World Heroes
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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[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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Gameplay
Characters
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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[2]
- 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 [3]
Magazine articles
- Main article: World Heroes/Magazine articles.
Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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2MB | 1994-04 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1994-04 | Cartridge (JP) |
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