El Viento
From Spanish meaning "The Wind" is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Wolf Team for the Sega Genesis. It is the first in a trilogy of games, which includes Earnest Evans and Annet Returns, despite taking place after the former.
Also recorded as The Wind
El Viento
- Date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Renovation Products
- Genre
- platformer
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From Spanish meaning "The Wind" is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Wolf Team for the Sega Genesis. It is the first in a trilogy of games, which includes Earnest Evans and Annet Returns, despite taking place after the former.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — El Viento • Developer — Wolf Team • Composer — Motoi Sakuraba • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Genesis
Gameplay
Gameplay
El Viento is a platform game. The player has access to an endless supply of bladed boomerangs and eventually up to five spell attacks. Each level ends in a fight against a stage boss.
Plot
Plot
The game shares the same fictional universe with Earnest Evans, and happens several years later. It also features many references to H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The game takes place in New York City during the late 1920s, when cult leader Henry, the gangster Al Capone (Vincente DeMarcoto in the American localization), and a sorceress named Restiana plot to awaken the ancient and malevolent god Hastur. There are some people that have descended from Hastur's ancient bloodline, one of which is the young Peruvian sorceress, Annet Myer. With some assistance from Earnest Evans, Annet attempts to stop the cult from resurrecting Hastur using the very spells of this bloodline.
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Reception
El Viento received scores of 20.052/30 and 7.3843/10 in public polls taken by Mega Drive Fan and the Japanese Sega Saturn Magazine respectively. The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game eleventh in popularity in its January 1992 issue. It also received a mixed reception from critics. Sega Pros Damian Butt stated that "With super fast graphics and brutal gameplay, El Viento will take your breath away". MegaTech called it "A tough 'n' challenging platform which doesn't look particularly hot, but is surprisingly addictive and keeps you playing for ages". Entertainment Weekly opined that "only the game's amusing historical anachronisms-like denim-clad blond bikers wielding scimitars-save it from rating as a total failure". Hardcore Gaming 101s Kurt Kalata said that ""overall, it's a bit of a sloppy game, with haphazard action and iffy level design, but the fast pace and overall craziness make this worth looking into, especially since it's one of Wolf Team's better titles".
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- 1.Sega Corporation. Software List (Software Licensee Release). Sega Hardware Encyclopedia.
- 2.The Road to Renovation Products: El Viento. Electronic Gaming Monthly. 27. 102. October 1991.
- 3.Kalata, Kurt. Hardcore Gaming 101: Earnest Evans Series. Hardcore Gaming 101.
- 4.Whitta, Gary. Console Reviews: El Viento. ACE. EMAP. 50. 93. November 1991.
- 5.Weiss, Brett Alan. El-Viento - Review. AllGame. All Media Network. 1998.
- 6.SoftBank Creative. BEメガドッグレース: エル・ヴィエント. Beep! Mega Drive. 7. 10. 32. October 1991.
- 7.Harris, Steve. Review Crew: El Viento. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Sendai Publishing. 28. 24. November 1991.
- 8.ASCII Corporation. New Games Cross Review: エル・ヴィエント. Famitsu. 145. 39. September 27, 1991.
- 9.Europress. Console Connexions: El Viento. Games-X. 23. 35. September–October 1991.
- 10.EMAP. Games Index: Megadrive. Mean Machines Sega. 1. 137–143. October 1992.
- 11.Paragon Publishing. Software A-Z: Mega Drive. Console XS. 1. 126–137. June–July 1992.
- 12.Time Inc. Locale Heroes. Entertainment Weekly. 107. 2007-12-30.
- 13.Narusawa, Daisuke. TV Game Broad-Way MD: エル・ヴィエント. JICC Publishing Bureau. 6. 10. 88. October 4, 1991.
- 14.Sendai Publishing. Mega Reviews!! El Viento. Mega Play. 2. 5. 42. September–October 1991.
- 15.EMAP. Game Index. MegaTech. 1. 76–81. Christmas 1991.
- 16.Butt, Damian. ProReview: El Viento. Sega Pro. Paragon Publishing. 1. 56–57. November 1991.
- 17.Tokuma Shoten. Weekly Hit Chart! 新作6タイトル成積表一覧. 3. 12. 91. December 1991.
- 18.SoftBank Creative. メガドラ読者レース. Sega Saturn Magazine. 11. 9. 82–85. September 1995.
- 19.Munepi. Super Soft Hot Information - Mega Drive: 今月の人気ソフト・ランキング. 115. 252–253. January 1992.
- 20.Winstead, David. Genesis ProReview: El Viento. GamePro. IDG. 31. 56. February 1992.
- 21.Kalata, Kurt. El Viento. Hardcore Gaming 101. August 7, 2017.
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