz)
OCS PAL Chipset
512kb ChipRam
Kickstart 1.2
Joystick is optional
If you are interested in official Columns games, then check out eBay or Amazon. Sega has been wonderful about keeping this franchise updated and available on newer consoles.
Grab your copy of Crazy Columns from the website.
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