Winter Heat

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Winter Heat

System(s): Sega Titan Video, Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega AM3,

Data East

Sound driver:

SCSP/CD-DA (30 tracks)

Peripherals supported:

Saturn 6 Player Adaptor

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code

JP	1998-02-05	¥5,8005,800	GS-9177
US	1998-02-18		81129
EU	1998-02-13^[1]		MK81129-50
BR	199x		191x63

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Winter Heat (ウィンターヒート) is a Sega Saturn winter sports game.

It was included as part of volume 15 of the Sega Ages 2500 series, along with Decathlete and Virtua Athlete 2K.

Production credits

Saturn version

Chief Programmer: Yasuhiro Sugahara
Programmer: Souichi Akiyama, Shinichi Suzuki, Shinichi Satoh, Takatoshi Katahata, Tomoki Mitsui, Hiromichi Kaneko, Akira Mutoh
Chief Graphic Designer: Masanori Oe
Graphic Designer: Hitomi Hashimoto, Yoshinari Kaiho, Koji Tomura, Shintaro Tamai, Yoshitane Sakamoto, Yasushi Kameda, Miyuki Uetsuki, Kumiko Oka
Music & Sound Effects: Hiroaki Yoshida
Cast & Narration: Marc Sherrod, Abbass Hussain, Alexander O. Smith, Rica Terajima, Yukihiro Kashiwaguichi, Kumiko Shimura, Robert Belgrade, Michael Naishtut, Kimberly Forsythe
Special Thanks: Staff of "Benetton SportsSystem Japan Co.,Ltd.", "Descente, Ltd", "Japan Bobsleigh Land., Ltd.", "Ski Association of Japan.", "Japan Bobsleigh and Luge Federation."
Publicist: Shunsuke Katoh
Project Support: Sega Enterprises,Ltd., Products Management Div., CS Promotion Div., Development Planning Dpt., Software Technical Support & Development Div.
Director: Yasushi Watanabe, Katsumoto Tatsukawa
Producer: Mie Kumagai, Junichi Tsuchiya
General Manager: Hisao Oguchi
Data East
Presented by Sega

Source:

In-game credits^[3]

Producer: Tracy Johnson
Brand Managers: Kristin McCloskey, Brad Hogan
Lead Tester: Dave Paniagua
Assistant Lead Tester: Dennis Lee
Testers: Amy Albertson, Lorne Asuncion, Tony Borba, Dan Carmichael, Michael Dobbins, Arnold Feener, Howard Gipson, Rick Greer, Jeff B. Junio, Tony Lynch, Abe Navarro, Mark Paniagua, Fernando Valderrama, Polly Villatuya
Team Sega Sports: Geraldine Dessimoz, Brad Hogan, Tracy Johnson, Marcus Matthews, Dave Perkinson
Manual: Abbass Hussain
Special Thanks: Jadelyn Chang, Eric Smith and the SEEDY crew

Source:

US manual^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Winter Heat/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Player One (FR) #81: "Décembre 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-04ex: "1998-04 extra (1998-02-06ex)" (1998-01-23)

Physical scans

Sega Titan Video version

Sega Titan Video,

Cart

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

100

^[9]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

91

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[2]

Digitiser (UK)

74

^[11]

Edge (UK)

PAL

80

^[5]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[12]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[13]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[14]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[15]

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

90

^[16]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

93

^[6]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

82

^[17]

Mega Console (IT)

PAL

78

^[18]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

95

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

91

^[20]

Neo (PL)

80

^[21]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

85

^[22]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[23]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[24]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

94

^[25]

SuperGamePower (BR)

80

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[8]

Super Power (FI)

89

^[28]

Ultra Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[29]

	85
Based on 25 reviews

Winter Heat

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

373,097,760

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81129-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

391,591,536

1997-12-17

CD-ROM (JP)

GS-9177 V1.001

References

↑ File:CVG UK 196.pdf, page 45
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 196.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 196.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ File:Winterheat sat us manual.pdf, page 30
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:Edge UK 055.pdf, page 91 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 055.pdf_p91" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:Joypad FR 072.pdf, page 106 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 072.pdf_p106" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_UK_29.pdf, page 67
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content
↑ CD Consoles, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-0x), page 114
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1998-02-09)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 98
↑ Famitsu, "1998-02-13" (JP; 1998-01-30), page 1
↑ GamePro, "May 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 98
↑ Game Informer, "April 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 56
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "4/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
↑ MAN!AC, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 56
↑ Mega Console, "Marzo 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 60
↑ Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 28
↑ Mega Fun, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-04), page 78
↑ Neo, "Kwiecień 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 27
↑ neXt Level, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-30), page 60
↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 3" (JP; 1998-01-30), page 148
↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 6" (JP; 1998-03-13), page 76
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 20
↑ SuperGamePower, "Abril 1998" (BR; 1998-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 66
↑ Super Power, "4 1998" (FI; 1998-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Ultra Game Players, "April 1998" (US; 1998-03-24), page 68

Decathlete series
Decathlete (1996) \| Winter Heat (1997) \| Virtua Athlete 2K (2000) \| Virtua Athlete (2002) \| Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 15: Decathlete Collection (2004)
Decathlete related media
	Winter Heat Official Guide (1998)

[:File:CVG_UK_196.pdf_p45-1] File:CVG UK 196.pdf, page 45

[:File:CVG_UK_196.pdf_p52-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 196.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 196.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content

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

[:File:Winterheat_sat_us_manual.pdf_p30-4] File:Winterheat sat us manual.pdf, page 30

[:File:Edge_UK_055.pdf_p91-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:Edge UK 055.pdf, page 91 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 055.pdf_p91" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Joypad_FR_072.pdf_p106-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:Joypad FR 072.pdf, page 106 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 072.pdf_p106" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SSM_UK_29.pdf_p67-7] File:SSM_UK_29.pdf, page 67

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content

[9] CD Consoles, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-0x), page 114

[10] Consoles +, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 100

[digitiser1998-02-09-11] Digitiser (UK) (1998-02-09)

[:File:EGM_US_105.pdf_p98-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 98

[13] Famitsu, "1998-02-13" (JP; 1998-01-30), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_116.pdf_p98-14] GamePro, "May 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 98

[:File:GameInformer_US_060.pdf_p56-15] Game Informer, "April 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 56

[16] Gry Komputerowe, "4/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-03.pdf_p56-17] MAN!AC, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 56

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_46.pdf_p60-18] Mega Console, "Marzo 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:MegaForce_FR_62.pdf_p28-19] Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 28

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1998-03.pdf_p78-20] Mega Fun, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-04), page 78

[:File:Neo_5_PL.pdf_p27-21] Neo, "Kwiecień 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1998-03.pdf_p60-22] neXt Level, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-30), page 60

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-03_19980213.pdf_p148-23] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 3" (JP; 1998-01-30), page 148

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-06_19980327.pdf_p76-24] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 6" (JP; 1998-03-13), page 76

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_52.pdf_p20-25] Sega Magazin, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 20

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_049.pdf_p44-26] SuperGamePower, "Abril 1998" (BR; 1998-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:SSM_UK_29.pdf_p66-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 66

[:File:SuperPower_FI_1998-04.pdf_p44-28] Super Power, "4 1998" (FI; 1998-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_109.pdf_p68-29] Ultra Game Players, "April 1998" (US; 1998-03-24), page 68

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Winter Heat

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Contents

Production credits

Saturn version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Sega Titan Video version

Saturn version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References