Columns

Columns was the first pack-in game for the Game Gear. This version was slightly different from the Genesis version, and its soundtrack was transposed and rearranged due to limitations of the handheld's sound chip. While the columns themselves were updated for the Genesis version, the overall decoration was less like a cartoon in the Game Gear version and instead more artistically designed. Lastly, the Game Gear version had a feature that let the player change the jewels to fruit, squares, dice, or playing card suits (clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts). In 1990, Compile and Telenet Japan developed and published an MSX2 version. In November 2006, Columns was released as part of the game Sega Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 2, and later for PlayStation Portable. The same year on December 4, it was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console for Wii. It is also included on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.