World Heroes

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World Heroes
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega Midwest Studio
Licensor: SNK
Original system(s): Neo Geo
Publisher(s) of original games: ADK
Developer(s) of original games: ADK
Sound driver: Custom (Brian Schmidt)
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

• 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

Magazine articles

Main article: World Heroes/Magazine articles.

Artwork

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Physical scans

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

	52
Based on 6 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, Asia
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 0f4d22ec MD5 6e177a1d74b0648c0b4afe311171cf27 SHA-1 5a563f441c3013ac4b3f9e08d5e5a6e05efc5de0	2MB	1994-04	Cartridge (US)
✔	CRC32 56e3ceff MD5 cb51f914152982d4d05fb7b321defcfe SHA-1 0c806b701069ae72b6cfd19b7b65a123192cff23	2MB	1994-04	Cartridge (JP)

References

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