World Heroes[b] is a 1992 fighting arcade game developed and published by Alpha Denshi (later known as ADK) with the assistance of SNK.

World Heroes is controlled with three of the four buttons ("A" to punch, "B" to kick and "C" to throw) used along with an 8-way joystick on the Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet.

There are eight playable characters in the roster and two different play modes for players to choose from: "Normal Game" and "Death Match".

In the distant future, Dr. Sugar Brown: a well-renowned and famous scientist is determined to figure out who the strongest fighter in history is and has gone to great lengths to gain the answer to his question.

Little does Dr. Brown, or the participating fighters realize that an unknown threat is secretly watching them during the tournament and that this adversary could readily endanger them and the rest of the world.

According to ADK World, the other famous and infamous figures that were considered for the cast were Al Capone, Billy the Kid, Musashi Miyamoto, Hanzo Hattori, Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, and Jack the Ripper.

World Heroes was later ported to the Neo Geo CD exclusively in Japan by ADK on March 17, 1995 and then to North America in October 1996,[1] which is the same as the MVS and AES versions, but with arranged background music.

[2] Besides SNK's consoles, it was first ported by Sunsoft to the SNES in Japan on August 12, 1993, in North America in September 1993,[3] and PAL regions in 1993.

[6] On October 18, 2007, SNK Playmore added it with its three sequels to the arcade game compilation World Heroes Gorgeous: Neo Geo Online Collection Vol.

[7] On release in the home retail market, Famicom Tsūshin scored the Neo Geo console version of the game a 22 out of 40.

One of the reviewers stated "that it is NOT just another Street Fighter 2 clone", praising the "all new" and "unique" moves and characters, and "the weapons and added Death Match."

"[10] GamePro criticized the Genesis version as well, citing slow action, mediocre graphics, poor sound, and hapless opponent AI.