SNK Neo-Geo MVS cart. published 34 years ago:

World Heroes (c) 1992 Alpha Denshi Company, Limited.

8 heroes from different time periods compete to thwart Geegus, the evil alien end boss! Includes an extremely fun and unique death match mode!

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware. Game ID: NGM-053

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 3 => [A] Punch, [B] Kick, [C] Throw

- TRIVIA -

World Heroes was released on July 28, 1992 (Tuesday). It is Alpha Denshi's first game in the fighting game genre. It was even the last game with the Alpha logo labeled within the game before the developer became ADK; however, the Alpha logo was last used on one of the arcade flyers of its sequel.

Due to the game's success in the fighting game market, the game was followed by a sequel, World Heroes 2, less than a year later.

The popular "Death Match" mode (removed from World Heroes 2 Jet and World Heroes Perfect) may have been inspired by the growing popularity of deathmatch style pro-wrestling in Japan at the time which was mostly made famous by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.

Hanzo is based on the real Hanzo Hattori Musashige (just like Hanzo in "Samurai Shodown"). Fuuma is based on the real Kotaro Fuuma Nobuyuki (1581-1603). Kim Dragon is Alpha Denshi's homage to Bruce Lee (1940-1973). Janne is based on the real Jeanne d'Arc who was burned in 1431. Rasputin is based on the real Gregoriy Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1917). Brocken is loosely based on Rudolph von Stroheim from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Muscle Power is most likely based on the real Hulk Hogan (1953-20XX). J. Carn is based on the real Genghis Khan (1162-1229).

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start World Heroes (ALM-005). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

World Heroes (ALM-005) is filed in our catalog as a 1992 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Fighter.

Credit line lists Alpha Denshi Co. as developer.