Winter Heat

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ST-V
Saturn

Winter Heat

System(s): Sega Titan Video, Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Sega AM3^[1]

Data East

Sound driver:

SCSP/CD-DA (30 tracks)

Peripherals supported:

6Player

Genre: Sports^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-11^[1]	¥?	?

JP	1998-02-05^[3]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[4]	GS-9177
US	1998-02-18^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]		81129
EU	1998-02-13		MK81129-50
DE	1998-02-13		MK81129-50
ES	1998-02-03^[11]		MK81129-50
UK	1998-02-13^[9]	£39.9939.99^[10]	MK81129-50
PL	1998	229zł229
AU	199x
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

Main article: Winter Heat/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 (JP)^[12]

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^[13]

Magazine articles

Main article: Winter Heat/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP CM

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

Print advert in Player One (FR) #82: "Janvier 1998" (199x-xx-xx)

Artwork

Saturn US prototype box art

Physical scans

Sega Titan Video version

Sega Titan Video, JP
"Top" instructions "Long" instructions "Long" instructions (2)
Cart Instuction card(s)

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

100

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

91

^[15]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[10]

Digitiser (UK)

74

^[16]

Edge (UK)

PAL

80

^[17]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[18]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[19]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[20]

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

90

^[21]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

93

^[22]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

82

^[23]

Mega Console (IT)

PAL

78

^[24]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

95

^[25]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

91

^[26]

Neo (PL)

80

^[27]

neXt Level (DE)

PAL

85

^[28]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[29]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[30]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

94

^[31]

SuperGamePower (BR)

80

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[33]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[34]

Super Power (FI)

89

^[35]

Ultra Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[36]

	85
Based on 24 reviews

Winter Heat

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
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

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 146
↑ File:WinterHeat Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-04 extra (1998-02-06ex)" (JP; 1998-01-23), page 2
↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
↑ http://www.cyberdrive.net/%7Egskalba/Releases1998.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-12-06 05:03)
↑ http://sega-saturn.com/saturn/software/winterheat.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-07-10 12:17)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/ZfwauJZFT4w/m/K16uJzDgKDoJ
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 45
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Computer & Video Games, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 52
↑ http://centromail.es:80/nuevo/consolas/sat.asp (Wayback Machine: 1998-04-30 18:14)
↑ File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ File:Winterheat sat us manual.pdf, page 30
↑ CD Consoles, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-0x), page 114
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1998-02-09)
↑ Edge, "February 1998" (UK; 1998-01-27), page 91
↑ 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
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "4/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Joypad, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-xx), page 106
↑ 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
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11
↑ Super Power, "4 1998" (FI; 1998-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Ultra Game Players, "April 1998" (US; 1998-03-24), page 68

Winter Heat

Books: Winter Heat Official Guide (1998)

Demos: Winter Heat Demo Disc (?)

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:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf_p146-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 146

[:File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-2] File:WinterHeat Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200330225358.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fsegasaturn.2Fsoftware.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)

[:File:SSM_JP_19980206_1998-04ex.pdf_p2-4] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-04 extra (1998-02-06ex)" (JP; 1998-01-23), page 2

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19990221172240.2Fhttp:.2F.2Friehlspot.simplenet.com.2Fvgame.2Fnew.2Fsaturn.html-5] ttp://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19981206050338.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.cyberdrive.net.2F.257Egskalba.2FReleases1998.htm-6] ttp://www.cyberdrive.net/%7Egskalba/Releases1998.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-12-06 05:03)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19980710121743.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega-saturn.com.2Fsaturn.2Fsoftware.2Fwinterheat.htm-7] ttp://sega-saturn.com/saturn/software/winterheat.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-07-10 12:17)

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FZfwauJZFT4w.2Fm.2FK16uJzDgKDoJ-8] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/ZfwauJZFT4w/m/K16uJzDgKDoJ

[:File:CVG_UK_196.pdf_p45-9] Computer & Video Games, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 45

[:File:CVG_UK_196.pdf_p52-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Computer & Video Games, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 52

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19980430181425.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fcentromail.es:80.2Fnuevo.2Fconsolas.2Fsat.asp-11] ttp://centromail.es:80/nuevo/consolas/sat.asp (Wayback Machine: 1998-04-30 18:14)

[:File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-12] File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Winterheat_sat_us_manual.pdf_p30-13] File:Winterheat sat us manual.pdf, page 30

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

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

[digitiser1998-02-09-16] Digitiser (UK) (1998-02-09)

[:File:Edge_UK_055.pdf_p91-17] Edge, "February 1998" (UK; 1998-01-27), page 91

[:File:EGM_US_105.pdf_p98-18] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 98

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

[:File:GamePro_US_116.pdf_p98-20] GamePro, "May 1998" (US; 1998-xx-xx), page 98

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

[:File:Joypad_FR_072.pdf_p106-22] Joypad, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-xx), page 106

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-03.pdf_p56-23] MAN!AC, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 56

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_46.pdf_p60-24] Mega Console, "Marzo 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:MegaForce_FR_62.pdf_p28-25] Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 28

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1998-03.pdf_p78-26] Mega Fun, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-04), page 78

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

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1998-03.pdf_p60-28] neXt Level, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-30), page 60

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-03_19980213.pdf_p148-29] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 3" (JP; 1998-01-30), page 148

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1998-06_19980327.pdf_p76-30] Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 6" (JP; 1998-03-13), page 76

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_52.pdf_p20-31] Sega Magazin, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 20

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_049.pdf_p44-32] SuperGamePower, "Abril 1998" (BR; 1998-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:SSM_UK_29.pdf_p66-33] Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 66

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p11-34] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 11

[:File:SuperPower_FI_1998-04.pdf_p44-35] Super Power, "4 1998" (FI; 1998-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_109.pdf_p68-36] Ultra Game Players, "April 1998" (US; 1998-03-24), page 68

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Winter Heat

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Saturn version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Titan Video version

Saturn version

Technical information

ROM dump status

Extra content

References