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Video game series
World Heroes
The first and most commonly used logo for the World Heroes series.
Genre(s)
Fighting game
Developer(s)
Alpha Denshi/ADK (assisted by SNK)[1]
Publisher(s)
ADK, SNK
First release
World Heroes July 28, 1992
Latest release
World Heroes Perfect May 25, 1995
World Heroes (ワールドヒーローズ, Wārudo Hīrōzu) is a series of four fighting games created originally by ADK with assistance from SNK for the Neo Geo family of arcade and home consoles.
Over the years, the games have been ported to various non-SNK platforms as well including the Super NES and Sega Saturn. A fifth title World Heroes Pocket was announced for release on the Neo Geo Pocket around 1999 but later canceled.
^Closing credits of World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes 2 Jet and World Heroes Perfect.
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