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

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	Code
US	1994	1547
BR	199x
KR	199x	GM94008JG
AS	199x

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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

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[5]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[6]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

52

^[3]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[7]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

30

^[8]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

30

^[9]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[10]

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Based on 7 reviews

World Heroes

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

↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePLNVvGjStg
↑ File:Worldheroes_md_us_manual.pdf, page 23
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "1998 Video Game Buyer's Guide" (US; 1997-11-11), page 88
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 267
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78
↑ GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 71
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 226
↑ VideoGames, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68

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[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DePLNVvGjStg-1] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePLNVvGjStg

[:File:Worldheroes_md_us_manual.pdf_p23-2] File:Worldheroes_md_us_manual.pdf, page 23

[:File:EGM_US_060.pdf_p34-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:EGM_US_BuyersGuide_1998.pdf_p88-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "1998 Video Game Buyer's Guide" (US; 1997-11-11), page 88

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 267

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_23.pdf_p78-6] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:GamePro_US_062.pdf_p64-7] GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_38.pdf_p71-8] Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 71

[9] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 226

[:File:VideoGames_US_67.pdf_p68-10] VideoGames, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68

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Gameplay

Characters

History

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References