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Winter Heat (ウィンターヒート, Wintā Hīto) is a sports video game developed by Sega AM3 and published by Sega for arcades in 1997, and for the Sega Saturn in 1998, featuring the license for the 1998 Winter Olympics that were celebrated in Nagano, Japan. It is the sequel to the 1996 Sega game DecAthlete.[2] Winter Heat was released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan as part of the DecAthlete Collection with DecAthlete and Virtua Athlete. The collection is the 15th volume of the Sega Ages 2500 series.[3]

Winter Heat
Sega Saturn PAL box cover
Developer(s)Sega AM3
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)Arcade, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: 1997
Saturn
  • JP: February 5, 1998
  • EU: February 13, 1998
  • NA: February 27, 1998[1]
PlayStation 2
  • JP: July 29, 2004
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemST-V

Gameplay


Like Decathlete, Winter Heat features a number of different events to play in, most of them revolving around rapid button pressing and timed button taps.[2]


Reception


The Sega Saturn version received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 32 out of 40.[8]


Notes


  1. In GameFan's viewpoint of the Saturn version, one critic gave it a score of 84, and the other 89.
  2. GamePro gave the Saturn version two 4.5/5 score for graphics and fun factor, 3.5/5 for sound, and 4/5 for control.

References


  1. GameSpot staff (February 27, 1998). "videogames.com Game Calendar [date mislabeled as "April 24, 2000"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on February 2, 1999. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  2. "Winter Heat: Nagano Olympics, DecAthelete [sic] Style". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 104. Ziff Davis. March 1998. p. 47.
  3. Gantayat, Anoop (20 August 2004). "Sega Ages: DecAthlete Collection Import Playtest". IGN. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. "Winter Heat for Saturn". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  5. Spy; Cheub (February 1998). "Winter Heat (Saturn)". Consoles + (in French). No. 73. pp. 100–1.
  6. Edge staff (February 1998). "Winter Heat (Saturn)". Edge. No. 55. Future Publishing. p. 91. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  7. EGM staff (April 1998). "Winter Heat (Saturn)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 105. Ziff Davis.
  8. "ウィンターヒート [セガサターン]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  9. "Winter Heat - Saturn". Game Informer. No. 60. FuncoLand. April 1998. Archived from the original on September 13, 1999. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  10. Ngo, George "Eggo"; Higgins, Geoff "El Nino" (April 1998). "Winter Heat (Saturn)". GameFan. Vol. 6, no. 4. Metropolis Media. p. 68. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  11. Toxic Tommy (May 1998). "Winter Heat (Saturn)". GamePro. No. 116. IDG Entertainment. p. 96. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  12. Bumblebee Man (July 1998). "Winter Heat Review (Saturn)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on February 14, 2004. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  13. Smith, Josh (June 19, 1998). "Winter Heat Review (Saturn) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  14. Fish, Eliot (April 1998). "Winter Heat (Saturn)". Hyper. No. 54. Next Media Pty Ltd. pp. 58–59. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  15. Willow; Greg (February 1998). "Winter Heat". Joypad (in French). No. 72. pp. 106–9.



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