Winter Heat

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Winter Heat
System(s): Sega Titan Video, Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Saturn
SCSP/CD-DA (30 tracks)
Peripherals supported:
Sega Saturn
Saturn 6 Player Adaptor
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (Sega Titan Video)
JP
¥? ?






















Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,8005,800 GS-9177
Sega Saturn
US
81129
Sega Saturn
EU
MK81129-50
Sega Saturn
BR
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
Source:
In-game credits (JP)
WinterHeat Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
[4]


Source:
US manual
Winterheat sat us manual.pdf
[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Winter Heat/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Player One (FR) #81: "Décembre 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Player One (FR) #81: "Décembre 1997" (1997-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-04ex: "1998-04 extra (1998-02-06ex)" (1998-01-23)
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Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Titan Video version

Sega Titan Video,

WinterHeat STV Cart.jpg
Cart

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
78 №36, p114-118
91 №73, p100/101
80 [3]
80 [6]
80 №478, p30
50 №67, p78/79
93 [7]
92 [8]
88 [9]
Sega Saturn
81
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Consoles (FR)
100
[10]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
91
[11]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
75
[3]
Digitiser (UK)
74
[12]
Edge (UK) PAL
80
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
91
[13]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
80
[14]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[15]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
90
[16]
Joypad (FR) PAL
93
[7]
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
[9]
Super Power (FI)
89
[28]
Ultra Game Players (US) NTSC-U
80
[29]
Sega Saturn
85
Based on
24 reviews

Winter Heat

Saturn, US
WinterHeat Saturn US Box Back.jpgWinterHeat Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Winterheat sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
WinterHeat Saturn EU Box.jpg
Cover
WinterHeat Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
WinterHeat Saturn JP Box Back.jpgWinterHeat Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
WinterHeat Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
WinterHeat Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, BR
WinterHeat Sat BR cover.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
373,097,760 CD-ROM (EU) MK81129-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
391,591,536 1997-12-17 CD-ROM (JP) GS-9177 V1.001

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
\STAFF\SATFF.TXT TXT 13,626 Messages from the developers.
ABS.TXT TXT (Abstract) 283 About this game.
BIB.TXT TXT (Bibliographiced) 83 About original game
CPY.TXT TXT (Copyright) 47 Copyright


References

  1. https://sega-interactive.co.jp/special/history/title/winterheat.html
  2. Computer & Video Games, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 45
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Computer & Video Games, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 52
  4. File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  5. File:Winterheat sat us manual.pdf, page 30
  6. 6.0 6.1 Edge, "February 1998" (UK; 1998-01-27), page 91
  7. 7.0 7.1 Joypad, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-xx), page 106
  8. Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 67
  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. CD Consoles, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-0x), page 114
  11. Consoles +, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 100
  12. Digitiser (UK) (1998-02-09)
  13. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 98
  14. Famitsu, "1998-02-13" (JP; 1998-01-30), page 1
  15. GamePro, "May 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 98
  16. Gry Komputerowe, "4/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
  17. MAN!AC, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 56
  18. Mega Console, "Marzo 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 60
  19. Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 28
  20. Mega Fun, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-04), page 78
  21. Neo, "Kwiecień 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 27
  22. neXt Level, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-30), page 60
  23. Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 3" (JP; 1998-01-30), page 148
  24. Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 6" (JP; 1998-03-13), page 76
  25. Sega Magazin, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 20
  26. SuperGamePower, "Abril 1998" (BR; 1998-xx-xx), page 44
  27. Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 66
  28. Super Power, "4 1998" (FI; 1998-0x-xx), page 44
  29. 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
Book
Winter Heat Official Guide (1998)