Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After surviving the stress of SEGA’s rare Mega Drive version of Tetris, John 'Turbo' Finlay keeps the retro puzzle action going with a shorter follow-up session playing Columns on the Mega Drive Mini. Trading falling blocks for descending jewels, Turbo attempts to keep his cool as matching colours, rising speed and increasingly panicked decision-making turn this supposedly relaxing puzzle game into another battle for survival. Elegant, addictive and deceptively cruel, Columns proves why it became one of SEGA’s defining puzzle franchises during the 16-bit era.
About the Game:
Originally released in arcades by SEGA in 1990 before arriving on the Mega Drive/Genesis shortly afterwards, Columns became one of the company’s most successful puzzle games. Players rotate and align falling jewels to create vertical, horizontal or diagonal matches while the game steadily increases in speed and difficulty. Designed as one of SEGA’s major answers to the global puzzle game boom of the early 1990s, Columns became a staple title across multiple SEGA systems and remains one of the publisher’s best-known arcade puzzle series. (en.wikipedia.org)
“Simple, elegant and endlessly addictive.” - Retro Gamer retrospective (retrogamer.net)
This video is an unedited VOD of a Turbo Drive Live Twitch stream. Catch future streams and follow Turbo at: twitch.tv/turbodrivelive
Get the SEGA Mega Drive Mini at: sega.com/games/mega-drive-mini
#Columns #SegaMegaDrive #RetroGaming
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After surviving the stress of SEGA’s rare Mega Drive version of Tetris, John 'Turbo' Finlay keeps the retro puzzle action going with a shorter follow-up session playing Columns on the Mega Drive Mini. Trading falling blocks for descending jewels, Turbo attempts to keep his cool as matching colours, rising speed and increasingly panicked decision-making turn this supposedly relaxing puzzle game into another battle for survival. Elegant, addictive and deceptively cruel, Columns proves why it became one of SEGA’s defining puzzle franchises during the 16-bit era.
About the Game:
Originally released in arcades by SEGA in 1990 before arriving on the Mega Drive/Genesis shortly afterwards, Columns became one of the company’s most successful puzzle games. Players rotate and align falling jewels to create vertical, horizontal or diagonal matches while the game steadily increases in speed and difficulty. Designed as one of SEGA’s major answers to the global puzzle game boom of the early 1990s, Columns became a staple title across multiple SEGA systems and remains one of the publisher’s best-known arcade puzzle series. (en.wikipedia.org)
“Simple, elegant and endlessly addictive.” - Retro Gamer retrospective (retrogamer.net)
This video is an unedited VOD of a Turbo Drive Live Twitch stream. Catch future streams and follow Turbo at: twitch.tv/turbodrivelive
Get the SEGA Mega Drive Mini at: sega.com/games/mega-drive-mini
#Columns #SegaMegaDrive #RetroGaming
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