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{{infobox video game
|title = Magic Jewelry
|image = Magic Jewelry screenshot.png
|image_size = 270px
|caption = Game screenshot on the [[FCEUX]] emulator.
|developer = [[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>

This title is common on pirate [[Famicom]] [[Multicart#Pirate multicarts|multicarts]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone|systems]]; for example, it's built into the Dynavision and [[Power Player Super Joy III]] but also existed four [[ROM hacking|hacks]], called ''Coin Tetris'', ''Abacus'', and ''Jewel Master'' dualogy (the second is on [[N-Joypad]], while the last two respectively on [[Pelican VG Pocket|VG Pocket Max and Caplet]]). 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===
''Magic Jewelry'''s mechanical is similar to ''[[Columns (video game)|Columns]]'' by [[Sega]], in which the scores are obtained with the [[Combo (video gaming)|combination]] of lines made up of three or more colorful jewelry (horizontally, vertically or diagonally), thanks to use of three-piece movable columns falling into a rectangular playing grid. Once the combined column drops its pieces on other jewels, the player gains additional scores if a chain reaction occurs at that time. It also goes to the next stage when the flashing "X" column falls on a jewel, removing all those same color but, if dropped instead in an empty part, make gets a normal score. Finally, the game ends when only one column touches the grid top edge.

===Background===
It mainly represents [[New York City]] with a [[Statue of Liberty]] depiction appearing on screen right side, but is taken from the intro of ''[[Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode]]'', a [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game dating back to 1988. In addition there are clouds, stars, and the crescent moon who repeatedly moves from bottom to top.

===Music===
The songs played on ''Magic Jewelry'' are [[Chiptune|8-bit]] versions of some [[Copyright|copyrighted]] third party old classic ones, along with their pitched alterations in Levels 8-15; [[Hwang Shinwei|Shinwei]] himself already used them on his other [[Famicom]] [[Copyright infringement|unlicensed]] games (except for ''Mí Hún Chē''/''BB Car'', ''Punch Sprite'', ''Wild Ball'', ''China Chess'', and ''Piano''). Upon gaining a stage, the music advances to the next track, eventually cycling back from Level 0 theme. Below are listed stages, titles and authors.

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Lvl
! scope="col" | Alt lvl(s)
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Original artist
|-
| style="background:#fa9175; color:#000000;"|0 || 8, 12 || "[[All Kinds of Everything]]" || [[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]]
|-
| style="background:#979797; color:#000000;"|1 || 9, 11, 13 || "Happy Chinese Festival" <small>(or "China Festival")</small> || [[:zh:陳揚 (作曲家)|Chen Yang]]
|-
| style="background:#ff64f0; color:#000000;"|2 || 10, 14 || "[[Descendants of the Dragon (song)|Descendants of the Dragon]]" || [[:zh:李建复|Lee Chien-Fu]] <small>(written by [[Hou Dejian]])</small>
|-
| style="background:#00BA85; color:#000000;"|3* || 15 || "Rise from Your Grave" || Tohru Nakabayashi
|-
| style="background:#ec52b0; color:#000000;"|4 || rowspan="4"|— || "[[Der Freischütz|Jägerchor (Hunters' Chorus)]]" || [[Carl Maria von Weber]]
|-
| 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]]
|}

 * In Level 3 there's the only one song to be non-existent, because it's taken from an [[arcade game]], namely, [[Sega]]'s ''[[Altered Beast]]'' Round 1 and 4.

==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 '''''Magic Jewelry II''''' ({{zh|t=寶石方塊二代|p=Bǎoshí Fāngkuài Èr Dài|l=Gemstone Second Generation}}),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090501002244/http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/hwangshinwei/magicjewelry2/ Magic Jewelry II]</ref> that which 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 from the previous title, 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]]''
* ''[[Super Columns]]''

==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]]