There are now three versions of Columns!

Click here to play the new Java-based World Wide Columns. This new version of the game maintains a world-wide scoreboard, so you can actually compete against others from around the world for top scores.

Click here to play the Javascript version of Columns.

Finally, there is a standalone version of the new Java Columns game, without the world wide scoreboard. If you want to play the newest version of Columns without being connected to the internet, click here to download a self-extracting executable named Columns.exe. When you download this file, run it (click on Start, Run, then find the file, wherever you stored it during the download). Be sure to specify your desired directory into which to extract all of the Columns files. After extraction, get in your browser program, and use File, Open to open columns.html in the directory into which you extracted.