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World Heroes (set 1)

| 1992
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Developer: Alpha Denshi Co.
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(4)
Number of Players: 2
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
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. 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).

The first World Heroes game is also the only game in the series where Kim Dragon is Chinese. He was then changed into a South Korean character for the rest of the World Heroes series.

The name of the Scientist who invents the time machine in the intro is Dr. Brown which might have been inspired by the character Dr. Emmett L. Brown (a.k.a. Doc) from the Back To The Future movies.

Soundtrack releases:
[JP] Jan. 21, 1993 - World Heroes [GSM 1500 Series] [PCCB-00106]

- SERIES -

1. World Heroes [Model NGM-053] (1992)
2. World Heroes 2 [Model NGM-057] (1993)
3. World Heroes 2 Jet [Model NGM-064] (1994)
4. World Heroes Perfect [Model NGM-090] (1995)

- STAFF -

Producer and director : Kenji Sawatari
Planners : Kenji Sawatari, Kimitoshi Yokoo
Main programmers : Tat&MST (Tat), Marbo (Toshi), Yuji Noguchi
System programmers : Eiji Fukatsu, Makio Chiba, E-Chan
Sound programmer : Makio Chiba
Character designers : Kazushige Hakamata, Takashi Hatono, Shinji Moriyama, Hideyuki Yamada, Sho No, Muneki Shiraishi, Kimitoshi Yokoo, Hajime Suzuki, Hiroyuki Toda, Akira Ushizawa, Hatsue Sakanishi, Katsue Matsuzaki, Rie Mori, Giga.S (R. Nakajima), Koji Fujita, Yasuyuki Sohara, Atsushi Kobayashi
Scroll designers : Kenichi Sakanishi, Takashi Egashira, Mitsunari Ishida
Music and sound effects composer : Hiroaki Shimizu, Hideki Yamamoto, Yuka Watanabe

Special Thanks : Yukio Gotoh, Tsutomu Maruyama, Shinichi Tamura, Mitsunari Ishida, Ryu Hiroyuki, Yuko Nishino, Masato Mitsuya, Hideki Miyakami (SNK), Koji Hamada (SNK), Hideki Fujii (SNK)

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
SNK Neo-Geo [JP] Sep. 11, 1992 "World Heroes [Model NGH-053]"
Nintendo Super Famicom [JP] 1993 "World Heroes [Model SHVC-WZ]"
Sega Mega Drive (1994)
SNK Neo-Geo CD [JP] 1995 "World Heroes [Model ADCD-005]"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (2007
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] 2007 "World Heroes Gorgeous [Model SLPS-25782]"
Sony PlayStation 2 2008 "World Heroes Anthology"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] May 05, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLUS-21724]"
Sony PSP [US] May 05, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULUS-10338]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [KO] May 29, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLKA-25424]"
Nintendo Wii [US] July 29, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model RVL-P-RNCE]"
Sony PSP [EU] Oct. 17, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULES-01105]"
Nintendo Wii [EU] Oct. 31, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model RVL-P-RJZP]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] Nov. 21, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLES-55232]"
Sony PSP [JP] May. 21, 2009 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULJS-193]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] 2009 "World Heroes Gorgeous [NeoGeo Online Collection The Best] [Model SLPS-25933]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=3190&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 10B008 0000009A FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
00000001 10B008 00000001 FFFFFFFF Finish this Round Now!
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Background [Normal]
00010001 10B005 00000000 FFFFFFFF Janne
00010001 10B005 00000001 FFFFFFFF Hanzou
00010001 10B005 00000002 FFFFFFFF Dragon
00010001 10B005 00000003 FFFFFFFF Muscle Power
00010001 10B005 00000004 FFFFFFFF J. Carn
00010001 10B005 00000005 FFFFFFFF Rasputin
00010001 10B005 00000006 FFFFFFFF Brocken
00010001 10B005 00000007 FFFFFFFF Fuuma
00010001 10B005 00000008 FFFFFFFF Geegus
00010001 10B005 00000012 FFFFFFFF 1st Bonus Stage
00010001 10B005 00000013 FFFFFFFF 2nd Bonus Stage
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Background [DeathMatch]
00010001 10B005 00000009 FFFFFFFF Janne
00010001 10B005 0000000A FFFFFFFF Hanzou
00010001 10B005 0000000B FFFFFFFF Dragon
00010001 10B005 0000000C FFFFFFFF Muscle Power
00010001 10B005 0000000D FFFFFFFF J. Carn
00010001 10B005 0000000E FFFFFFFF Rasputin
00010001 10B005 0000000F FFFFFFFF Brocken
00010001 10B005 00000010 FFFFFFFF Fuuma
00010001 10B005 00000011 FFFFFFFF Geegus
00010001 10B005 00000012 FFFFFFFF 1st Bonus Stage
00010001 10B005 00000013 FFFFFFFF 2nd Bonus Stage
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 10600A 00000068 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1
00010000 10602E 00000068 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1 (2/2)
00000001 10600A 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! PL1
00010001 10602E 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! PL1 (2/2)
00000000 10C12A 00000000 00000003 Never Wins PL1
00000001 10C12A 00000000 00000003 Rounds Won = 0 Now! PL1
00000001 10C12A 00000001 00000003 Rounds Won = 1 Now! PL1
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Character PL1 Free player selection, Use BETWEEN rounds. You can't attack at all with Geegus
00010000 10600C 00000001 FFFFFFFF Dragon
00010000 10600C 00000002 FFFFFFFF Hanzo
00010000 10600C 00000003 FFFFFFFF Muscle Power
00010000 10600C 00000004 FFFFFFFF J. Carn
00010000 10600C 00000005 FFFFFFFF Janne
00010000 10600C 00000006 FFFFFFFF Rasputin
00010000 10600C 00000007 FFFFFFFF Fuuma
00010000 10600C 00000008 FFFFFFFF Brocken
00010000 10600C 00000009 FFFFFFFF Geegus
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 10610A 00000068 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2
00010000 10612E 00000068 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2 (2/2)
00000001 10610A 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! PL2
00010001 10612E 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! PL2 (2/2)
00000000 10C12A 00000000 0000000C Never Wins PL2
00000001 10C12A 00000000 0000000C Rounds Won = 0 Now! PL2
00000001 10C12A 00000004 0000000C Rounds Won = 1 Now! PL2
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Character PL2 Free player selection, Use BETWEEN rounds. You can't attack at all with Geegus
00010000 10610C 00000001 FFFFFFFF Dragon
00010000 10610C 00000002 FFFFFFFF Hanzo
00010000 10610C 00000003 FFFFFFFF Muscle Power
00010000 10610C 00000004 FFFFFFFF J. Carn
00010000 10610C 00000005 FFFFFFFF Janne
00010000 10610C 00000006 FFFFFFFF Rasputin
00010000 10610C 00000007 FFFFFFFF Fuuma
00010000 10610C 00000008 FFFFFFFF Brocken
00010000 10610C 00000009 FFFFFFFF Geegus
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Cartridge/NeoGeo Type Enable it DURING the neogeo bios booting sequence. If you miss the boot sequence reset and THEN enable it. The Home (NEOGEO) setting may open up other aspects of the game or it may even make the game unplayable.
00010000 10FD82 00000080 FFFFFFFF Arcade (MVS)
00010000 10FD82 00000000 FFFFFFFF Home (NEOGEO)

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