Man i used to play a ton of World Heroes 2 back in the day, there was a grocery store across the street from my elementary school that had a Neo Geo machine with World Heroes 2, Fatal Fury Special, Street Hoop, and Wind Jammers. Every day after school i'd walk over to the store and play World Heroes 2 and Fatal Fury Special until i ran out of quarters and then i'd walk home. Ahhh sweet memories of the 90's man. That game brings me a ton of nostalgia. I will say tho that World Heroes Perfect is easily the best in the series, it perfectly nailed the gameplay and mechanics, it's an underrated gem in my opinion. Anyway, great video man!

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The creator of Mudman also created a new completed manga of the series. I think it was like 5 books long. It's pretty neat and quality.

I have World Heroes arcade machine. I remembered playing World Heroes back when it came out and came up on the machine for sale from a convenience store, same store I used to play it at and they sold it to me. So I have the exact machine that I played on as a kid. It still works. I left the function where you have to put a quarter in just for nostalgia.

So just what was the appeal of World Heroes? I can say it in four words: Not Street Fighter 2. You have to understand what the arcade scene looked line in '92. Street Fighter 2 was omnipresent and before long its dominance of the arcades would become downright suffocating. Everyone talked about it. All the magazines covered it. All the guides covered it. Every punch and kick and bit and pixel was overanalyzed to death. And the whole culture surrounding it was so self-serious, so harsh. (I couldn't even begin to count the cheating accusations.) Did I mention that it was super hard to get good at? I hadn't struggled so much since the days of trackballs. The time was ripe for something colorful, weird, a little ridiculous, and thoroughly nonserious, but also more accessible, more forgiving, easier to get down. A lot of players liked the World Heroes a whole lot. And then 2 came along and it just flat-out blew up. Seriously, we're talking early Mortal Kombat level of popularity here. The last two didn't quite reach that level, but they were interesting ideas in their own right.

In the end, the fact that this property wasn't afraid to be totally weird and shameless is why we remember it today. I actually considered it the superior alternative to Art of Fighting (inconsistent and clunky) and Fighter's History (poor man's SF2).

Please continue the series even if the video flops your video s are awesome 👍

Dude I'm SO HAPPY someone remembered this game and decided to do an awesome video about it. Thank you!! This was one of my favorite games wayyy back when!!

World Heroes may not have been a very popular series. And yes, only four games were ever made to its name. And I don't think there's going to be a new World Heroes game anytime soon. But what matters more is that it was a huge part of my childhood. I love this series just as much as I love Street Fighter II, Samurai Showdown, and KOF. And while World Heroes may never be as big a name as those series, it will always have a special place in my heart. Its obscurity only makes it more special to me.

Also, there was a manga based on World Heroes in recent years.

Loved World Heroes! I’m a big Bruce Lee fan so Dragon was the character I wanted to master.

You forgot to mention that Zeus looks like Raoh from Fist of the North Star.

Cool video, loved it!

There exists an even more obscure Neo Geo fighting game from ADK  - Ninja Masters. It's a quite fast paced, weapon based FTG with very tight, fluid, combo friendly gameplay and well done rural Japan atmosphere, I recommend to give it a try!

i played world heroes perfect so damn much that i used to beat all random challengers in one coin, my best winning streak was 62.. n i would play with any player in the game, knew all the combos n special moves.. i just loved this game.. we definitely need a new part..

I used to play this in arcade and dominate as the Genghis Khan character.

Great video! I've been wanting a World Heroes team in KOF for the longest!

In North America SNK isn't as big or widely known unlike capcom, marvel comics , dc comics, Nintendo , Disney, nickleodeon or cartoon network.

However in asia and south America  / central America snk is big .

😂 Rasputin - WHAT THE FUCK??

A modern game of this would be so rad. Mudman's sounds were so solid

Finally a world Heroes video, keep up the amazing work John Sex.

I bloody ADORE World Heroes

EDIT: THIS IS AN AWESOME VIDEO

Sega had Eternal Champions which had characters from different time periods but the moves were more complex