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''World Heroes Anthology'', known in
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as , is a game compilation, which includes all four games from ADK's ''
World Heroes 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 NE ...
'' series, which were a part of the early
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titles from
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. The four games presented here ''
World Heroes 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 NE ...
'', ''
World Heroes 2 is a 1993 in video gaming, 1993 fighting game, fighting arcade game developed and published by ADK (company), ADK with the assistance of SNK. It was originally released for the Neo Geo (console), Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet on April 26, 1993. It i ...
'', ''
World Heroes 2 Jet is a 1994 fighting arcade game developed and published by ADK with the assistance of SNK. It was originally released for the Neo Geo MVS The , stylised as NEO•GEO and also written as NEOGEO, is a cartridge-based arcade system board and t ...
'', and ''
World Heroes Perfect is a 1995 fighting arcade game developed and published by ADK with the assistance of SNK. It was originally released for the Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet on May 25, 1995. It is the fourth and final title of the ''World Heroes'' series. Gamepla ...
''. The compilation was released exclusively for the
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on March 11, 2008.


Story

The main storyline is based around Dr. Brown who has created a
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able to bring together fighters from various times in history, with the goal of determining the greatest fighter of all time. As the games focus on different time frames throughout history, most of its characters are based on real people. *''
World Heroes 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 NE ...
'' *''
World Heroes 2 is a 1993 in video gaming, 1993 fighting game, fighting arcade game developed and published by ADK (company), ADK with the assistance of SNK. It was originally released for the Neo Geo (console), Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet on April 26, 1993. It i ...
'' *''
World Heroes 2 Jet is a 1994 fighting arcade game developed and published by ADK with the assistance of SNK. It was originally released for the Neo Geo MVS The , stylised as NEO•GEO and also written as NEOGEO, is a cartridge-based arcade system board and t ...
'' *''
World Heroes Perfect is a 1995 fighting arcade game developed and published by ADK with the assistance of SNK. It was originally released for the Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet on May 25, 1995. It is the fourth and final title of the ''World Heroes'' series. Gamepla ...
''


Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game
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.


References


External links

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''World Heroes Anthology'' website
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