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Blast Wind

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Tecnosoft

Developer: Tecnosoft

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (19 tracks)

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-01-17^[2]	¥5,8005,800	T-1810G

Blast Wind (ブラストウインド) is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.

Story

A nuclear shockwave has all but destroyed the entire population of Earth. The remaining humans on the planet were gathered aboard a ship called the Ark by a prophetic man named Noa. After the radiation dissipated, humankind emerged from the Ark and began building anew.

However, the developing civilization came under attack by a society named Gorn, the embodiment of machines and artificiality. During the nuclear winter, Gorn was sealed beneath the Earth's crust but surfaced when the remaining humans returned. Humanity must fight back against Gorn, using ancient weapons unearthed by the new civilization and two "Ultimate Destroyers" known as Kyō and Forn.

Gameplay

for normal shot, or for homing shot, and for bombs. This can be changed in the options.

Player

Players control either Kyō (Player 1) or Forn (Player 2)'s ships, each ship has two different main shot types.

	Kyō
	Player 1 Shot type 1 = Homing X-shot Shot type 2 = Wave shot, follows the contours of some levels with walls
	Forn
	Player 2 Shot type 1 = Aiming spread shot Shot type 2 = Laser

Stages

The game is notable for being able to change routes by pushing blocks. Some stages change the stage boss or attack method.

	Stage 1: Iron Skyscraper
	Normal Root Boss: Strat Guard Alternate Root Boss: Strat Guard
	Stage 2: City of Night
	Normal Root Boss: Gamma Ray Alternate Root Boss: Sprigun
	Stage 3: Atlantis
	Normal Root Boss: Sodom Alternate Root Boss: Sodom
	Stage 4: Earth Breaker
	Normal Root Boss: Ostragle Alternate Root Boss: Ostragle
	Stage 5: Dimension Cave
	Normal/Alternate Root Boss: Drad
	Stage 6: Gorn LastBattle
	In Final Boss background, Gorn's motto appear "World of Technology", it is also Technosoft's slogan.

Items

	Power UP
	Weapon power increase 1 level. Brief period of invincibility and a powerful horizontal lightning blast after pickup.
	Full Power UP
	Weapon power gets maxed. Brief period of invincibility and a powerful horizontal lightning blast after pickup.
	Bomb
	Add bomb.
	Shield Ball
	Option ball that absorbs enemy bullets.
	1up
	Increase 1 ship.
	Bonus 1
	Get 1000 points.
	Bonus 2
	Get 5000 points.
	Bonus 3
	Get 100 points.

History

Apparently, an arcade version of Blast Wind was to be made before the Saturn port titled Inazuma Saber (稲妻セイバー), much like how Hyper Duel had an arcade version before the Saturn release. This arcade version was eventually shelved.

"Gorn" is one letter off from the ORN Empire from the Thunder Force series.

Production credits

Main Program: Pen Knife
Sub Program: Zako, Cyber Yumimint, Chinpui
Enemy Program: Godzy, Wahrsager, Noritaloon, Nekoon
Demo Program: Zany
Conversion: Nincompoop, Mirror, Takohai Ssu, Under Cover
Main Design: Pei Crash
Sub Design: OPA
Music Compose & Sound Effect: Tsukumohyakutaro
Direction Produce: Yunker Matai
Works: Neptune
Executive Produce: Shigotonin
Special Thanks: Souichiro Hikichi, Andrew Zimmerman, And You
Presented by: Tecno Soft®

Source:

In-game credits^[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: Blast Wind/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[4]

Fun Generation (DE)

NTSC-J

60

^[5]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[6]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[7]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[8]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[9]

	65
Based on 6 reviews

Blast Wind

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

572,766,096

1996-12-10

CD-ROM (JP)

T-1810G V1.003

Track list

1. Data track

2. Opening (01:21)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

3. Ultimate Destroyer (02:49)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

4. Strat Guard (02:56)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

5. Run Of The Destiny (03:21)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

6. Gumma Ray (02:44)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

7. Sprigun (03:03)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

8. The Ritual (05:00)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

9. Sodom (03:05)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

10. Chaos Breaker (04:27)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

11. Ostragle (02:53)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

12. Burning Heart (03:32)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

13. Drad (02:45)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

14. God Breath (03:29)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

15. Gorn (02:18)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

16. Speak (00:17)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

17. The Justice Ray (05:05)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

18. The Longest Voyage (03:24)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

19. Lo-Fi Mix (01:02)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

20. Game Over (00:07)
Composed by: Tsukumo Hyakutarou

► Running time: 53:38

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
BW_ABS.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	188	About this game.
BW_BIB.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	23	Title
BW_CPY.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	28	Copyright

References

↑ File:BlastWind Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)
↑ File:BlastWind_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ Famitsu, "1997-01-24" (JP; 1997-01-10), page 1
↑ Fun Generation, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 92
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 2" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 186
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 5" (JP; 1997-02-28), page 98
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-02 (1997-01-31)" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 222
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12

[:File:BlastWind_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:BlastWind Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190728123006.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee3.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)

[:File:BlastWind_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-3] File:BlastWind_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[4] Famitsu, "1997-01-24" (JP; 1997-01-10), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1997-04.pdf_p92-5] Fun Generation, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 92

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-02_19970131.pdf_p186-6] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 2" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 186

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-05_19970314.pdf_p98-7] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 5" (JP; 1997-02-28), page 98

[:File:SSM_JP_19970131_1997-02.pdf_p222-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-02 (1997-01-31)" (JP; 1997-01-17), page 222

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12

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 ==Story==
-A nuclear shockwave has all but destroyed the entire population of Earth. The remaining humans on the planet were gathered aboard a ship called the Ark by a prophetic man named Noa. After the radiation dissipated, humankind emerged from the Ark and began building thriving civilizations.
+A nuclear shockwave has all but destroyed the entire population of Earth. The remaining humans on the planet were gathered aboard a ship called the Ark by a prophetic man named Noa. After the radiation dissipated, humankind emerged from the Ark and began building anew.
-However, the fledgling civilization came under attack by a culture called Gorn. Gorn was a culture consisting of the embodiment of machines and artificiality. During the nuclear winter, Gorn was sealed beneath the Earth's crust and emerged when the remaining humans came out of the Ark. Humanity must fight back against Gorn, using ancient weapons unearthed by the new civilization and two "Ultimate Destroyers" known as Kyō and Forn.
+However, the developing civilization came under attack by a society named Gorn, the embodiment of machines and artificiality. During the nuclear winter, Gorn was sealed beneath the Earth's crust but surfaced when the remaining humans returned. Humanity must fight back against Gorn, using ancient weapons unearthed by the new civilization and two "Ultimate Destroyers" known as Kyō and Forn.
 ==Gameplay==
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 ===Stages===
-This game in notable to change roots by pushing blocks. Some stages change the stage boss, or attack method.
+The game is notable for being able to change routes by pushing blocks. Some stages change the stage boss or attack method.
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-| title=Stage 1: Iron Skyscrape
+| title=Stage 1: Iron Skyscraper
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-Another Root Boss: Strat Guard
+Alternate Root Boss: Strat Guard
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-Another Root Boss: Sprigun
+Alternate Root Boss: Sprigun
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-Another Root Boss: Sodom
+Alternate Root Boss: Sodom
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 | screenshot=BlastWind_Saturn_JP_SS_ST5.png
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-| desc=Normal/Another Root Boss: Drad
+| desc=Normal/Alternate Root Boss: Drad
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-| title=Stage 6: GORN Lastbattle
+| title=Stage 6: Gorn LastBattle
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-| desc=In Final Boss background, Gorn's motto appear "World of Technology", it is also Technosoft's slogan,
+| desc=In Final Boss background, Gorn's motto appear "World of Technology", it is also Technosoft's slogan.
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 | title=Power UP
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-| desc=Weapon power increase 1 level. When get this item, it will also give the ship a brief period of invincibility and a powerful horizontal lightning blast.
+| desc=Weapon power increase 1 level. Brief period of invincibility and a powerful horizontal lightning blast after pickup.
 }}
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 | title=Full Power UP
 | image=BlastWind_Saturn_JP_SP_Powup2.png
-| desc=Weapon power gets max. When get this item, it will also give the ship a brief period of invincibility and a powerful horizontal lightning blast.
+| desc=Weapon power gets maxed. Brief period of invincibility and a powerful horizontal lightning blast after pickup.
 }}
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 | title=Shield Ball
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-| desc=Option ball add.
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 ==History==
-Apparently an arcade version of Blast Wind was to be made before the Saturn port titled ''Inazuma Saber'' (稲妻セイバー), much like how ''[[Hyper Duel]]'' had an arcade version before the Saturn release. This arcade version was eventually shelved.
+Apparently, an arcade version of Blast Wind was to be made before the Saturn port titled ''Inazuma Saber'' (稲妻セイバー), much like how ''[[Hyper Duel]]'' had an arcade version before the Saturn release. This arcade version was eventually shelved.
 "Gorn" is one letter off from the ORN Empire from the ''Thunder Force'' series.

Difference between revisions of "Blast Wind"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 15:36, 26 April 2021

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Player

Stages

Items

History

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

Extra content

References