Retro|Spective 211: The Final Tour of Sega Saturn

[Neon Ignition]

Game 23 - Wing Arms
Bringing us to our end, Wing Arms is a flight simulator taking place in an alternative history post-WWII era setting. Players select from around 10 vehicles and tackle a chosen mission to destroy set targets. The game was reviewed as being a flawed but enjoyable title but its release passed by largely unnoticed.



Enjoyable on a Wing and Prayer?

[Asura]

Game 23 - Wing Arms

This was in that list of titles that I really wanted to try, but never had the chance. I think it came out in an era where there was a real torrent of really good Saturn titles; the likes of Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally and so on were doing the rounds.

[Yakumo]

I used to love Wing Arms. It was a great game back in the day.
I I'm very fortunate to own a Japanese demo disc of this which contains a beta built of the game. It's clearly unfinished with many differences from the final. Sadly it's time limited (or some sort of restriction) so there's no way to complete a mission. I'd love to figure out how to unlock this beta to see what else is hiding in the code.

[wakka]

Yakumo

You could consider messaging someone like Hilltop, who are a prolific fan translation team:

https://twitter.com/hilltopworks?lang=en-GB

They might be interested in hacking it, or know someone else in the game hacking community who might be up for it.

[Yakumo]

Yakumo

You could consider messaging someone like Hilltop, who are a prolific fan translation team:

https://twitter.com/hilltopworks?lang=en-GB

They might be interested in hacking it, or know someone else in the game hacking community who might be up for it.

Nice, good call. I think I will as I'm very curious to see what secrets are locked away.

[wakka]

Great! Keep us updated if you do!

[Yakumo]

Great! Keep us updated if you do!

What I'll do first is make a Beta VS final video like I did with House of the Dead. That will give Hilltop something to look at so they know if it's worth their time or not.