(LAST UPDATE: 10/5/2009)
Developer(s): ADK
Publisher(s): SNK
Platform(s): Neo Geo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
Release Date(s): 1992
Characters: Hanzou, Fuuma, Dragon, Janne, J. Carn, Muscle Power, Brocken, Rasputin, Geegus
Related Games: World Heroes 2, World Heroes 2 Jet, World Heroes 2 Perfect
Story: Dr. Brown,
a scientist, perfected a time travel machine, and organized the "World
Heroes" tournament for various fighters throughout all of history to combat
each other. True to this plot, many of the fighters are based on actual
historical figures.
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Review: World Heroes is a 2D fighter by ADK, and was clearly riding the coattails of Capcom's smash arcade hit, Street Fighter 2, among other fighting games at the time. World Heroes follows the same format as many of the other fighting games out in 1992, but instead of a 6-button layout, World Heroes uses only 3 of the standard 4 Neo-Geo buttons: one for punching, another for kicking, and the last for throwing. The former two buttons can be held pressed longer in order to deliver stronger attacks. Overall, the graphics weren't too bad; and the sound and music was halfway decent, but the presentation and notably the gameplay just wasn't there.
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4.5 / 10 |
Closing Comment: From the story, to the gameplay, to the overall character designs... the first World Heroes was a pretty much deemed "lame" at the one arcade in my area that actually had it, back in the day. World Heroes 2 was a slight improvement at least. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG
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