World Heroes Anthology
World Heroes Anthology, known in Japan as World Heroes Gorgeous, is a game compilation which includes all four games from ADK's World Heroes series, which were a part of the early Neo Geo titles from SNK. The four games presented here World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes 2 Jet, and World Heroes Perfect. The compilation was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on March 11, 2008.
World Heroes Anthology
- Date
- 2007
- Publisher
- SNK
- Genre
- fighting game
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World Heroes Anthology, known in Japan as World Heroes Gorgeous, is a game compilation which includes all four games from ADK's World Heroes series, which were a part of the early Neo Geo titles from SNK. The four games presented here World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes 2 Jet, and World Heroes Perfect. The compilation was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on March 11, 2008.
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• Title — World Heroes Anthology • Developer — Prosoft • Publisher — SNK, Takara • Platforms — PlayStation 2 • Genre — Versus fighting game • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Story
Story
The main storyline is based around Dr. Brown who has created a time machine 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 (1992) • World Heroes 2 (1993) • World Heroes 2 Jet (1994) • World Heroes Perfect (1995)
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The game received "mixed or average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.
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- 1.Official website of World Heroes Anthology.
- 2.World Heroes Gorgeous. 1UP.com.
- 3.Ahearn, Nate. TGS 2007: World Heroes Gorgeous Hands-On. IGN. September 21, 2007.
- 4.World Heroes Anthology for PlayStation 2 Reviews. Metacritic.
- 5.Spencer, Spanner. SNK Retro Compilation Roundup. Eurogamer. November 23, 2008.
- 6.World Heroes Anthology. GamesMaster. 84. December 25, 2008.
- 7.Anderson, Lark. World Heroes Anthology Review. GameSpot. May 15, 2008.
- 8.Hodgson, David S.J. World Heroes Anthology review. GamesRadar. April 4, 2008.
- 9.Clements, Ryan. World Heroes Anthology Review. IGN. March 17, 2008.
- 10.Marriott, Scott Alan. World Heroes Anthology. X-Play. March 27, 2008.
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