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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 […]
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Crazy Columns Sees Update Release on Commodore Amiga 500
October 7th, 2021 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Commodore Amiga, Comp, News 
Tags: bandit gaming, columns, Crazy Columns, fan remake, puzzle 
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Dr Mario Does House Calls with Nintendo Game Boy – December 1st, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
December 1st, 2020 Carl Williams Dr Mario is an anomalous release by Nintendo. On the surface, everything has the Nintendo feel to it. If you look slightly below the surface though and you see something more going on here. For one, we seem to have jumped forward in Mario’s life as he is now a doctor. Gone is the Mushroom […]
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Sega Master System Still Lives, Five New Games Prove It
December 1st, 2018 Carl Williams The Sega Master System really had no chance in North America, even though Sega had much better success elsewhere. This could easily be written off as a byproduct, or the direct result, of Nintendo’s business practices during this period. It could also be written off as part of Sega not really understanding the home console […]
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Posted in Master System, News, Sega Tags: columns, Duckslayer Adventures, Flight of the Pigarus, Gemitas, homebrew, independent, Silver Valley, Simpsons Trivia No Comments »
Dossun! Ganseki Battle Super Nintendo Fan Translation – Not Released in America
November 24th, 2016 Carl Williams Dossun! Danseki Battle brings the classic Columns style of puzzle action to the fantasy realm complete with one on one character based battles. Unreleased in North America left fans to translate it for English speaking gamers. Is it worth it? Find out.
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Three New Retro Gaming Consoles Coming
October 31st, 2016 Carl Williams There are currently three new retro gaming consoles on the way. Each has a different set of games and options. Two are limited to the games of the hardware while the third is more of a wild card in this race. While many gamers are clamoring for news on the upcoming Nintendo Switch there are […]
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Posted in Console, Nintendo, Sega Tags: alex kidd, ALIEN STORM, altered beast, ARROW FLASH, AtGames, Balloon Fight, BONANZA BROTHERS, Brawl Brothers, Brazil, Bubble Bobble, Captain Commando, castlevania, Castlevania II, Classic Mini, columns, DECAP ATTACK, donkey kong, Donkey Kong Jr, Double Dragon II, E-SWAT, entertainment system, excitebike, fatal labyrinth, final fantasy, Flicky, GAIN GROUND, Galaga, Generations, genesis, Ghosts n Goblins, Golden Axe, GOLDEN AXE 3, gradius, Gun Smoke, Ice Climbers, JEWEL MASTER, Kickle Cubicle, Kid Chameleon, Kid Icarus, Kid Niki, Kirby's Adventure, knights of the round, konami, kung fu, Last Battle, legend of zelda, mario, mario bros, Mega Man 2, metroid, Mr. Dream, nes, ninja gaiden, nintendo, Nintendo NES Mini, OUT RUNNERS, pac-man, punch-out, retro, retro gaming, Retro-Bit, retrogaming, sega, sega genesis, SEGA SOCCER, SHADOW DANCER, SHINOBI 3, simon's quest, SONIC 3, Star Tropics, Super Bases Loaded, super c, super mario bros, Super Mario Bros 2, super mario bros 3, Super NES and arcade games. Some of the titles that have been leaked include Rival Turf (SNES game), Super R-Type (SNES), system on a chip, Tecmo Bowl, Tectoy, The Adventure of Link, The Revenge, TURBO OUTRUN, zelda II 1 Comment »
TecToy Releasing New Sega Genesis Bundle
October 31st, 2016 Carl Williams It is no secret that Nintendo themselves are releasing the Nintendo NES Classic Mini (previewed here). Nintendo is making sure that this is a closed system and not one that will feature user augmentation of any kind – no SD card support, no cartridge support and no USB options. Nothing other than the included games. […]
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Sega Dreamcast Receives New Puzzle Game- Fruit’Y, not a Bejeweled Clone
October 3rd, 2015 Carl Williams Okay, I like Match 3 games more than most gamers out there- my phone has at least two installed at any given time. There is a point though that we reach (well, reached years ago) where innovation is stifled and EVERYONE jumps on the latest bandwagon that worked for someone else. I can safely say […]
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Columns Answers Tetris Call on Sega Genesis – June 29th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
June 28th, 2015 Carl Williams Columns was a much needed entry in the puzzle genre for Sega. Back in the early 16-bit era Sega was in a bit of a pickle. Their Genesis console did not feature a well-rounded game library. If you were a sports or arcade game fan then, yeah, Sega had you covered with quite a few […]
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Columns III Shines on Genesis – October 15th, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
October 14th, 2013 Carl Williams Sega was pretty much left out when it comes to well known puzzle games thanks to Nintendo locking up the rights to Tetris (even though for a bit it was available to Genesis gamers). Sega, and other companies, played puzzle roulette releasing all kinds of games in this genre, hoping something would take off and […]
