Iron Storm

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Iron Storm
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Working Designs (US), Sega (JP)
Developer:
Licensor: SystemSoft
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory, Shuttle Mouse
Genre: Simulation

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥7,8007,800 GS-9025
Sega Saturn
US
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

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)

Japanese Campaign

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

Production credits

The End
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Iron Storm/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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US print advert
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WADKnI Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
JP flyer
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
92 [6]
100
83 №354, p31
79 [7]
83 [8]
90 [9]
Sega Saturn
88
Based on
6 reviews
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]
Intelligent Gamer (US) NTSC-U
83
[19]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
86
[20]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-U
78
[21]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
82
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC
79
[7]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[23]
Playmag (FR) NTSC-U
66
[24]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
81
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
83
[8]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
90
[9]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
90
[26]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[27]
Sega Saturn
84
Based on
22 reviews

Iron Storm

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Ironstorm sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
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Jewel Case

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
361,631,760 1995-08-24 CD-ROM (JP) GS-9025 V1.000
Sega Saturn
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

References

  1. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 75
  2. Next Generation, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 89
  3. GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 57
  4. Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 75
  5. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 47
  6. 6.0 6.1 Consoles +, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 134
  7. 7.0 7.1 Mean Machines Sega, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-03), page 82
  8. 8.0 8.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1995" (JP; 1995-09-08), page 175
  9. 9.0 9.1 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p11" defined multiple times with different content
  10. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 141
  11. Consoles News, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 89
  12. Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 140
  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
  16. Fun Generation, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 80
  17. Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 5 May 1996" (US; 1996-04-xx), page 69
  18. GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 97
  19. Intelligent Gamer, "June 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 86
  20. MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 50
  21. Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 86
  22. Mega Fun, "07/96" (DE; 1996-06-19), page 69
  23. Next Generation, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-21), page 122
  24. Playmag, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 119
  25. Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 60
  26. Video Games, "7/96" (DE; 1996-06-26), page 95
  27. VideoGames, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 73


Iron Storm

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Books: World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Sekai Shin Chitsujo Kensetsu Manual (1995) | World Advanced Daisenryaku: Koutetsu no Senpuu Complete File (1995)
Sega Saturn
Prototypes: 1996-02-07 | 03-27



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Sega Mega Drive
Super Daisenryaku (1989) | Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (1991)
Sega Game Gear
Taisen-gata Daisenryaku G (1991)
Sega Saturn
Iron Storm (1995) | World Advanced Daisenryaku: Sakusen File (1996) | Daisenryaku Pack (1996) | Daisenryaku Strong Style (1997)
Windows PC
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)
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Advanced Daisenryaku: Sturm über Europa - Der deutsche Blitzkrieg (2000) | Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 (2001)
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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)
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Book
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