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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Jay Geertsen[9] |
| Composer(s) | Tokuhiko Uwabo |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Sega System C |
Columns (Japanese: コラムス, Hepburn: Koramusu) is a match-three puzzle video game released by Jay Geertsen in 1989. Designed for the Motorola 68000-based HP 9000 running HP-UX,[9][10][11] it was ported to Mac and MS-DOS[9] before being released commercially by Sega who ported it to arcades and then to several Sega consoles. The game was subsequently ported to other home computers, including the Atari ST.
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- ^ "Overseas Readers Column: "SF II", "Exhaust Note" Top Videos '92" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 441. Amusement Press, Inc. 1–15 January 1993. p. 36.
- ^ "Columns". Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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