World Heroes

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World Heroes

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher:

Sega

Developer:

Sega Midwest Studio

Original system(s): NeoGeo

Publisher(s) of original games: ADK

Developer(s) of original games: ADK

Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994	$?	1547
BR	199x	R$?	?
AS	199x	?	?
KR	199x	₩?	GM94008JG

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World Heroes is a versus fighting game originally developed for the Neo Geo platform. It was brought to the Sega Mega Drive by Sega Midwest Studio. Unusually the game did not see a Japanese or European release, however was sold in smaller markets including South Korea, mainland Asia and Brazil as well as North America.

Gameplay

Characters

	Hanzou

	Fuuma

	Dragon

	Janne

	J. Carn

	Muscle Power

	Brocken

	Rasputin

	Geegus

History

Legacy

One of this games's sequels, World Heroes Perfect was released for the Sega Saturn in Japan in 1996.

Production credits

Technical Director: John Lawrence Walsh
Programmers: James Theodore Reichert, John Lawrence Walsh
Additional Programming: Jonathan Murfey
Art and Animation: Jonathan Murfey
Additional Artwork: James Theodore Reichert
Sound and Music: Brian Schmidt
Producer: Richard Robbins
Associate Producer: Howard Schwatz
Assistant Producer: Keith Higashihara
Product Manager: France Tantiado
Lead Tester: Dermot Lyons
Asst Lead Testers: Heather Meigs, Darin Johnston

Source: In-game credits^[1]

Technical Director: John Walsh
Programming: John Walsh, Jim Reichert, Jonathan Murfey
Art and Animation: Jonathan Murfey
Sound: Brian Schmidt
Producer: Richard Robbins
Associate Producer: Howard Schwatz
Assistant Producer: Keith Higashihara
Product Manager: France Tantiado
Marketing Assistant: Jaime Wojick
Lead Tester: Dermot Lyons
Assistant Lead Testers: Heather Meigs, Darin Johnston
Additional Game Tuning: Thomas Fessler
Testers: Steve Bourdet, Matt Underwood, Mike Williams, Greg Fleming, Fernando Valderrama, Tim Spengler, Renato Alfrez, Dave Perkinson, Wesley Gittens, Joe Cain, Maria Tuzzo, Jeff Todd, Terry Thomas, Dave Martin, Atom Ellis, Ty Johnson, Andrew Podesta, Janine Cook, Ivan Foong, Rick Greer
Manual: Neil Hanshaw, Carol Ann Hanshaw
Special Thanks: Mike Latham, Vy Nong, Stephen Patterson, Clint Dyer, Mark Lindstrom, Rick Incrocci

Source: US manual^[2]

Magazine articles

Main article: World Heroes/Magazine articles.

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)	70	№60, p34
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)	48
No results	53	№1998, p88
No results	53	№1999, p135
GamePro (US)	58	№64, p62
Sega Pro (UK)	30	№38, p71