Iron Storm

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Iron Storm
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Working Designs (US), Sega (Japan)
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Licensor: SystemSoft
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory, Shuttle Mouse
Genre: Simulation[2][3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥7,8007,800 GS-9025
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
US
T-12701H
ESRB: Kids to Adults

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Iron Storm, known as World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu (ワールドアドバンスド大戦略 ~鋼鉄の戦風~) in Japan, is an entry in the Daisenryaku series released for the Sega Saturn. It is one of the few games in the series to be released outside of Japan, though it did not see a release in Europe.

Gameplay

Iron Storm is a World War II themed turn based strategy game, similiar in vein to SSI's Generals series. Players will take command of Nazi Germany, Japanese Empire or United States and wage war against the enemy forces in historical battles. Similar to other games in the Daisenryaku series, if players attain impressive victories, they might change the outcome of the war and end up commanding their forces in hypothetical scenarios such as Invasion of British Isles or Operation Coronet.

Campaigns and Scenarios

Names in italic text are hypothetical scenarios.

Germany

  • Invasion of France
  • Battle of Britain
  • Operation Sealion
  • Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia
  • Byelorussia
  • Smolensk
  • Kiev
  • Operation Typhoon
  • Burau
  • Stalingrad
  • Kharkiv
  • Operation Firesquall (Invasion of North America)
  • Kursk
  • Normandy
  • Falaise Pocket
  • Ardennes
  • Berlin
  • India (Germany vs Japan)

Japan

  • Khalkin-Gol
  • Khalkin-Gol Part.2
  • Pearl Harbor
  • Malaya
  • Java and Sumatra
  • Coral Sea
  • Midway
  • Guadalcanal
  • Bloody Ridge
  • Mantanikau River
  • Invasion of India
  • San Francisco
  • Imphal
  • New Guinea
  • Mariana Islands
  • Leyte Gulf
  • Okinawa Part.1
  • Okinawa Part.2
  • Okinawa Part.3
  • Operation Coronet
  • Assault on India (Japan vs Germany)

United States

  • Coral Sea
  • Midway
  • Eastern Solomon
  • Henderson Field
  • New Guinea
  • Saipan
  • Normandy
  • Operation Dragoon
  • Leyte Gulf
  • Battle of the Bulge
  • Berlin
  • Okinawa
  • Operation Coronet

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) Iron Storm Iron Storm
Japanese ワールドアドバンスド大戦略 ~鋼鉄の戦風~ World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu

Comparisons

Main article: Iron Storm/Comparisons.

Production credits

Main article: Iron Storm/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Iron Storm/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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US print advert
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WADKnI Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
JP flyer
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-10: "October 1995" (1995-09-08)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[13]
Consoles News (FR) NTSC-J
88
[14]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
92
[15]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-U
91
[16]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[17]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
83
[18]
Freak (IL)
94
[19]
Fun Generation (DE)
100
[20]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
95
[21]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[22]
Intelligent Gamer (US) NTSC-U
83
[23]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
86
[24]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-U
78
[25]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
82
[26]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC
79
[27]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[28]
Playmag (FR) NTSC-U
66
[29]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
81
[30]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
83
[31]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
90
[32]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
90
[33]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[34]
Sega Saturn
84
Based on
22 reviews

Iron Storm

Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
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Manual
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Jewel Case
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Leaflet
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Leaflet
Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
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Manual

Technical information

Main article: Iron Storm/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
361,631,760 1995-08-24 CD-ROM (JP) GS-9025 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
355,401,312 CD-ROM (US) T-12701H V1.000
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1996-02-07 CD-R Page
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1996-03-27 CD-R Page

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File Type Size description
README.TXT TXT 12,732 Messages from the developers.
SENSHI.TXT TXT 35,904 Supplementary explanation about before WW2.


External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn

References

  1. http://www.wave-master.com/wm/works/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-05-19 20:54)
  2. File:WADKnI Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-19 18:07)
  4. https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/zbZG7emjpr4/m/GD3H6HsrTNQJ
  5. https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/GYtHFv7nKJk/m/pFkFSx2k_HYJ
  6. https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/PvEmkoDJSGc/m/lPZGMLy1OS8J
  7. https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/NS-Hsprf6FY/m/nfqy6545J9MJ
  8. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 75
  9. Next Generation, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 89
  10. GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 57
  11. Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 75
  12. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 47
  13. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 141
  14. Consoles News, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 89
  15. Consoles +, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 134
  16. Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 140
  17. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 31
  18. Famitsu, "1995-09-29" (JP; 1995-09-14), page 31
  19. Freak, "8/96" (IL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  20. Fun Generation, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 80
  21. Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 5 May 1996" (US; 1996-04-xx), page 69
  22. GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 97
  23. Intelligent Gamer, "June 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 86
  24. MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 50
  25. Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 86
  26. Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 69
  27. Mean Machines Sega, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-03), page 82
  28. Next Generation, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 122
  29. Playmag, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 119
  30. Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 60
  31. Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 175
  32. Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11
  33. Video Games, "7/96" (DE; 1996-06-26), page 95
  34. VideoGames, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 73


Iron Storm

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Books: World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Sekai Shin Chitsujo Kensetsu Manual (1995) | World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Complete File (1995)
Sega Saturn
Prototypes: 1996-02-07 | 03-27



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Sega Mega Drive
Super Daisenryaku (1989) | Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (1991)
Sega Game Gear
Taisen-gata Daisenryaku G (1991)
Sega Saturn
Iron Storm (1995) | World Advanced Daisenryaku: Sakusen File (1996) | Daisenryaku Pack (1996) | Daisenryaku Strong Style (1997)
Windows PC
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Sony PlayStation 2
Daisenryaku 1941: Gyakuten no Taiheiyou (2002) | Standard Daisenryaku: Dengekisen (2004) | Standard Daisenryaku: Ushinawareta Shouri (2005) | Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 22: Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (2006)
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