El Viento

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El Viento
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Wolf Team (JP), Renovation (US)
Developer:
Sound driver: Wolf Team sound driver
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥8,5008,500 T-32063
Sega Mega Drive
US
$69.9969.99[2] 49136

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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 for unknown reasons.

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 A and jump with B. She also can use one of a variety of magic spells which are all thrown with C; 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

Source:
In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: El Viento/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #30: "January 1992" (199x-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-07: "July 1991" (1991-06-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-08: "August 1991" (1991-07-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-09: "September 1991" (1991-08-08)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
51 [5]
65 [6]
74 №, p83[7]
82 №3, p46-47
55 №145, [1]
92 [8]
60 №23
60 №1991-10, p90
93 [9]
80 [10]
89 [11]
88 №18, p65
Sega Mega Drive
74
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[12]
ACE (UK)
52
[5]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[13]
Consoles + (FR)
82
[14]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
90
[15]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[16]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[17]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[18]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
92
[2]
Games-X (UK)
60
[19]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[20]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
93
[21]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
93
[9]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
67
[22]
MegaTech (UK)
80
[10]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
80
[23]
Play Time (DE)
67
[24]
Power Play (DE)
66
[25]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
89
[3]
Sega Pro (UK)
89
[26]
Sega Pro (UK)
88
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
74
[28]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
66
[29]
Video Games (DE)
67
[30]
Sega Mega Drive
73
Based on
24 reviews

El Viento

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Elviento md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Elviento md jp manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 070a1ceb
MD5 6ddf640c2c5f91f12487d813b6257114
SHA-1 b53e901725fd6220d8e6d19ef8df42e89e0874db
1MB 1991-09 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 6091c36e
MD5 150e774ff1c31a76095a8bddf9975456
SHA-1 564ffd2a40b9bebe30587182a644050de474aa5a
1MB 1991-09 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 100
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 3.0 3.1 Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 56
  4. Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 4
  5. 5.0 5.1 ACE, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-08), page 93
  6. Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 34 (36)
  7. File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
  8. GamePro, "February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 56 (58)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Joystick, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 144
  10. 10.0 10.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 77
  11. Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 56-57 (56)
  12. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 71
  13. Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 34
  14. Consoles +, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-07), page 46
  15. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129
  16. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 24
  17. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 311
  18. Famitsu, "1991-09-27" (JP; 1991-09-13), page 39
  19. Games-X, "26th September-2nd October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-26), page 35
  20. Hippon Super, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-04), page 90
  21. Joypad, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-10-1x), page 40
  22. Mega Drive Fan, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 91
  23. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  24. Play Time, "2/92" (DE; 1992-01-08), page 95
  25. Power Play, "1/92" (DE; 1991-12-11), page 178
  26. Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 55
  27. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  28. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  29. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
  30. Video Games, "4/91" (DE; 1991-12-06), page 29


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