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title Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (J 971007 V1.010)
set name hanagumi
manufacturer Sega
year 1997
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Drop (hof)
driver status imperfect
driver source stv.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title | select | versus | wallpaper / PS: in game | title
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rating

69.9% after 60 votes
 
BIOS stvbios
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display
colour emulation good
palette 6144
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 704x512
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation imperfect
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 6
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu SH-2 @ 28.6364MHz
cpu SH-2 @ 28.6364MHz
cpu 68000 @ 11.45456MHz
audio SCSP
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data
version added .073
last change(s) .109
roms
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cabinet art
PCB stvbios.png
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additional information
info 0.73 [Angelo Salese, David Haywood]

0.63 [?]

WIP:
  • 0.99u3: Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed character choice mode in Hanagumi Taisen Columns.
  • 15th April 2004: Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed a sprite rendering bug in the ST-V driver where some sprites got distorted to the wrong size, improving Othello Shiyouyo title screen, helicopter in Die Hard Arcade, attract modes in Cotton Boomerang and Hanagumi Taisen Columns and it also makes Super Major League almost playable.
  • 0.74u1: Changed visible area to 512x512.
  • 0.73: Angelo Salese and David Haywood added 'Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars' (Sega 1998). This is the first st-v game to be supported by MAME, please note that due to the complexity of the system emulation is still preliminary and there are still various issues that will need ironing out, there is currently no sound.
  • 1st September 2003: David Haywood and Angelo Salese submitted a major improvement to the Sega ST-V driver with Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars fully playable, except it's missing sound.
  • 0.72u2: Various ST-V improvements, Hanagumi Columns shows a partial title screen (still disabled so you'll have to enable it yourself if you want to see) [Angelo Salese].
  • 0.63: Added Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 8

Recommended Games:
Romset: 46080 kb / 12 files / 32.2 zip
history Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (c) 1997 Sega.


A competitive variation of Columns featuring characters from the Sakura Taisen series.


- TECHNICAL -


Sega Titan Video hardware (STV)


Main CPU : (2x) SH-2 (@ 28.6364 Mhz), 68000 (@ 11.45456 Mhz)

Sound Chips : SCSP (@ 11.45456 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 704 x 513 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 6144


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 6


- TRIVIA -


Released in October 1997.


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Flower Branch Competition Columns - Cherry Blossom Wars'.


One of Sega's last games for the STV/Saturn hardware.


PATENTS :

U.S.A : 4,442,486 - 4,454,594 - 4,462,076

Europe : 80244

Canada : 1,183,276

Honk Kong : 88-4302

Singapore : 88-155


- SERIES -
  1. Columns (1990)
  2. Columns II - The Voyage Through Time (1990)
  3. Columns III - Revenge of Columns (1993)
  4. Stack Columns (1994)
  5. Super Columns (1995, Sega Game Gear)
  6. Columns '97 (1997)
  7. Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (1998)
  8. Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (2000, Sega Dreamcast)
  9. Columns Crown (2002, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
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60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  This game hasn't even been
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60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  and so little time. It is
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  even possible that this game
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  may be a clone of an
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60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  cheats. Please search the
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