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{{infobox video game
|title = Magic Jewelry
|image = Magic_Jewelry.png
|image_size = 270px
|caption = Game screenshot on the [[FCEUX]] emulator.
|develop⏎
|developer =
|programmer = [[Hwang Shinwei]]
|publisher = RCM Group
|platform = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|released = November 21, 1990
|genre = [[Puzzle video game|Puzzle]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|}}

'''''Magic Jewelry''''' ({{zh|t=魔法寶石|p=Mófǎ Bǎoshí|l=Magic Gems}}), is an [[Copyright infringement|unlicensed]] [[Nintendo]] [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] [[Tile-matching video game|tile-matching]] [[puzzle video game]] derivative to ''[[Columns (video game)|Columns]]'', programmed in [[Taiwan]] by [[Hwang Shinwei]] and published by RCM in 1990.<ref>[http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/935394.html Magic Jewelry Release Information for NES - GameFAQs]</ref>

Like many unlicensed games, it is most commonly found on pirate [[Famicom]] [[Multicart#Pirate multicarts|multicarts]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone|systems]]. Various unofficial [[Video game remake|remakes]] have been released for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1001903373 Magic Jewelry HD on the App Store on iTunes]</ref><ref>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalaza.magicjewelry Magic Jewelry HD - Android Apps on Google Play]</ref><ref>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fenech.mjewelry Magic Jewelry - Android Apps on Google Play]</ref>

==Overview==
===Gameplay===Gameplay==
[[image:Magic_Jewelry.png|thumb|The game running in the [[FCEUX]] emulator]]⏎

''Magic Jewelry'''s gameplay resembles that of ''[[Columns (video game)|Columns]]'' and ''[[Dr. Mario]]'', both of which released earlier in the same year. Sets of 3 or more matching coloured jewels must be lined up horizontally, vertically or diagonally in order to score points, while simultaneously removing said jewels. The jewels drop down in blocks of 3, and their positions in the blocks can be shifted freely until the block lands. After a certain number of jewels are cleared, a flashing "X" block drops, which upon landing on a jewel clears out all other jewels of the same colour, and the game advances to the next level, with the default drop speed of the blocks increasing. The game ends when a block is stacked with at least one jewel being over the top edge of the board.

===Background===
The background loosely resembles [[New York City]], with a [[Statue of Liberty]] depicted on the right. In addition, there are clouds and stars in the background, along with a crescent moon which moves up the screen.

===Music===
The tracks played in ''Magic Jewelry'' are [[Chiptune|8-bit]] versions of some [[Copyright|copyrighted]] songs, along with pitch shifted versions of some of the tracks in Levels 8-15; [[Hwang Shinwei|Shinwei]] also used the same themes on some of his other [[Famicom]] [[Copyright infringement|unlicensed]] games {{citation-needed|date=January 2020}}. The tracks appear as such:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Lvl
(contracted; show full)| style="background:#7FFF00; color:#000000;"|5 || "Moonlight on the Colorado" || [[Dick Robertson (songwriter)|Dick Robertson]]
|-
| style="background:#f68d22; color:#000000;"|6 || "[[Greensleeves]]" || — 
|-
| style="background:#00A9EC; color:#000000;"|7 || "[[Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from The Godfather)|Speak Softly Love]]" || [[Andy Williams]]
|}

==
Sequel==
{{infobox video game
|title = Magic Jewelry II
|image = 
|image_size = 
|caption = 
|developer = [[Hwang Shinwei]]
|publisher = RCM Group
|platform = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|released = September 16, 1991
|genre = [[Puzzle video game|Puzzle]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|}}

In 1991 has been released '''Legacy==⏎
''Magic Jewelry II''''' ({{zh|t=寶石方塊二代|p=Bǎoshí Fāngkuài Èr Dài|l=Gemstone Second Generation}}), was released in 1991.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090501002244/http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/hwangshinwei/magicjewelry2/ Magic Jewelry II]</ref> that unlike the previous title was less known, due to its first appearance in a [[Multicart#Pirate multicarts|"150-in-1" multi-game]] cartridge. Several features were added:

* The intro cloned from original ''[[Columns (video game)|Columns]]'', followed by a game instruction screen in poorly-written English.
* A main options menu almost partially taken from ''[[Hatris]]'', allowing the player to choose a stage, change the column type (seven are in all; though the score bar would still be defined '''Jewelry'''), turning off apart points for certain pieces and music, and hiding the timer.
* Six new both background designs and column types, which for each are Nature ('''Fruit'''), ('''Card'''), ('''Hat'''), ('''Dice'''), [[Moscow]] [[Red Square]] ('''Block'''), and ('''Mahjong'''). Note that two of them, Hat and Dice, have that own one superimposed with the main night background.
* [[Multiplayer video game|Two-player]] mode with an optional time limit called "Flash", possibly a mistranslation of "lightning" round.
* A female voice that incomprehensibly announces "Are You Ready?", when the game begins.

Also in this sequel were used the same eight [[Copyright|copyrighted]] [[Chiptune|8-bit]] third party songs, including pitched alterations, though "Moonlight on the Colorado" became the theme of Level 8; a new exclusive track took its place for Level 5 theme and is "[[Tennessee Waltz]]", by [[Cowboy Copas]] (although [[Hwang Shinwei|Hwang]] first introduced it in ''Block Force'', and then in ''Punch Sprite''). Additionally the initial song varies depending on the column type.

==See also==
* ''[[Columns (video game)|Columns]]''The most significant change is a two-player competitive mode.

==See also==
* ''[[Super Columns]]''

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.gamespot.com/nes/puzzle/magicjewelry/index.html ''Magic Jewelry''] at [[GameSpot]]

[[Category:1990 video games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]]
[[Category:Falling block puzzle games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Taiwan]]
[[Category:Video game clones]]
[[Category:Unauthorized video games]]