El Viento

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El Viento

Publisher: Wolf Team (JP), Renovation (US)

Developer: Wolf Team

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-09-20	¥8,5008,500	T-32063
US	1991-11^[1]	$69.9969.99^[2]	49136

El Viento (エル・ヴィエント) is a 1991 action platformer developed by Wolf Team for the Sega Mega Drive and published exclusively in the US and Japan by Renovation. It is the first game to be released in the trilogy followed by Earnest Evans and Anetto Futatabi.

A UK release, set to be distributed by Ubisoft for £44.99 in November 1991, was planned^[3] but cancelled.

Story

In 1928, Henry, a mad religious leader, attempts to awaken the terrible god Hastur using sorceress Restiana as willing sacrifice. Realizing the destruction this would cause, Annet Myer, Earnest Evans's companion in the first game, goes out to stop Henry and his cult followers.

Gameplay

Annet can throw boomerangs with and jump with . She also can use one of a variety of magic spells which are all thrown with ; she has limited magic power and can refill her magic power with power-ups. Unlike Earnest Evans, she can only crouch and stand still while crouching, though she can still fire while crouching. Each level is split up into multiple parts, and there is no prerequisite for leaving a part of a level, but she must still find the boss chamber.

Production credits

Producer: Masaaki Uno
Director: Hiroyuki Kayano
Sound: Motoi Sakuraba

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: El Viento/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #30: "January 1992" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[9]

ACE (UK)

52

^[4]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

82

^[11]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

90

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[13]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

50

^[14]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[2]

Games-X (UK)

60

^[16]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

93

^[18]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

93

^[7]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

67

^[19]

MegaTech (UK)

80

^[8]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

80

^[20]

Play Time (DE)

67

^[21]

Power Play (DE)

66

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

89

^[3]

Sega Pro (UK)

89

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

88

^[24]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

74

^[25]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

66

^[26]

Video Games (DE)

67

^[27]

	73
Based on 24 reviews

El Viento

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	070a1ceb
MD5	6ddf640c2c5f91f12487d813b6257114
SHA-1	b53e901725fd6220d8e6d19ef8df42e89e0874db

1MB

1991-09

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	6091c36e
MD5	150e774ff1c31a76095a8bddf9975456
SHA-1	564ffd2a40b9bebe30587182a644050de474aa5a

1MB

1991-09

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ File:EGM US 027.pdf, page 100
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:GamePro US 031.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 031.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:ACE UK 50.pdf, page 93 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 50.pdf_p93" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1991-10.pdf, page 36
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:Joystick FR 021.pdf, page 144 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 021.pdf_p144" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 71
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 34
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-07), page 46
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 24
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 311
↑ Famitsu, "1991-09-27" (JP; 1991-09-13), page 39
↑ Games-X, "26th September-2nd October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-26), page 35
↑ Hippon Super, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-04), page 90
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-10-1x), page 40
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 91
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
↑ Play Time, "2/92" (DE; 1992-01-08), page 95
↑ Power Play, "1/92" (DE; 1991-12-11), page 178
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 55
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
↑ Video Games, "4/91" (DE; 1991-12-06), page 29

[:File:EGM_US_027.pdf_p100-1] File:EGM US 027.pdf, page 100

[:File:GamePro_US_031.pdf_p58-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:GamePro US 031.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 031.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaPro_UK_01.pdf_p56-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:ACE_UK_50.pdf_p93-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:ACE UK 50.pdf, page 93 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 50.pdf_p93" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-10.pdf_p36-5] File:BeepMD_JP_1991-10.pdf, page 36

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-6] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85

[:File:Joystick_FR_021.pdf_p144-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:Joystick FR 021.pdf, page 144 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 021.pdf_p144" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p77-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 71

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-10.pdf_p34-10] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 34

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_003.pdf_p46-11] Consoles +, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-07), page 46

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p129-12] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129

[:File:EGM_US_028.pdf_p24-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 24

[14] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 311

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0145.pdf_p39-15] Famitsu, "1991-09-27" (JP; 1991-09-13), page 39

[:File:GamesX_UK_23.pdf_p35-16] Games-X, "26th September-2nd October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-26), page 35

[17] Hippon Super, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-04), page 90

[:File:Joypad_FR_002.pdf_p40-18] Joypad, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-10-1x), page 40

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1991-12.pdf_p91-19] Mega Drive Fan, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 91

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p138-20] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-02.pdf_p95-21] Play Time, "2/92" (DE; 1992-01-08), page 95

[22] Power Play, "1/92" (DE; 1991-12-11), page 178

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p55-23] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p65-24] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[26] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-04.pdf_p29-27] Video Games, "4/91" (DE; 1991-12-06), page 29

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El Viento

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References