Iron Storm

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Iron Storm

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Working Designs (US), Sega (JP)

Developer: Sega

Licensor: SystemSoft

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory, Shuttle Mouse

Genre: Simulation

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-09-22	¥7,8007,800	GS-9025
US	1996-05-08		T-12701H

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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～) is an entry in the Daisenryaku series released for the Sega Saturn. It is one of the few games in the series to be territory outside of Japan, though 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

Screenshot

Main article: Iron Storm/Comparisons.

Production credits

企画・原案: 佐伯広人
ゲームデザイン: 佐伯広人, 日並雅宏, 池尻賢一, 神子敏康, 持田英昭
テクニカルディレクター: 庄司卓
メインシステムプログラム: 脇原一雄
ゲームシステムプログラム: 百田浩司
思考プログラム: 城田泉
戦闘シーンプログラム: 野村光一
表関係プログラム: 藤澤靖
映像関係プログラム: 井上善央
ツール作成: 脇原一雄, 百田浩司, 城田泉, 野村光一, 藤澤靖
デザインチーフ: 清宮敦嗣
背景デザイン: 清宮敦嗣, 番重真紀子
ユニットデザインチーフ: 横川聡
ユニットデザイン: 横川聡, 馬立敬一, 雲野雅広, 原田正道, 綿貫透, 酒井智史, 西村謙太郎
映像・CG関係: 馬立敬一, 大岩幹治
タイトルデザイン: 酒井智史, 馬立敬一
音楽監督: 澤田朋伯
SE制作: 小畑幹
BGM制作: 新田勝貴
レコーディング: 成田尊, 町田直幸, 川平真二, 柴田文孝
宣伝担当: 細井貴志, 奥成洋輔, 竹崎忠, 南雲靖士
パッケージ＆マニュアル: 田中裕也, 飯田直彦, 木野聖子
ソフトアドバイザー: 足立誠治
Special Thanks: 小林宏次, 大場規勝, 平間広行
プロデューサー: 押谷眞
エグゼクティブプロデューサー: 重田守
制作協力: Panzer, 航空情報, 世界の艦船, Toyo Video, 株式会社東洋ビデオ
CG協力: Polygon Research
オリジナルゲーム: SystemSoft
制作著作: 株式会社セガ・エンタープライゼス

The End

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Iron Storm/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

PDF

JP flyer

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #82: "May 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[1]
Next Generation (US) #18: "June 1996" (1996-05-21)^[2]
GamePro (US) #93: "June 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[3]
Next Generation (US) #19: "July 1996" (1996-06-18)^[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #84: "July 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[5]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-10: "October 1995" (1995-09-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[10]

Consoles News (FR)

NTSC-J

88

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

92

^[6]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-U

91

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[14]

Freak (IL)

94

^[15]

Fun Generation (DE)

100

^[16]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[18]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

69

^[19]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

86

^[21]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

78

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

82

^[23]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC

79

^[24]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[25]

Playmag (FR)

NTSC-U

66

^[26]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

90

^[29]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

90

^[30]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[31]

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Based on 23 reviews

Iron Storm

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Jewel Case

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

361,631,760

1995-08-24

CD-ROM (JP)

GS-9025 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

355,401,312

CD-ROM (US)

T-12701H V1.000

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): Sega Saturn

References

Iron Storm

Books: World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Sekai Shin Chitsujo Kensetsu Manual (1995) | World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Complete File (1995)

Prototypes: 1996-02-07 | 03-27

Daisenryaku games for Sega systems
	Super Daisenryaku (1989) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (1991)
	Taisen-gata Daisenryaku G (1991)
	Iron Storm (1995) \| World Advanced Daisenryaku: Sakusen File (1996) \| Daisenryaku Pack (1996) \| Daisenryaku Strong Style (1997)
	Advanced Daisenryaku 98 (1998) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 Power Up Kit (1998) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 with Power Up Kit‏‎ (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II (1999) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II Power Up Kit (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II Kanzenban (2001) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Power Up Kit (2002) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Kanzenban (2004) \| Advanced Daisenryaku IV (2003) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 5 (2006)
	Advanced Daisenryaku: Sturm über Europa - Der deutsche Blitzkrieg (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 (2001)
	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)
Daisenryaku related media
	Sega Game Attack Manual Book Super Daisenryaku (1989) \| Sega Mega Drive Attack Manual Book Super Daisenryaku Senjutsu Hen (1989) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen Koushiki Guide Book (1991) \| Advanced Daisenryaku & Tenka Fubu Koushiki Guide Book (1992) \| World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Sekai Shin Chitsujo Kensetsu Manual (1995) \| World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Complete File (1995) \| World Advanced Daisenryaku: Sakusen File Koushiki Guide (1996) \| Daisenryaku Strong Style Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1997) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 Koushiki Game Guide Book (1999) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II Koushiki Game Guide Book (1999) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Europe no Arashi - Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen Heiki File (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Europe no Arashi - Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen Kouryaku Guide (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Europe no Arashi - Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen Kanzen Guide (2000) \| Dreamcast Hisshou Hou Special: Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Strategical Guide Book (2001) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Koushiki Guide Book (2002)

[:File:EGM_US_082.pdf_p75-1] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:NextGeneration_US_18.pdf_p89-2] Next Generation, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 89

[:File:GamePro_US_093.pdf_p57-3] GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 57

[:File:NextGeneration_US_19.pdf_p75-4] Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 75

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p47-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_051.pdf_p134-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Consoles +, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 134

[:File:MeanMachinesSega45UK.pdf_p82_.2882.2F83.29-7] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-03), page 82/83 (82)

[:File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf_p175_.28173.29-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 173 (175)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11_.289.29-9] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 9 (11)

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 141

[:File:ConsolesNews_FR_02.pdf_p89-11] Consoles News, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 89

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_056.pdf_p140-12] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 140

[:File:EGM_US_082.pdf_p31-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 31

[14] Famitsu, "1995-09-29" (JP; 1995-09-14), page 31

[15] Freak, "8/96" (IL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-07.pdf_p80-16] Fun Generation, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 80

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0905.pdf_p69-17] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 5 May 1996" (US; 1996-04-xx), page 69

[:File:GamePro_US_094.pdf_p97-18] GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:GameInformer_US_038.pdf_p59-19] Game Informer, "June 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 59

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_01.pdf_p86-20] Intelligent Gamer, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-27), page 86

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-11.pdf_p50-21] MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 50

[:File:MegaForce_FR_52.pdf_p86-22] Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-07.pdf_p69-23] Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 69

[:File:MeanMachinesSega45UK.pdf_p82-24] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-03), page 82

[:File:NextGeneration_US_18.pdf_p122-25] Next Generation, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 122

[:File:Playmag_FR_05.pdf_p119-26] Playmag, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 119

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-12_19951215.pdf_p60-27] Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 60

[:File:SSM_JP_19951001_1995-10.pdf_p175-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 175

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-07.pdf_p95-30] Video Games, "7/96" (DE; 1996-06-26), page 95

[:File:VideoGames_US_90.pdf_p73-31] VideoGames, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 73

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Daisenryaku games for Sega systems
	Super Daisenryaku (1989) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (1991)
	Taisen-gata Daisenryaku G (1991)
	Iron Storm (1995) \| World Advanced Daisenryaku: Sakusen File (1996) \| Daisenryaku Pack (1996) \| Daisenryaku Strong Style (1997)
	Advanced Daisenryaku 98 (1998) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 Power Up Kit (1998) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 with Power Up Kit‏‎ (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II (1999) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II Power Up Kit (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II Kanzenban (2001) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Power Up Kit (2002) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Kanzenban (2004) \| Advanced Daisenryaku IV (2003) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 5 (2006)
	Advanced Daisenryaku: Sturm über Europa - Der deutsche Blitzkrieg (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 (2001)
	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)
Daisenryaku related media
	Sega Game Attack Manual Book Super Daisenryaku (1989) \| Sega Mega Drive Attack Manual Book Super Daisenryaku Senjutsu Hen (1989) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen Koushiki Guide Book (1991) \| Advanced Daisenryaku & Tenka Fubu Koushiki Guide Book (1992) \| World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Sekai Shin Chitsujo Kensetsu Manual (1995) \| World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Complete File (1995) \| World Advanced Daisenryaku: Sakusen File Koushiki Guide (1996) \| Daisenryaku Strong Style Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1997) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 Koushiki Game Guide Book (1999) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II Koushiki Game Guide Book (1999) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Europe no Arashi - Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen Heiki File (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Europe no Arashi - Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen Kouryaku Guide (2000) \| Advanced Daisenryaku: Europe no Arashi - Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen Kanzen Guide (2000) \| Dreamcast Hisshou Hou Special: Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Strategical Guide Book (2001) \| Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Koushiki Guide Book (2002)

Iron Storm

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Campaigns and Scenarios

Germany

Japan

United States

Versions

Localised names

Screenshot

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Extra content

External links

References